Popular Science
Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination
Paperback
An engrossing history of the voyages of exploration that ignited curiosity about nature and gave birth to modern science.
A Short Bright Flash: Augustin Fresnel and the Birth of the Modern Lighthouse
Hardback
How a scientific outsider came up with a revolutionary theory of light and saved untold numbers of lives.
A Short Bright Flash: Augustin Fresnel and the Birth of the Modern Lighthouse
Paperback
How a scientific outsider came up with a revolutionary theory of light and saved untold numbers of lives.
Shots in the Dark: The Wayward Search for an AIDS Vaccine
Paperback
"[A]n important book not only for the now but for the future of this epidemic and those to come."—Dr. Robert Gallo
A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet, and Disease
Hardback
A riveting investigation of inflammation—the hidden force at the heart of modern disease—and how we can prevent, treat or even reverse it