David DeutschAn extraordinary and challenging synthesis of ideas uniting Quantum Theory, and the theories of Computation, Knowledge and Evolution, Deutsch's extraordinary book explores the deep connections between these strands which...

Steven WeinbergA Nobel Prize-winning physicist explains what happened at the very beginning of the universe, and how we know, in this popular science classic.Our universe has been growing for nearly...

Daniel C DennettWhat is human consciousness and how is it possible? These questions fascinate thinking people from poets and painters to physicists, psychologists, and philosophers.This is Daniel C. Dennett's brilliant...

Carlo Rovelli'We are time. We are this space, this clearing opened by the traces of memory inside the connections between our neurons. We are memory. We are nostalgia. We are...

Peter AtkinsPeter Atkins is the shining exception to the rule that scientists make poor writers. A Fellow at Oxford and a leading chemist, he has won admiration for his precise,...

The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate TheoryBrian GreeneBrian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surrounding string...

Peter WohllebenIn The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben shares his deep love of woods and forests and explains the amazing processes of life, death, and regeneration he has observed...

Rebecca Newberget GoldsteinFrom the author of The Mind-Body Problem: a witty and intoxicating novel of ideas that plunges into the great debate between faith and reason.At the center is Cass...

Turtle Dream: Collected Stories from the Hopi, Navajo, Pueblo, and Havasupai PeopleWritten by Gerald HausmanIllustrated by Sid HausmanA collection of stories about Native Americans in the Southwest.112 pages, Paperback Published...

Alessandro BariccoFrance, 1861. A young silk breeder has to travel overland to distant Japan, out of bounds to foreigners, to smuggle out healthy silkworms, when an epidemic has wiped out...

Manjit KumarFor most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious, impenetrable science. And yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. Manjit Kumar gives a dramatic...

Eva HoffmanThis remarkable book is Eva Hoffman's personal story of her experiences as an emigre who loses and remakes her identity in a new land and translates her sense of...