Popular Science
The Workshop and the World: What Ten Thinkers Can Teach Us About Science and Authority
Hardback
A fascinating look at key thinkers throughout history who have shaped public perception of science and the role of authority.
The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris
Hardback
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year
A medical historian narrates the last century of scientific struggle against an enduring enemy: deadly contagious disease.
Close Encounters with Humankind: A Paleoanthropologist Investigates Our Evolving Species
Paperback
In this captivating bestseller, Korea’s first paleoanthropologist offers fresh insights into humanity’s dawn and evolution.
Once a Wolf: The Science Behind Our Dogs' Astonishing Genetic Evolution
Hardback
The author of Seven Daughters of Eve returns with a lively account of how all dogs are descended from a mere handful of wolves.
Genesis: The Deep Origin of Societies
Hardback
Forming a twenty-first-century statement on Darwinian evolution, one shorn of “religious and political dogma,” Edward O. Wilson offers a bold work of scientific thought and synthesis.