Author: Numbers Ronald L. Numbers

When and where did science begin? Historians have offered different answers to these questions, some pointing to Babylonian observational astronomy, some to the speculations of natural philosophers …

This book, in language accessible to the general reader, investigates twelve of the most notorious, most interesting, and most instructive episodes involving the interaction between science and …

A Guardian "Favourite Reads-as Chosen by Scientists" Selection"Tackles some of science’s most enduring misconceptions."-Discover A falling apple inspired Isaac Newton’s insight …

Over the course of human history, the sciences, and biology in particular, have often been manipulated to cause immense human suffering. For example, biology has been used to justify eugenic …