The Cambridge History of Science

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Editors: David C. Lindberg, Ronald L. Numbers

The Cambridge History of Science is to be published in eight substantial volumes, beginning with Ancient Mesopotamia and classical Greece and Rome, through the Medieval period, early modern Europe, and on through modern science. The history begins chronologically and that approach continues on up to Vol. 4, after which the volumes split off into modern histories of different branches of science. They are designed to be read as both a narrative and an interpretation, and also used as a work of reference. The first comprehensive history of science in 30 years, they will be an excellent reference for historians and professionals in the history of science. The contributors, world leaders in their respective specialties, engage with current historiographical and methodological controversies and strike out on positions of their own.

There are 5 titles in this series...

The Cambridge History of Science

Volume 7, The Modern Social Sciences

• Edited by Theodore M. Porter, Dorothy Ross
• Hardback | Published September 2003
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The Cambridge History of Science

Volume 6, Modern Life and Earth Sciences

• Edited by Peter J. Bowler, John V. Pickstone
• Hardback | Published June 2009
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The Cambridge History of Science

Volume 5, The Modern Physical and Mathematical Sciences

• Edited by Mary Jo Nye
• Hardback | Published December 2002
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The Cambridge History of Science

Volume 4, Eighteenth-Century Science

• Edited by Roy Porter
• Hardback | Published April 2003
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The Cambridge History of Science

Volume 3, Early Modern Science

• Edited by Katharine Park, Lorraine Daston
• Hardback | Published September 2006
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