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History of Science

Explore open access books about the history of science from ancient times to modern.

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Petty Tyranny and Soulless Discipline?

Claire Hilton,

01 July 2025

The image depicts the cover of a book titled 'Palaeontology in Public: Popular Science, Deep Time, Creatures and Lost Worlds' which is edited by Chris Manias. It features an illustration of a large green sauropod dinosaur in a modern city park surrounded by people, with a cityscape and tall buildings, including one resembling the Empire State Building, in the background. open access
Palaeontology in Public

Chris Manias,

21 January 2025

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The Science of Naples

Lorenza Gianfrancesco, Neil Tarrant,

24 June 2024

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Women in the History of Science

Hannah Wills, Sadie Harrison, Erika Jones, Rebecca Martin, Farrah Lawrence-Mackey,

06 March 2023

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A History of Scientific Journals

Aileen Fyfe, Noah Moxham, Julie McDougall-Waters, Camilla Mørk Røstvik,

03 October 2022

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Alexander Williamson

Takaaki Inuzuka, Haruko Laurie,

09 June 2021

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Renaissance Fun

Philip Steadman,

13 April 2021

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The Poetry of John Tyndall

Roland Jackson, Nicola Jackson, Daniel Brown,

12 October 2020

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Science Policy under Thatcher

Jon Agar,

03 June 2019

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Being Modern

Robert Bud, Paul Greenhalgh, Frank James, Morag Shiach,

10 October 2018

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Histories of Technology, the Environment and Modern Britain

Jon Agar, Jacob Ward,

09 April 2018

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Bloomsbury Scientists

Michael Boulter,

25 September 2017

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