History of Science & Knowledge
![Slouch](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691235493.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
The strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America—from eugenics and posture pageants to today’s promoters of “paleo posture”
![Radical by Nature](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691233796.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
A major biography of the brilliant naturalist, traveler, humanitarian, and codiscoverer of natural selection
![Bedeviled](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691241685.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
How scientists through the ages have conducted thought experiments using imaginary entities—demons—to test the laws of nature and push the frontiers of what is possible
![Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691211084.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
A gripping and groundbreaking history of how ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional weapons of war
![Desert Edens](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691168869.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
How technological advances and colonial fears inspired utopian geoengineering projects during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
![The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691235219.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
An original deep history of the internet that tells the story of the centuries-old utopian dreams behind it—and explains why they have died today
![Conchophilia](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691248592.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
A captivating historical look at the cultural and artistic significance of shells in early modern Europe
![Plato's Ghost](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691242040.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
Plato's Ghost is the first book to examine the development of mathematics from 1880 to 1920 as a modernist transformation similar to those in art, literature, and music. Jeremy Gray traces the growth of mathematical modernism from its...
![Games for Your Mind](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691242026.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
A lively and engaging look at logic puzzles and their role in mathematics, philosophy, and recreation
![The Mirror and the Mind](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691237251.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
How the classic mirror test served as a portal for scientists to explore questions of self-awareness
![Knowledge Lost](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691208657.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
A compelling alternative account of the history of knowledge from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
![The Art of Discovery](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691237145.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
A panoramic history of the antiquarians whose discoveries transformed Renaissance culture and gave rise to new forms of art and knowledge