Behind the Scenes at Galileo's Trial : Including the First English Translation of Melchior Inchofer's Tractatus Syllepticus

Richard J. Blackwell
Hardcover - $70.95

Galileo's trial in 1633 before the Roman Inquisition is one of the most frequently mentioned topics in the history of science. Galileo's encounter with the Catholic Church was not only a major turning point in the history of western culture; it is th ...

E=mc2 : A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation

David Bodanis
Paper Textbook - $24.95

Already climbing the bestseller lists, this "Library Journal" Best Book of the Year sheds brilliant light on the equation that changed the world. Bodanis writes the "biography" of one of the greatest scientific discoveries in history, and through his ...

E=mc2 : A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation

David Bodanis
Hardcover - $39.95

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Einstein's miracle year of discoveries, a new edition of the bestselling "biography" of his famous equation Generations have grown up knowing that the equation E=mc2 changed the shape of our world, but never unde ...

Research in Labour Economics

Peter Boettke
Hardcover - $214.95

Research in Labor Economics focuses on various aspects of labor markets and how these markets affect our well-being. As such, this volume contains eleven chapters: three on labor supply, directly dealing with various aspects of the participation deci ...

Einstein Defiant : Genius Versus Genius in the Quantum Revolution

Edmund Blair Bolles
Hardcover - $46.95

Powerful and illuminating, this book captures the soul and the science that inspired a dramatic duel between Albert Einstein and Danish genius Neils Bohr, another founder of quantum physics.

Galileo's Commandment : 2,500 Years of Great Science Writing

Edmund Blair Bolles
Paperback - $33.95

Bolles has scoured the literature of science to build a treasury that is accessible and riveting, and therefore appealing to readers unfamiliar with science, yet erudite enough for the scientifically initiated to enjoy.

The Word of God and the Languages of Man : Interpreting Nature in Early Modern Science and Medicine

James J. Bono
Paperback - $47.95

Experiment and Natural Philosophy in Seventeenth-Century Tuscany : The History of the Accademia del Cimento

Boschiero
Hardcover - $420.95

The Great Barrier Reef : History, Science, Heritage

Margarita Bowen
Hardcover - $115.95

One of the world's natural wonders, the Great Barrier Reef stretches more than 2000 kilometers in a maze of coral reefs along Australia's northeastern coastline. Until now, no biographer has brought the fascinating story behind its mystique into publ ...

Making Modern Science : A Historical Survey

Peter J. Bowler
Paperback - $54.95

The development of science, according to respected scholars Peter J. Bowler and Iwan Rhys Morus, expands our knowledge and control of the world in ways that affect-but are also affected by-society and culture. In "Making Modern Science, a text design ...