Popular Science
Stormchasers: The Hurricane Hunters and Their Fateful Flight into Hurricane Janet
Paperback
Fifty years after Isaac's Storm, a riveting story of the first Hurricane Hunters, and the one crew who paid the ultimate price.
Prime Mover: A Natural History of Muscle
Paperback
The story—and the science—of nature's greatest engine.
Clocks and Culture: 1300-1700
Paperback
The history of the clock opens a window on how different cultures have viewed time and on Europe's path to industrialization.
The Future of Spacetime
Paperback
Where the science of black holes, gravitational waves, and time travel will likely lead us, as reported by spacetime's most important theoreticians and observers.
Multimedia: From Wagner to Virtual Reality
Expanded Edition
Paperback
"I recommend this book to you with an earnestness that I have seldom felt for any collection of historic texts," writes William Gibson in his foreword.