Science Books

Un philosophe et une marquise discutent des planètes, des étoiles et des mondes possibles au fil de conversations nocturnes.

Micrographia explores microscopy, insects, plants, materials, and scientific observation.

Una enciclopedia agrícola sobre cultivos, agua, herramientas, ganadería y tecnología rural.

deep time, gradual geological change, natural processes, and modern earth science.

The opening volumes of Li Shizhen’s materia medica introduce classical Chinese medicine, herbs, pharmacy, and natural history.

mathematical imagination, dimensions, geometry, social hierarchy, and satire.

Einstein’s concise lecture-based explanation of special and general relativity.

Un essai majeur d’Ernest Renan sur la science, la connaissance, la religion et le progrès intellectuel.

Una edición española del clásico médico chino sobre cuerpo, equilibrio, diagnóstico y cosmología.

Pseudodoxia Epidemica is a public-domain classic of early modern science and skepticism.

Die Stadt ist ein gemeinfreier Klassiker über Soziologie der Stadt, Bürgertum und Herrschaft.

Testi scientifici classici di Redi su osservazione, esperimento, natura, generazione spontanea e metodo empirico.

Ein grundlegendes Werk der Soziologie über Vergesellschaftung, Wechselwirkung, Gruppen, Konflikt und moderne Formen.

John Muir’s luminous Sierra journal, joining field observation, wilderness travel, and natural history.

A public-domain classic on archaeology, prehistory, stone tools, human origins, and early material culture.

A controversial Victorian science classic on cosmic history, life, development, geology, and pre-Darwinian evolution.

Un grand texte français sur l’océan, la nature, les espèces marines et l’imaginaire scientifique.

A landmark natural-history journey through islands, species, geography, evolution, and exploration.

A classic of close observation, natural history, birds, seasons, village life, and ecological attention.

Il celebre testo di Galileo sul metodo scientifico, la natura, l’osservazione e il linguaggio matematico.

A concise Wells lecture on prediction, science, social change, and humanity’s responsibility toward the future.

Ein monumentaler deutscher Wissenschaftsklassiker über Natur, Erde, Astronomie, Geographie und die Einheit der Welt.

Un classique français de la nature qui mêle observation des abeilles, biologie, philosophie et prose littéraire.

A foundational philosophy-of-science work on method, causation, measurement, and scientific knowledge.