David BerlinskySimply put, an algorithm is a set of instructions-it's the code that makes computers run. A basic idea that proved elusive for hundreds of years and bent the minds...

Peter Coveney and Roger Highfield"SCIENCE JOURNALISM AT ITS BEST. . . An impeccably researched, amazingly up-to-date, crisply written and well-illustrated survey."--NatureAt the cutting edge of the sciences, a dynamic new...

Charles DarwinPresents contemporary beliefs about Divine Providence and the beginnings of life on earth. Written for the general public of the 1850s, this title provides an account of the scientific...

Jane Goodall with Phillip BermanHer revolutionary studies of Tanzania's chimpanzees forever altered our definition of "humanity." Now, intriguing as always, Jane Goodall explores her deepest convictions in a heartfelt memoir...

Omar KhayyamTranslated by Edward FitzGeraldIn the eleventh century, in Persia, there lived a mathematician named Ghiyathuddin Abulfath Omar bin Ibrahim al-Khayyami--or, Omar, son of Abraham, the tent-maker. Omar wrote poetry,...

Alan Kaufman   Jew Boy tells the story of a young boy growing up in the complex shadow of his mother's survival of the Holocaust. He struggles to comprehend what...

Neale Martin80% of new products fail. Billions of advertising dollars are wasted every year. Even "satisfied customers" abandon companies at the drop of a hat. How can this be? How...

Harriet Wittels and Joan GreismanLists of synonyms, antonyms, sample sentences, parts of speech, and definitions accompany each alphabetically arranged entry word, in an easy-to-use revision of a popular reference title.

Peter P WakkerProspect Theory: For Risk and Ambiguity provides the first comprehensive and accessible textbook treatment of the way decisions are made both when we have the statistical probabilities associated...

Adrian WilsonIn 1967, award-winning designer Adrian Wilson wrote a seminal work on book design. It was published to enthusiastic critical acclaim, The Design of Books has since become the classic...

How to Be Exceptional: Drive Leadership Success by Magnifying Your StrengthsJohn H Zenger, Joseph R Folkman, Robert H Sherwin, Jr, Barbara A SteelOne of The Globe & Mail's Top 10...

How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and CultureFrancis A SchaefferAs one of the foremost evangelical thinkers of the twentieth century, Francis Schaeffer long pondered...