A Martian Stranded on Earth Alexander Bogdanov, Blood Transfusions, and Proletarian Science
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Much like Vladimir Lenin, his onetime rival for the leadership of the Bolshevik party during its formative years, Alexander Bogdanov (1873-1928) was a visionary. In…
Age of System Understanding the Development of Modern Social Science
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In the years after World War II, a new generation of scholars redefined the central concepts and practices of social science in America. Before the…
Dry Store Room No. 1 The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
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‘Dry Store Room No. 1’ is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and capturing the…
Exploring the Planets A Memoir
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The planets fascinate us, and naturally we care about our own Earth, and things like how well we can forecast the weather and whether climate…
Eye of the Beholder
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“See for yourself!” was the clarion call of the 1600’s. Natural philosophers threw off the yoke of ancient authority, peered at nature with microscopes and…
Inferior How Science Got Women Wrong – And the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story
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What science has gotten so shamefully wrong about women, and the fight, by both female and male scientists, to rewrite what we thought we knew…
Margaret Fell and the Rise of Quakerism
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Margaret Fell was a vigorous, outspoken, and authoritative first generation co-leader with George Fox over the first fifty years of Quakerism. The book probes Fell’s…
Science Year by Year The Ultimate Guide to the Discoveries That Changed the World
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From the wheel to the worldwide web, our planet has been transformed by science. Now you can travel through time to experience centuries of invention…
Serving the Reich The Struggle for the Soul of Physics Under Hitler
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Serving the Reich tells the story of physics under Hitler. While some scientists tried to create an Aryan physics that excluded any ‘Jewish ideas’, many…
Sonic Wind The Story of John Paul Stapp and How a Renegade Doctor Became the Fastest Man on Earth
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Sixty years ago, cars and aeroplanes were deathtraps waiting to happen. Today, both are safer than they were, thanks in part to a pioneering US…
Stalin and the Scientists A History of Triumph and Tragedy, 1905-1953
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LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION War-torn, unstable and virtually bankrupt, revolutionary Russia tried to light its way to the future with the…
Ten Physicists Who Transformed Our Understanding of Reality
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Acclaimed popular-science writer Brian Clegg and popular TV and radio astronomer Rhodri Evans give us a Top Ten list of physicists as the central theme…