In this fully revised second edition, noted skeptic Massimo Pigliucci sets out to separate the fact from the fantasy in an…

Chronicling the development of scientific ideas, practices, and institutions from pre-Socratic Greek philosophy to…

\nAn illustrated visit to the tropical arctic of 205 million years ago when Greenland was green.\n…

Explains how life insurance corporations shaped how we understand American life spans and Americans as risks…

What does it mean to be an expert? This book offers a fresh perspective on the role of expertise in the practice of science…

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A flowering weed-mousear cress - can sense the particular chewing noise of its most common caterpillar predator and adjust…

Cybernetics is often thought of as a grim military or industrial science of control. This title follows the history of…

What sets the practice of rigorously tested, sound science apart from pseudoscience? This title seeks to answer this…

Intended as a sequel to Primate Societies, this book compiles thirty-one chapters that review the state of knowledge…

Mathematical Physics is an introduction to such basic mathematical structures as groups, vector spaces, topological spaces,…

Are animals consciously aware of anything, or are they merely living machines incapable of conscious thoughts or emotions?…

The age of the baroque - a time of great strides in science and mathematics - also saw the construction of some of the…

Challenges long-standing linear notions of scientific progress, arguing that transformative ideas don't arise from the…

Zoos, aquariums, and wildlife parks are vital centers of animal conservation and management. This book presents the thinking…