Series Board

Professor Igor Aleksander
Gabor Professor of Electrical Engineering and Head
Intelligent and Interactive Systems
Imperial College, London
UK

Professor Stephen G Brush
Distinguished University Professor of the History of Science
University of Maryland
USA

Professor Richard H Dalitz
Department of Theoretical Physics
Oxford University
UK

Professor Freeman J Dyson
School of Natural Sciences
Institute of Advanced Study
Princeton, NJ
USA

Professor Chris J Isham
Professor of Physics
Imperial College, London
UK

Professor Maurice Jacob
CERN, France

Professor Tom Kibble
Professor of Physics
Imperial College, London
UK

Dr Katherine Russell Sopka
Consultant and Historian of Science

Professor Roger H Stuewer
School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
USA

Dr Andrew C Warwick
Centre for the History of Science
Technology and Medicine
Imperial College, London
UK

Professor John Archibald Wheeler
Department of Physics
Princeton University
USA

Professor C N Yang
C N Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics
State University of New York, Stony Brook
USA


The series includes a variety of books dealing with the development of physics, astronomy, chemistry and geology during the past two centuries. During this period there were many important discoveries and new theories in the physical sciences which radically changed our understanding of the natural world, at the same time stimulating technological advances and providing a model for the growth of scientific understanding in the biological and behavioral sciences.

While there is no shortage of popular or journalistic writing on these subjects, there is a need for more accurate and comprehensive treatments by professional historians of science who are qualified to discuss the substance of scientific research. The books in the series will include new historical monographs, editions and translations of original sources, and reprints of older (but still valuable) histories. Efforts to understand the worldwide growth and impact of physical science, not restricted to the traditional focus on Europe and the United States, is encouraged. The books should be authoritative and readable, useful to scientists, graduate students and anyone with a serious interest in the history, philosophy and social studies of science.

To contribute to this book series, contact editor@worldscientific.com

Published titles

Vol. 1
Kinetic Theory of Gases, The
An Anthology of Classic Papers with Historical Commentary
by Stephen G Brush
edited by Nancy S Hall

Vol. 2
Stalin's Great Science
The Times and Adventures of Soviet Physicists
by Alexei B Kojevnikov

Vol. 3
Matter and Spirit in the Universe
Scientific and Religious Preludes to Modern Cosmology
by Helge Kragh