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UCL Press publishes high-quality research monographs and edited volumes, primarily for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Across 10 years of publishing growth, we have built particular strengths in Anthropology, Archaeology and Museum Studies, Architecture and the Built Environment, Comparative Literature, Education, History and Social Sciences. We are actively building our Law and Criminology lists and focusing new attention on our already vibrant publishing for History and Philosophy of Science. Informed by the principles and research interests at UCL, themes of social justice, community engagement, global networking and ‘disruptive thinking’ are characteristic in books across the subjects we publish. Interdisciplinarity is fostered and we encourage collaborations between scholars at different points in their career.

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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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Emergent Histories

Tim Boon, Alexandra Rose,

01 November 2026

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Learning to Cut

Maria Pia Donato, Elaine Leong, Tillmann Taape,

01 June 2026

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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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Bloomsbury Scientists

Michael Boulter,

25 September 2017

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