James Watt is celebrated as the inventor of the energy efficient pumping and rotative steam engines. Studies of Watt have focused on his inventiveness, influenc

Features 25 different scientists and the ideas which may not have made them famous, but made history... Typically, we remember our greatest scientists from one

This collection of essays examines the question of theory from the perspective of the history of chemistry. Through the lens of a number of different periods, t

Richard Hills has worked from original records, checking printed versions where necessary and has shed new light on thus far obscure areas of Watt's life and pe