One hundred years ago this month, Cambridge University Press in England published a book that lost money, that according to one of its two co-authors was probably read in full by only six people, but ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

One of the most valuable scientific documents in history changed hands this week, when an autographed Isaac Newton manuscript of revisions to three sections of the first edition of the Philosophiae ...

Sir Isaac Newton, unquestionably one of the greatest scientists of all time, published his defining book, Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, 325 years ago today. The text lays down Newton’s ...

The North American Indian was produced in 40 volumes between 1907 and 1930 by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) and was one of the most expensive undertakings in the history of book production and the most ...

Hundreds more copies may still be out there. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A pioneering book of science theory published by Sir ...

The discovery suggests that “Principia” had a stronger impact on Enlightenment science than previous research suggested. By William J. Broad It had a reputation for unreadability. As its author walked ...