General Science Books

New and Published Books

1. Science and Religion in Neo-Victorian Novels

   Eye of the Ichthyosaur

   By John Glendening

   Series: Routledge Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature

   Criticism about the neo-Victorian novel — a genre of historical fiction that re-imagines aspects of the Victorian world from present-day perspectives — has expanded rapidly in the last fifteen years but given little attention to the engagement between science and religion. Of great interest to...

   Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
2. Biosensors and Environmental Health

   Edited by Victor R. Preedy, Vinood Patel

   Discussing the role biosensors play in detecting and monitoring environmental substances, Biosensors and Environmental Health provides key facts that can be applied to other areas of health and disease and a "mini-dictionary" of key terms and summary points. It covers personal toxicity testing,...

   Published August 7th 2012 by CRC Press
3. Magic, Science, and Empire in Postcolonial Literature

   The Alchemical Literary Imagination

   By Kathleen Renk

   Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature

   This book examines the ways in which contemporary British and British postcolonial writers in the after-empire era draw connections between magic (defined here as Renaissance Hermetic philosophy) and science. Writers such as Tom Stoppard, Zadie Smith, and Margaret Atwood critique both imperial...

   Published October 16th 2011 by Routledge
4. Healthcare Sensor Networks

   Challenges Toward Practical Implementation

   Edited by Daniel Tze Huei Lai, Marimuthu Palaniswami, Rezaul Begg

   Healthcare sensor networks (HSNs) now offer the possibility to continuously monitor human activity and physiological signals in a mobile environment. Such sensor networks may be able to reduce the strain on the present healthcare workforce by providing new autonomous monitoring services ranging...

   Published September 27th 2011 by CRC Press
5. Handbook of Active Materials for Medical Devices

   Advances and Applications

   Edited by Andres Diaz Lantada

   This book covers biodevices, mainly implantable or quirurgical, for the diagnosis or treatment of different pathologies, which benefit from the use of active materials as sensors or actuators. Such active or "intelligent" materials are capable of responding in a controlled way to different external...

   Published September 27th 2011 by Pan Stanford Publishing
6. Resistance to Science in Contemporary American Poetry

   By Bryan Walpert

   Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature

   This book examines types of resistance in contemporary poetry to the authority of scientific knowledge, tracing the source of these resistances to both their literary precedents and the scientific zeitgeists that helped to produce them. Walpert argues that contemporary poetry offers a palimpsest of...

   Published September 25th 2011 by Routledge
7. The Culture of Science

   How the Public Relates to Science Across the Globe

   Edited by Martin W. Bauer, Rajesh Shukla, Nick Allum

   Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

   This book offers the first comparative account of the changes and stabilities of public perceptions of science within the US, France, China, Japan, and across Europe over the past few decades. The contributors address the influence of cultural factors; the question of science and religion and its...

   Published September 22nd 2011 by Routledge
8. Artificial Intelligence: The Basics

   By Kevin Warwick

   Series: The Basics

   'if AI is outside your field, or you know something of the subject and would like to know more then Artificial Intelligence: The Basics is a brilliant primer.' - Nick Smith, Engineering and Technology Magazine November 2011 Artificial Intelligence: The Basics is a concise and cutting-edge...

   Published August 17th 2011 by Routledge
9. Evolution: The Basics

   By Sherrie Lyons

   Series: The Basics

   Evolution: The Basics is an engaging introduction to the history, development and science of the theory of evolution. Beginning pre-Darwin and concluding with the latest research and controversies, readers are introduced to the origins of the idea of evolution, the ways in which it has developed...

   Published May 31st 2011 by Routledge
10. Religion and Science

    Edited by Sara Fletcher Harding, Nancy Morvillo

    Series: Critical Concepts in Religious Studies

    Integral to human nature is the need to seek understanding of the world in which we live, to discover how it works and why. We find our answers to these fundamental questions through different methods; empirical science justifies our observations of the natural world, but religion offers...

    Published October 5th 2010 by Routledge