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Recommended Texts

Women in the History of Science by Hannah Wills (Editor); Sadie Harrison (Editor); Erika Lynn Jones (Editor); Rebecca Martin (Editor); Farrah Lawrence-Mackey (Editor); Erika Jones (Editor)
Call Number: Q 130 W65 2023
ISBN: 9781800084179
Publication Date: 2023-06-05
"Women in the History of Science brings together primary sources that highlight women’s involvement in scientific knowledge production around the world. Drawing on texts, images and objects, each primary source is accompanied by an explanatory text, questions to prompt discussion, and a bibliography to aid further research. Arranged by time period, covering 1200 BCE to the twenty-first century, and across 12 inclusive and far-reaching themes, this book is an invaluable companion to students and lecturers alike in exploring women’s history in the fields of science, technology, mathematics, medicine and culture. " -From the Publisher
Fire and Flood by Eugene Linden
Call Number: QC 903 L585 2022
ISBN: 9781984882240
Publication Date: 2022-04-05
"From a writer and climate-change expert who has been at the center of the fight for more than thirty years, a brilliant big-picture reckoning with the reasons for our shocking failure to this point, focusing on the malign power of key business interests, and arguing that those same interests could flip this story very quickly, if a looming economic catastrophe doesn't happen first. Eugene Linden wrote his first big cover story on climate change, for Time magazine, in 1988. In the years since, he has written many more investigative pieces, for many outlets, as well as served as an advisor for nonprofits, insurance companies, and other businesses in the cross-hairs of the disastrous impact of global warming." -From the Publisher
The Secret of Life by Howard Markel
Call Number: QP 624.5 S78 M37 2021
ISBN: 9781324002239
Publication Date: 2021-09-21
"A definitive history of the race to unravel DNA's structure, by one of our most prominent medical historians. Biologist James Watson and physicist Francis Crick's 1953 revelation about the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every advance in our modern understanding of genetics and molecular biology. But how did Watson and Crick do it--and why were they the ones who succeeded? In truth, the discovery of DNA's structure is the story of a race among five scientists for advancement, fame, and immortality: Watson, Crick, Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkins, and Linus Pauling. They were fascinating and brilliant, with strong personalities that often clashed. But it is Rosalind Franklin who becomes a focal point for Markel." -From the Publisher
The Experimental Fire by Jennifer M. Rampling
Call Number: GD 18 G7 R36 2020
ISBN: 9780226710709
Publication Date: 2020-12-08
By reconstructing the alchemical ideas, practices, and disputes of the late medieval and early modern periods in England, following Roger Bacon, George Ripley, John Dee, Robert Boyle, and many others, Jennifer Rampling reveals how alchemical ideas were continually copied and reworked. She maps, over four centuries, their long-term evolution and the influence of the methods of alchemy's many and varied practitioners. Rampling restores the alchemist's reputation as a serious experimentalist who actually knew his chemistry and made significant discoveries, and from this we see how English alchemy fits within the wider history of European science, medicine, and culture"- From the Publisher
A History of Science in Society : From Philosophy to Utility by Andrew Ede, Lesley B. Cormack
Call Number: Q 125 E365 2017
ISBN: 9781442635029
Publication Date: 2017
" 'A History of Science in Society' is a concise overview that introduces complex ideas in a non-technical fashion. Ede and Cormack trace the history of the changing place of science in society and explore the link between the pursuit of knowledge and the desire to make that knowledge useful. New topics in this edition include astronomy and mathematics in ancient Mayan society, science and technology in ancient India and China, and Islamic cartography. New'Connections'features provide in-depth exploration of the ways science and society interconnect. The text is accompanied by 55 colour maps and diagrams, and 8 colour plates highlighting key concepts and events. Essay questions, chapter timelines, a further readings section, and an index provide additional support for students" -From the Publisher
A People's History of Science by Clifford D. Conner
Call Number: Q 125 C59 2005
ISBN: 1560257482
Publication Date: 2005-11-08
"A People's History of Science shows how ordinary people participate in creating science and have done so throughout history. It documents how the development of science has affected ordinary people, and how ordinary people perceived that development. It would be wrong to claim that the formulation of quantum theory or the structure of DNA can be credited directly to artisans or peasants, but if modern science is likened to a skyscraper, then those twentieth-century triumphs are the sophisticated filigrees at its pinnacle that are supported by the massive foundation created by the rest of us." -From the Publisher
Colonial Botany by Londa Schiebinger (Editor); Claudia Swan (Editor)
Call Number: SB 108 E85 C64 2005
ISBN: 9780812220094
Publication Date: 2007-07-13
"This volume breaks new ground by treating the development of the science of botany in its colonial context and situating the early modern exploration of the plant world at the volatile nexus of science, commerce, and state politics."--From book jacket