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30-Second Theories: The 50 Most Thought-provoking Theories in Science, Each Explained in Half a Minute

de Paul Parsons & Martin Rees

When it comes to big science, very few things are conclusively known. From Quantum Mechanics to Natural Selection, what we have instead are theories – ideas explain why things happen the way they do. We don’t...

Sky Gods & Angels

de Wence Horak & Keana Texeira

If the visitors to Earth are really aliens from distant worlds why would they be buzzing about for at least 5,000 years or more? The answer to that is rather 'simple': they are not really aliens, but our ancestors,...

Free Will

de Sam Harris

A BELIEF IN FREE WILL touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, public policy, intimate relationships, morality—as well as feelings of remorse...

Cosmos

de Carl Sagan

This visually stunning book with over 250 full-color illustrations, many of them never before published, is based on Carl Sagan’s thirteen-part television series. Told with Sagan’s remarkable ability to...

Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

de Ann Druyan & Carl Sagan

"FASCINATING . . . MEMORABLE . . . REVEALING . . . PERHAPS THE BEST OF CARL SAGAN'S BOOKS."

--The Washington Post Book World (front page review)

In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the...

Choiceless Awareness

de Jidda Krishnamurti

The passages in this Study Book have been taken directly from Krishnamurti's talks and books from 1933 through 1967. The compilers began by reading all the passages from this period which contained the phrase...

The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story

de Richard Preston

A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military...

The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World

de David Deutsch

The New York Times bestseller: A provocative, imaginative exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge

In this groundbreaking book, award-winning physicist David Deutsch argues that explanations have a...

The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values

de Sam Harris

Sam Harris’s first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most people—from religious fundamentalists to nonbelieving scientists—agree...

Einstein: His Life and Universe

de Walter Isaacson

By the author of the acclaimed bestseller Benjamin Franklin, this is the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available.

How did his mind work? What made him a genius?...

Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation

de Steven Johnson

More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA

The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

de Simon Singh

In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations,...

Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation

de Dan Fagin

“A thrilling journey through the twists and turns of cancer epidemiology, Toms River is essential reading for our times. Dan Fagin handles topics of great complexity with the dexterity of a scholar, the...

A Beginner's Guide to Immortality: Extraordinary People, Alien Brains, and Quantum Resurrection

de Clifford A. Pickover

A Beginner's Guide to Immortality is a celebration of unusual lives and creative thinkers who punched through ordinary cultural norms while becoming successful in their own niches. In his latest and greatest...

The God Delusion

de Richard Dawkins

A preeminent scientist -- and the world's most prominent atheist -- asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11.

With rigor and...

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011: The Best American Series

de Mary Roach & Tim Folger

Popular columnist and science writer Mary Roach selects the year's best science and nature writing.

Unscrewed: Salvage and Reuse Motors, Gears, Switches, and More from Your Old Electronics

de Ed Sobey

Perfect for the do-it-yourselfer, this handy guide to household electronics gives the weekend workbench enthusiast a multitude of ideas on how to salvage valuable parts from old electronics and turn them into...

A Universe From Nothing

de Lawrence M. Krauss & Richard Dawkins

“WHERE DID THE UNIVERSE COME FROM? WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE IT? WHAT WILL THE FUTURE BRING? AND FINALLY, WHY IS THERE SOMETHING RATHER THAN NOTHING?”

Now with color illustrations throughout.

Lawrence Krauss’s...

Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

de Carl Sagan

Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and...

Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

de Carl Sagan

"A glorious book . . . A spirited defense of science . . . From the first page to the last, this book is a manifesto for clear thought."

*Los Angeles Times

"POWERFUL . . . A stirring defense of informed rationality....