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  • What Einstein Kept Under His Hat: Secrets of Science in the Kitchen

    Robert L. Wolke, Marlene Parrish

    Paperback

    Have you ever wondered why onions make us cry? Do you believe bananas contain more calories as they ripen and get sweeter? This sequel to the...

  • What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained

    Robert L. Wolke

    Paperback

    Finalist for the James Beard Foundation Book Award and the IACP Cookbook Award

    "[A]s good a read on the science of cooking as there is." —Mark Bittman, author of How to Cook Everything

  • iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon

    Steve Wozniak, Gina Smith

    Paperback

    A New York Times Bestseller: "iWoz traces the life and times of a brilliant, gifted...individual whose contributions to the scientific, business and cultural realms are extensive." —Bookpage

  • Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science

    Carol Kaesuk Yoon

    Paperback

    Finalist for the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science and Technology. “A lively blend of popular scientific history and cultural criticism.”—New York Times Book Review

  • Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science

    Carol Kaesuk Yoon

    Hardback

    Finalist for the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science and Technology: the surprising, untold story about the poetic and deeply human (cognitive) capacity to name the natural world.