Popular Science
Weird Life: The Search for Life That Is Very, Very Different from Our Own
Paperback
“Weird indeed, and not a little wonderful.”—Nature
The Dynamics of Disaster
Hardback
Natural disasters bedevil our planet, and each appears to be a unique event. Leading geologist Susan W. Kieffer shows how all disasters are connected.
Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination
Hardback
An engrossing history of the voyages of exploration that ignited curiosity about nature and gave birth to modern science.
Surviving Survival: The Art and Science of Resilience
Paperback
You have survived the crisis—trauma, disease, accident, or war—now how do you get your life back?
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
Paperback
A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases, Spillover is “fascinating and terrifying … a real-life thriller with an outcome that affects us all” (Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction).