Joseph Naveh Read about the development of alphabets and scripts, the evolution of modern letter forms, more. May 1, 2004 by Concordia Publishing House / Palphot

Bill Bryson Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. "A Short...

Bill Bryson In the bestselling, prize-winning A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson achieved the seemingly impossible by making the science of our world both understandable and entertaining to millions...

NE Genge THE ULTIMATE READERS’ GUIDE TO THE ART OF FORENSICS! An intrepid investigator crawls through miles of air conditioning ducts to capture the implicating fibers of a suspect’s wool...

Stephen W Hawking Stephen Hawking, one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history, wrote the modern classic A Brief History of Time to help non-scientists understand fundamental questions of physics and...

David Berlinski From a bestselling author, an “incendiary and uproarious” assault on the pretensions of scientific atheists ( National Review )Militant atheism is on the rise. Prominent thinkers including Richard...

Glen Vecchione "This book is a good starting place for finding successful science-fair projects."-- School Library Journal"Can provide needed direction to parents and students facing looming classroom deadlines."-- The Los...

Neil Shubin Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales...

Yuval Noah Harari   Yuval Noah Harari returns in August 2018 with a new book, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. In bringing his focus to the here and now, Harari...

Douglas Hofstadter What do we mean when we say “I”? Can thought arise out of matter? Can a self, a soul, a consciousness, an “I” arise out of mere matter?...

Kate Barnes and Steve Weston How does the heart pump blood? How do our eyes see? What does the inside of a bone look like? In all its color and...

Pedro Domingos A thought-provoking and wide-ranging exploration of machine learning and the race to build computer intelligences as flexible as our ownIn the world's top research labs and universities, the...