Anthony BlakeWe are bound to hold beliefs or images of the world and ourselves that exceed available evidence. They will tend be limiting and blinkered but sometimes also heuristic and...

Oliver SacksDr. Oliver Sacks's books Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars and the bestselling The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat have been acclaimed for their extraordinary compassion in...

William SouderIn the summer of 1995, a group of Minnesota children came upon a pond populated by frogs with nine legs, missing legs, a row of limbs fanning out from...

Bill Bryson   In Bryson's biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand—and, if possible, answer—the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. Taking as...

Nicholas Wade Drawing on startling new evidence from the human genome, an explosive new account of the genetic basis of race and its role in the human storyFewer ideas have...

Jon EntineA riveting scientific detective story crossed with a provocative and controversial re-examination of the meaning of race, ethnicity, and religion.Could our sense of who we are really turn on...

Radu VeroA unique blend of scientific and artistic insight. -- Airbrush Digest. A concise, easy-to-use volume. -- Library Journal. All the operations, techniques, and theories needed to create outstanding airbrush...

Dr Mike Goldsmith  Albert Einstein is the genius who invented e=mc². He is possibly the brainiest scientist in history—and the battiest! But did you know that Al's life was almost...

John Gribbin John Gribbin is one of the few science writers who is equally comfortable writing about biology as about physics, and this beginner's guide will take the reader through...

Jeffre L Witherly Galen P Perry Darryl L Leja Medical science constantly demands our attention, as patients or relatives, concerned citizens, voters, investors, or simply curious individuals. But for those...

Stephen Jay GouldRanging as far as the fox and as deep as the hedgehog (the urchin of his title), Stephen Jay Gould expands on geology, biological determinism, "cardboard Darwinism," and...

Norman Cousins Anatomy of an Illness was the first book by a patient that spoke to our current interest in taking charge of our own health. It started the revolution...