History & Philosophy

Logic Of Discovery Or Psychology Of Research? / T.s. Kuhn -- Against Normal Science / J.w.n. Watkins -- Does The Distinction Between Normal And Revolutionar...

An argument that more people should have children with Down syndrome, written from a pro-choice, disability-positive perspective. The rate at which parents...

Gripping and sumptuous, this is the definitive book on the history, mystique, and science of Mount Everest, including how climate change is impacting the wo...

Elon Musk, The Entrepreneur And Innovator Behind Spacex, Tesla, And Solarcity, Sold One Of His Internet Companies, Paypal, For $1.5 Billion. Ashlee Vance Ca...

This is a book about TRUTH--and all the ways we try to avoid it--from the bestselling author of Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up. We live ...

Expertly written and lavishly illustrated, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Astronomy offers a unique account of astronomical theory and practice from a...

Richard Dawkins, bestselling author and the world’s most celebrated evolutionary biologist, has spent his career elucidating the many wonders of science. ...

This Book Recounts The Story Of Three Cambridge-educated Englishmen And The Women With Whom They Chose To Share Their Commitment To Reason In All Parts Of T...

For Years, Environmentalists Have Insisted That Nature Is Fundamentally Good. In The Wild And The Wicked, Benjamin Hale Adopts The Opposite Position -- That...

In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing t...