🌍 The wonders of the world, explained (or at least explored).
From black holes to backyard ecosystems, these books unpack the hows and whys of the universe—curious minds welcome, lab coats optional.
A Financial Times Best Science Book of 2023 “[A] profound, sparkling global ocean voyage.” —Andrew Robinson, Nature A scientist’s exploration of the "ocean engine"—the physics behind the ocean’s systems—and why it matters. All of Earth’s oceans, from the equator to...
Award-winning, international bestselling science writer Stefan Klein explores the benefits of altruism on humanity in Survival of the Nicest . The phrase "survival of the fittest" conjures an image of the most cutthroat individuals rising to the top. But Stefan Klein,...
Discover extraordinary new insights into the minds and lives of our fellow creatures—with The Soul of an Octopus author Sy Montgomery and one of the world’s most influential anthropologists, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. A Mail on Sunday “Critic’s Pick” Best Read of the...
Essays and examples that reveal how scientists figure things out: "An excellent piece of work with lots of fascinating information." —Brian Clegg, Popular Science Göran Grimvall is determined to help mere mortals understand how scientists get to the kernel of...
**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope? Looking at the headlines—the worsening climate crisis, a global pandemic, loss of biodiversity, political upheaval—it can be hard to feel optimistic. And yet hope...
"This gracefully written history of twentieth-century gravity research" brings to life the discoveries and developments that confirmed the theory of relativity ( Publishers Weekly , starred review). Albert Einstein did nothing of note on May 29, 1919, yet that is when...
A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction of 2011 title A bold, far-reaching look at how our actions will decide the planet's future for millennia to come. Imagine a planet where North American and Eurasian navies are squaring off over shipping lanes through an acidified,...
An up-to-date look at one of science's greatest detective stories: the search for order in the workings of the solar system— "Masterly. . . . Eminently readable. . . . Lucid" ( Wall Street Journal ). "[Peterson] is well-suited to wean the general reader away from one...
An insightful, revealing history of the magical mathematics that transformed our world. The Lady Tasting Tea is not a book of dry facts and figures, but the history of great individuals who dared to look at the world in a new way. At a summer tea party in Cambridge,...
An authoritative history of how the privatization of public science has prioritized profits over people—from patents to the COVID-19 vaccine—for readers of Bad Blood and Empire of Pain . Owning the Sun tells the story of one of the most contentious fights in human...