Category - Science
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The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance
PaperbackOriginal price $19.00Original price $19.00 - Original price $19.00Original price $19.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /A myth-shattering view of the Islamic world's myriad scientific innovations and the role they played in sparking the European Renaissance. Many ...
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Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99Original price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /“Bill Bryson is as amusing as ever. ... As a celebration of 350 years of modern science, Seeing Further is a worthy tribute.” —The Economist Join...
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Sidereus Nuncius, or The Sidereal Messenger
PaperbackOriginal price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price $20.00$28.99$28.99 - $28.99Current price $28.99| /Galileo Galilei’s Sidereus Nuncius is arguably the most dramatic scientific book ever published. It announced new and unexpected phenomena in the...
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A Global Enlightenment: Western Progress and Chinese Science
HardcoverOriginal price $45.00 - Original price $45.00Original price $45.00$55.99$55.99 - $55.99Current price $55.99| /A revisionist history of the idea of progress reveals an unknown story about European engagement with Chinese science. The Enlightenment gave rise...
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The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found
PaperbackOriginal price $21.00Original price $21.00 - Original price $21.00Original price $21.00Current price $19.99$19.99 - $19.99Current price $19.99| /After the fall of Rome, as civilizations collapsed and libraries burned, ancient knowledge that would eventually fuel the Renaissance was at risk...
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