Cambridge History of Science Volume 1

This is the first of a three-volume anthology intended as a companion to The Cambridge History of Later Medieval Philosophy. Volume 1 is concerned with the logic and the philosophy of language, and comprises fifteen important texts on questions of meaning and inference that formed the basis of Medieval philosophy.

Editors: Tobin, Emma, Ambrosio, Chiara (Eds.)
Outlines key theoretical developments in chemistry, examined in the context of their historical background
Highlights competing theories from medieval alchemy to the era of computer modelled chemistry
Reveals the strong relationship between scientific practice and theory choice

This is the first volume in a new three-volume history of the University Press, which will eventually bring the story as far as modern times: the next volume (on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries) is in preparation. The history is not only about University printers and their work–especially scholarly, schoolbook, Bible, prayer book and almanac publishing (the University Printers were England's largest suppliers of almanacs in the late seventeenth century)–but also about the rest of the seventeenth century book trade in Cambridge, London, continental Europe and North America.

Science fiction is at the intersection of numerous fields. It is a literature which draws on popular culture, and which engages in speculation about science, history, and all types of social relations. This volume brings together essays by scholars and practitioners of science fiction, which look at the genre from these different angles. After an introduction to the nature of science fiction, historical chapters trace science fiction from Thomas More to the present day, including a chapter on film and television.