This first full-length biography of Dr. Martin Lister (1639-1712), vice-president of the Royal Society, Royal Physician, and the first arachnologist and conchologist, provides an unprecedented picture of a seventeenth-century virtuoso. Lister is recognized for his discovery of b…
Traces the influential friendship of William Whewell, Charles Babbage, John Herschel, and Richard Jones, citing their pivotal contributions to a significant array of scientific achievements throughout the mid-nineteenth century.
Traces the lives of four British scientists--Charles Babbage, William Whewell, John Herschel, and Richard Jones--from their Cambridge days in the early nineteenth century, describing their successes, failures, and their overall impact on British science.
Traces the influential friendship of William Whewell, Charles Babbage, John Herschel, and Richard Jones, citing their pivotal contributions to a significant array of scientific achievements throughout the mid-nineteenth century.
Traces the influential friendship of William Whewell, Charles Babbage, John Herschel, and Richard Jones, citing their pivotal contributions to a significant array of scientific achievements throughout the mid-nineteenth century.
Seventeenth century England was a land ruled by supposition, superstition and magic - but thanks to the founding of the Royal Society, a revolution was about to begin which would change the face of the world forever. John Gribbin explores the lives of Gilbert, Bacon and Harvey, …
James Lovelock is an iconic figure in British science, a prophet whose prophecies are coming true. This is his definitive authorised biography. Lovelock is best known as the 'father' of Gaia theory, which is now established as the most useful way of understanding the dramatic ch…
