This is the first book to look in detail at amateur astronomy in Victorian Britain. It deals with...

All physicists are familiar with Hooke's law of springs, but few will know of his theory of combu...

This is the first book to look in detail at amateur astronomy in Victorian Britain. It deals with...

In a year that will probably be remembered almost as much for books about the millennium as for t...

Allan Chapman has had a life-long fascination for ghost stories, withan imagination fired from a ...

Physicists are familiar with Hooke's Law of springs, but few know of his work in other areas, suc...

Mary Somerville (1780-1872), after whom Somerville College Oxford was named, was the first woman ...

'An irresistible biography of one of Oxford's most colourful characters.' John Hedley BrookeIn 18...

So much research in the history of medicine has been devoted to the development of medicine as a ...

Are science and faith the common enemies we are led to believe? This important study examines pop...

A fascinating and adventurous insight into the origin and development of medicine and surgery.

Our knowledge of the universe, from the atomic level to the galactic, changed beyond recognition ...

Since the dawn of time, man has sought to improve his health and that of his neighbour. The human...

Adventures With Mr. Wugidgem continue with James in his second year as a teenager. He thought a l...

This fascinating and unique history reveals the major influence of the Oxford Chemistry School on...

'A study of historical, cultural, and technological developments during the Victorian Age that he...