Popular Science

Darwin's Backyard: How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory
Hardback
How Darwin found universal evolutionary truths in simple yet ingenious home-spun experiments.

The Origins of Creativity
Hardback
An eloquent exploration of creativity, The Origins of Creativity grapples with the question of how this uniquely human expression—so central to our identity as individuals and, collectively, as a species—came about and how it has manifested itself throughout the history of our species.

Now: The Physics of Time
Paperback
From the celebrated author of the best-selling Physics for Future Presidents comes “a provocative, strongly argued book on the fundamental nature of time” (Lee Smolin).

American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World
Hardback
This nineteenth-century celestial drama will enthral readers as a coast-to-coast total solar eclipse plunges America into darkness.

DNA Is Not Destiny: The Remarkable, Completely Misunderstood Relationship between You and Your Genes
Hardback
One of the world’s leading cultural psychologists debunks the hype surrounding DNA testing and puts to rest our mistaken anxieties about our genes.


