BSHS Monographs catalogue

This page lists all volumes published by BSHS monographs, volumes 1-14, since 1979.

He is no loss

Steel, Emily. 2011. He is no loss: Robert McCormick and the voyage of HMS Beagle (London: British Society for the History of Science), 74 pages.

Element of Controversy

Chang, Hasok and Jackson, Catherine. 2007. An Element of Controversy: The Life of Chlorine in Science, Medicine, Technology and War (London: British Society for the History of Science), 407 pages.

To See the Fellows Fight

Thackray, John C. (ed.). 2003. To See the Fellows Fight: Eye Witness Accounts of Meetings of the Geological Society of London and Its Club, 1822-1868. (Oxford: British Society for the History of Science), xviii+243pp. Preface by Janet Browne, James Secord, and Hugh Torrens.

Science in Art

Field, JV and James, Frank AJL. 1997. Science in Art: Works in the National Gallery that illustrate the History of Science and Technology. 110pp, 60 illustrations.

E. Ray Lankester

Lester, Joe (Bowler, Peter (ed.)). 1995. E. Ray Lankester and the Making of Modern British Biology (Oxford: British Society for the History of Science), 219pp.

In the Shadow of Lavoisier

Crosland, Maurice. 1994. In the Shadow of Lavoisier: The ‘Annales de Chimie’ and the Establishment of a New Science. (Oxford: British Society for the History of Science), 354pp, 6 illustrations.

Science and Nature

Shortland, Michael. 1993. Science and Nature: essays in the history of the environmental sciences (Oxford: British Society for the History of Science), 291 pages.

Scientific Correspondence of John William Dawson

Susan Sheets-Pyenson. 1992. Index to the Scientific Correspondence of John William Dawson. (Oxford: British Society for the History of Science), 275pp.

Archives of the British Chemical Industry, 1750-1914

Morris, Peter J. T., and Russell, Colin A.; Smith, John Graham (ed.). 1988. Archives of the British Chemical Industry, 1750-1914: A Handlist. (Oxford: British Society for the History of Science), 273pp.

Francis Bacon’s Natural Philosophy

Rees, Graham, assisted by Christopher Upton. 1984. Francis Bacon’s Natural Philosophy: A New Source. A Transcription of Manuscript Hardwick 72A with translation and commentary. (Oxford: British Society for the History of Science), 197pp, 2 illustrations.

The Royal Society and Its Fellows, 1660-1700

Hunter, Michael. 1994. The Royal Society and Its Fellows, 1660-1700: The Morphology of an Early Scientific Institution. 2nd edition (Chalfont St. Giles: British Society for the History of Science) 291pp.

Rationality and Ritual: The Windscale Inquiry and Nuclear Decisions in Britain

Wynne, Brian. 1982. Rationality and Ritual: The Windscale Inquiry and Nuclear Decisions in Britain. (Oxford: British Society for the History of Science), 222pp

The Letters of George Cuvier

Outram, Dorinda (ed.). 1980. The Letters of Georges Cuvier: A Summary Calendar of the Manuscript and Printed Materials preserved in Europe, the United States of America, and Australasia. (Chalfont St Giles: British Society for the History of Science), 102pp. Reprinted in 2009.

Images of the Earth

Jordanova, Ludmilla and Porter, Roy (eds.). 1997. Images of the Earth: essays in the history of the environmental sciences. 2nd edition (Chalfont St Giles: British Society for the History of Science), 293pp.