Frank CloseOf all the mind-bending discoveries of physics--quarks, black holes, strange attractors, curved space--the existence of antimatter is one of the most bizarre. It is also one of the most...

Bill Bryson From one of the most beloved authors of our timeâ more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country aloneâ a fascinating excursion...

Oliver Sacks This is an extraordinary account of a group of twenty patients, survivors of the great sleeping-sickness epidemic, which swept the world in the 1920s, and the astonishing, explosive...

Robert Burnham, Alan Dyer, Robert A Garfinkle, Martin George, Jeff Kanipe, David H LevyThis highly acclaimed, best-selling series takes field guides to a breathtaking new level. Filled with full-color maps,...

Ali Almossawi“One of the more clever ways of introducing computational thinking to the general public.” —Vint Cerf, Turing Award winner, Chief Internet Evangelist at Google, a 'Father of the Internet'Bad...

Atul Gawande Never before has aging been such an important topic. For, even as medical advances push the boundaries of survival further each year, we have become profoundly detached from...

Chris ImpeyHuman exploration has been an unceasing engine of technological progress, from the first homo sapiens to leave our African cradle to a future in which mankind promises to settle...

Rene Fester Kratz, PhDThe ultimate guide to understanding biology Have you ever wondered how the food you eat becomes the energy your body needs to keep going? The theory of...

Stephen Hawking“It is said that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction, and nowhere is that more true than in the case of black holes. Black holes are stranger than anything...

Julius FastThis classic book introduces kinetics, the science of non-verbal communication, which is used to analyze the common gestures we use and observe every day, gestures which reveal our deepest...

James GleickA work of popular science in the tradition of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan, this 20th-anniversary edition of James Gleick’s groundbreaking bestseller Chaos introduces a whole new readership to...

Max JammerBoth historical treatment and critical analysis, this work by a noted physicist takes a fascinating look at a fundamental of physics, tracing its development from ancient to modern times....