Foundations: Book Reviews (23)
Book reviews written by Science File members
Interesting as backgound material to the story of the eighteenth-century blossoming of "natural philosophy" into modern science.
The story of the research and development work that led to the building of lasers.
A layman's guide to scientific discovery, from the Big Bang to modern man.
The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Geometry
Written by Chris Godsalve
A geometrical anthology
A crusade against ignorance and irrationality masquerading as science
The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers
Written by Chris Godsalve
An informative compendium of numbers
100 amazing experiments from the history of science
35 landmarks in the development of our current scientific knowledge.
Six physics lectures from a series given by Richard Feynman in 1962 at Caltech.
An engaging, witty and beautifully designed and illustrated volume, destined to be a classic in the genre of popularisations of mathematics and the philosophy it engenders.
The Shocking History of Phosphorus: A Biography of the Devil's Element
Written by Tom Deteau
Popular scientific account of the element.
The Science of When Things Happened
The Undergrowth of Science: Delusion, Self-Deception, and Human Frailty
Written by Tom Deteau
The story of scientific blind alleys.
Short pieces by, and interviews with, Richard Feynman.
Fact and fiction in the history of scientific discovery.
A history of scientific discovery from pre-history to Newton.
An Introduction to the Fractional Calculus and Fractional Differential Equations
Written by Trifce Sandev
The mathematical tools needed to solve fractional-order differential and integral equations.
An excursion into metaphysics and the meaning of reality.
A series of essays of scientific analysis about the claims of the Intelligent Design movement.
Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society
Written by Anne Rogers
A collection of essays about the achievements and developments of science and scientists since the foundation of the Royal Society.
A history of the study of neutrinos, the ghostly sub-atomic particles which may unlock some of the Universe's most closely-guarded secrets.
The story of the Royal Society and a scientific revolution
The early years of the Santa Fe Institute and its groundbreaking studies of life, emergent phenomena, artificial life and economics.