Naturvitenskapens historie

Nature’s Government is a daring attempt to juxtapose the histories of Britain, Western science, and imperialism. It shows how colonial expansion, from the age of Alexander the …

A spirited volume on the great adventures of science throughout history, for curious readers of all ages Science is fantastic. It tells us about the infinite reaches of space, the …

A provocative and original history of the scientists and writers, artists and philosophers who took drugs to explore the hidden regions of the mind  A New Yorker Best of the Week …

A “brilliant and sobering” (Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal) look at the history and human costs of pandemic outbreaksAs seen on “60 Minutes”  The World Economic Forum #1 book to …

A wide-ranging and original introduction to the Anthropocene (the Age of Humanity) that offers fresh, theoretical insights bridging the sciences and the humanities From noted …

A lively exploration of how invisibility has gone from science fiction to fact   “The science of invisibility remains largely theoretical and abstract. It is in the literature that …

A copiously illustrated global history of magic books, from ancient papyri to pulp paperbacks   “A beautiful production: a typographic and calligraphic treat as treasurable as a …

How herbaria illuminate the past and future of plant science   Collections of preserved plant specimens, known as herbaria, have existed for nearly five centuries. These pressed …

Six acclaimed scholars—including a biologist, a sociologist, a historian, a philosopher, and a physicist—examine the evolution debate. Eighty-one years after America witnessed the …

The untold story of the rise of the new scientific field of ancient DNA research, and how Jurassic Park and popular media influenced its development  “Fun and thought-provoking. . …