Popular Science
Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth
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"A gleeful, poetic book…Like the best natural histories, Dirt is a kind of prayer." —Los Angeles Times Book Review
Uncentering the Earth: Copernicus and The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
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“Highly personal and philosophical . . . the next best thing to reading Copernicus.”—Publishers Weekly
The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer
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A "skillful and literate" (New York Times Book Review) biography of the persecuted genius who helped create the modern computer.
Oak: The Frame of Civilization
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"A dazzling book, full of knowledge and rare wisdom, too" —Thomas Pakenham, author of Remarkable Trees of the World
Lavoisier in the Year One: The Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution
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"Fresh…solid…full of suspense and intrigue." —Publishers Weekly