Glenn MurphyPublished July 2nd 2015 by Pan MacMillan (first published July 4th 2008)

Michael Greger, MDHow Not To Diet: The Groundbreaking Science of Healthy, Permanent Weight LossDr. Greger hones in on the optimal criteria to enable weight loss, while considering how these foods...

James ReasonModern technology has now reached a point where improved safety can only be achieved through a better understanding of human error mechanisms. In its treatment of major accidents, the...

Paul R Ehrlich Why do we behave the way we do? Biologist Paul Ehrlich suggests that although people share a common genetic code, these genes "do not shout commands at...

Pavel Novak, AIB Moffat, C Nalluri Hydraulic Structures demonstrates to the advanced undergraduate student the design of hydraulic structures in practice. It does this by explaining dam engineering, the design...

Michio Kaku   Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension   The first book-length exploration of the most exciting development in modern physics, the...

Douglas Hofstadter What do we mean when we say “I”? Can thought arise out of matter? Can a self, a soul, a consciousness, an “I” arise out of mere matter?...

Gould's final essay collection is based on his remarkable series for Natural History magazine-exactly 300 consecutive essays, with never a month missed, published from 1974 to 2001. Both an intellectually...

Dr Jerri NielsenDuring the winter of 1999, Dr. Jerri Nielsen, the only physician on a staff of forty-one people, discovered a lump in her breast. Consulting via satellite e-mail with...

Peter A Levine, PhDUnraveling Trauma in the Body, Brain and Mind—a Revolution in TreatmentIn this culmination of his life’s work, Peter A. Levine draws on his broad experience as a...

Thomas L White Have humans been sharing the planet with other intelligent life for millions of years without realizing it? In Defense of Dolphins combines accessible science and philosophy, surveying the latest...

Massimo Piattelli PalmariniThis highly enjoyable read covers provocative recent discoveries in the study of the mind. Demonstrates that everyone is prone to certain "cognitive" illusions or biases in thinking which...