books by subject
History of Science

The Moral Authority of Nature

The World of Physical Chemistry

An Intimate History of Evolution: The Story of the Huxley Family

A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth

Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa

Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way

The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience

Our Fragile Moment: how lessons from the Earth's past can help us survive the climate crisis

The Problem of Nature: Environment and Culture in Historical Perspective

Fire and Flood: A People's History of Climate Change, from 1979 to the Present

In Search of Us: Adventures in Anthropology

Infections, Chronic Disease, and the Epidemiological Transition: A New Perspective

Water: A Turbulent History

The Last Wolf: The Hidden Springs of Englishness

Venomous Earth: How Arsenic Caused The World's Worst Mass Poisoning

Gravity's Kiss: The Detection of Gravitational Waves

Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius, Or, a Sidereal Message

Die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft im Prozess der deutschen Vereinigung 1989-2002: Eine politische Wissenschaftsgeschichte

Erasmus Darwin: Sex, Science, and Serendipity

The Slow Moon Climbs: The Science, History, and Meaning of Menopause

The Duchess's Shells: Natural History Collecting in the Age of Cook's Voyages

Understanding Natural Selection

Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality

Around the World in 80 Games: A mathematician unlocks the secrets of the greatest games

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition

Scientific Freedom: The Elixir of Civilization

Sidereus Nuncius, or The Sidereal Messenger

On the Origin of Species

Lives in Science: How Institutions Affect Academic Careers
