Henry David Thoreau is considered one of the leading figures in early American literature, and Walden is without doubt his most influential book.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan...

Robert G Dean Robert A Dalrymple “Chapter on wave maker theory is new material, generally not found in text books. The authors pull together good stuff from various widely scattered...

Alice OutwaterAn environmental engineer turned ecology writer relates the history of our waterways and her own growing understanding of what needs to be done to save this essential natural resource.Water:...

Miles KellyBattle through rain, wind and blizzards as you get to grips with wild weather! Discover everything you need to know about weather with this brilliant book. One hundred facts,...

Kristine C HarperWeather by the Numbers: The Genesis of Modern MeteorologyThe history of the growth and professionalization of American meteorology and its transformation into a physics- and mathematics-based scientific discipline.For...

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Roger PenroseOne of our most distinguished scientists offers a radical new theory of the origin, and ultimate end, of the Universe.Professor Sir Roger Penrose's groundbreaking and bestselling The Road to...

Robert L Wolke Einstein's cook was lucky. But you, too, can have a scientist in your kitchen: Robert L. Wolke.Do you wish you understood the science of foods, but don't...

Addy ProssSeventy years ago, Erwin Schrodinger posed a profound question: 'What is life, and how did it emerge from non-life?' This problem has puzzled biologists and physical scientists ever since.Living...

What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry John Markoff “This makes entertaining reading. Many accounts of the birth of personal computing have been written,...

Lise Eliot, PhD As a research neuroscientist, Lise Eliot has made the study of the human brain her life's work. But it wasn't until she was pregnant with her first...

Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson This national bestseller exploring the complex emotional lives of animals was hailed as "a masterpiece" by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and as "marvelous" by Jane Goodall.The popularity of When...