- Genesis and Geology: A Study of the Relations of Scientific Thought, Natural Theology, and Social Opinion in Great Britain, 1790-1850 (Harvard Historical Studies)
- Edge of Objectivity
- Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1749-1827
- Science and Polity in France: The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Years
- Lazare and Sadi Carnot: A Scientific and Filial Relationship