Joe Schwarcz, PhD When did "chemical" become a dirty word?Forty or so years ago, chemistry -- which had been recognized as a miracle-making boon to humanity - somehow became associated...

James E Lovelock In The Revenge of Gaia, bestselling author James Lovelock- father of climate studies and originator of the influential Gaia theory which views the entire earth as a living...

Richard P Feynman Learn how to think like a physicist from a Nobel laureate and "one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century" ( New York Review of Books...

Robert Jourdain What makes a distant oboe's wail beautiful? Why do some kinds of music lift us to ecstasy, but not others? How can music make sense to an ear...

Elizabeth Kolbert The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity’s transformative impact on the environment, now asking: After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to...

David B Agus, MD Bestselling author David Agus unveils the brave new world of medicine, one in which we can take control of our health like never before and doctors...

Beatrice the Biologist Learn all about how your DNA makes you who you are—an awesome, unique individual—in this fun and simple illustrated guide!Did you know your sense of purpose is...

Erwin Schrodinger Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century. It was written for the layman, but proved to be...

Sue Armstrong The question of how and why organisms age has teased scientists for centuries. There are myriad competing theories, from the idea that aging is a simple wear and...

John Doerr “If you care about climate change, John Doerr’s new book, Speed & Scale , offers concrete steps that we can all take to make a difference.” - Barack...

David Attenborough In this scientifically informed account of the changes occurring in the world over the last century, the award-winning broadcaster and natural historian shares a lifetime of wisdom and...

Julian Guthrie A New York Times bestseller! The historic race that reawakened the promise of manned spaceflightA Finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Alone in a Spartan black...