History / History of Science & Technology

Frontier Science explores the shadowy world of military research and the consequences of employing science to conquer nature in northern Canada during the Cold War.

On the Wings of War and Peace examines the history of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) during the early Cold War period.

Pathway to the Stars takes readers on a remarkable journey spanning one hundred years of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

This book shares the life story of William Playfair, the father of statistical graphics, who experienced extreme ups and downs in his various careers, including as a statistician, economist, and fraudster.

Moral Figures examines entanglements of quantified population indicators, medical birthing practices, and Indigenous relationalities to understand gendered consequences of making reproduction public

Ensnared between Hitler and Stalin examines the lives of the scientists and scholars who sought refuge in the Soviet Union in the 1930s.

Transforming Dentistry traces the rise and near demise of the dentistry program at Western University.

With stories of life in the Anthropocene, this book places Dmitri Mendeleev’s periodic table of elements and his groundbreaking theory of elementality into modern context.

Tuzo is the never-before-told story of one of Canada’s most influential scientists and the discovery of plate tectonics, a pivotal development that forever altered how we think of our planet.

Imperial Engineers traces the history of what was once the preeminent engineering school of the British Empire, from its foundation to its final crises and closure.

Made to Order explains more than three centuries of attitudes toward animal breeding.

Detailed, engaging, and beautifully written, the fourth edition of A History of Science in Society explores the many ways in which science and society interact.

Detailed, engaging, and beautifully written, the fourth edition of A History of Science in Society explores the many ways in which science and society interact.

Focusing on the impacts of uranium mining at Elliot Lake, Ontario, this book examines how the forces of the Cold War and settler colonialism shaped the lives of the Serpent River Anishinaabek in the second half of the twentieth century.