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Electrodynamics from Ampere to Einstein

By Olivier Darrigol (, University of Paris VII)

A Brief History of Science: through the development of scientific instruments

By Thomas Crump

Cathedrals of Science: The Personalities and Rivalries That Made Modern Chemistry

By Patrick Coffey (Visiting Scholar, Office for the History of Science and Technology, Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley)

The History of Medicine: A Beginner's Guide

By Mark Jackson

The Body: A Guide for Occupants - THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER

By Bill Bryson

Thomas Kuhn and the Science Wars

By Ziauddin Sardar

The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies

By Edward J. Hackett (Professor, Arizona State University), Olga Amsterdamska (University of Amsterdam), Michael E. Lynch (Cornell University), Judy Wajcman (Head of Department of Sociology, London School of Economics & Political Science ), Wiebe E. Bijke...

The Northern Lights: How One Man Sacrificed Love, Happiness and Sanity to Unlock the Secrets of Space

By Lucy Jago

Life: an Unauthorised Biography: An Unauthorized Biography

By Fortey, Richard

A New Map of Wonders: A Journey in Search of Modern Marvels

By Caspar Henderson

China: Land of Discovery and Invention

By Robert K.G. Temple

Wheels: This non-fiction picture book takes a look at all sorts of wheels.: Band 01b/Pink B (Collins Big Cat)

By Ridley, Frances, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

John Aubrey: My Own Life

By Ruth Scurr

Fundamentalism, Terrorism and the Future of Humanity

By Leonardo Boff

Museums and the Natural Environment: The Role of Natural History Museums in Biological Conservation

By PETER DAVIS

Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science & Religion

By Nicholas Spencer

The Ice Finders

By Edmund Blair Bolles

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

By James Gleick

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A History of Astronomy: from 1890 to the Present

By David Leverington

The Stones of Venice

By John Ruskin, Jan Morris

And Now The Shipping Forecast: A Tide of History Around Our Shores

By Jefferson, Peter

Origins: How the Earth Shaped Human History

By Lewis Dartnell

Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired By Nature

By Janine M Benyus

A Pictorial History of Science Fiction

By Kyle, David, David A.

When Science and Christianity Meet

By David C. Lindberg, Ronald L. Numbers

Readings in the Philosophy of Social Science

By Michael Martin, Lee McIntyre (Center for Philosophy and History of Science)

The Image of the World: 20 Centuries of World Maps

By Peter Whitfield

The Final Theory: Rethinking Our Scientific Legacy

By Mark McCutcheon

Graph Theory 1736-1936

By Norman L. Biggs (Professor, Professor, London School of Economics), E. Keith Lloyd (, University of Southampton), Robin J. Wilson (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, The Open University)