Popular Science

Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses
Hardback
A behavioral ecologist’s riveting account of his decades-long obsession with octopuses: his discoveries, adventures, and new scientific understanding of their behaviors.

Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe
Hardback
A rip-roaring tour of the cosmos with the Bad Astronomer, revealing the sky as never seen before—from everywhere but Earth

The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix
Paperback
A definitive history of the race to unravel DNA’s structure by one of our most prominent medical historians

How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms
Hardback
A sweeping history of data and its technical, political and ethical impact on our world

Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage
Paperback
Longlisted for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
A New York Times Editors' Choice
A Science Friday Best Science Book to Read This Summer
A myth-busting voyage into the female body


