Science : Essays

How do we make sense of the modern world? Science is a profoundly affecting aspect of contemporary life, and yet the gulf between experts and everyone else i......

This book journeys from one far-flung topic to another to test the reader's curiosity and powers of lateral thinking. Robert Pirsig wrote in Zen and the Art ......

A collection of revised, collected, and new essays written by Ernst Mayr in time for his 100th birthday. Mayr, the most eminent evolutionary biologist of the......

From Beethoven’s connection to plumbing to why rotten eggs smell like sulfur, the technical explanations included in this scientific primer tackle 99 c......

This entertaining examination of everyday science from the fanciful to the factual covers topics ranging from pesticides and environmental estrogens to lipst......

By asking questions such as Is your orange juice pasteurized? or Did the lady who whipped up the icing on your cake wear false fingernails? this book sorts h......

Whether he's discussing how to reconcile economy with ecology, why a warmer world will result in more poison ivy, why Britney Spears gets more hits on Google......

Did God create the universe? If so, who created him? The Atheist's Bible tackles these complex and important ancient mysteries. With the discoveries of moder......

Books for All Kinds of Readers ReadHowYouWant offers the widest selection of on-demand, accessible format editions on the market today. Each edition has been......

Poultry Science, Chicken Culture is a collection of engrossing, witty, and thought-provoking essays about the chicken-the familiar domestic bird that has p......

As the organizer of some of the most important meetings in science and religion in Europe, Jean Staune is in a core position to report on the dialogue betwee......

Doing Physics makes concepts of physics easier to grasp by relating them to everyday knowledge. Addressing some of the models and metaphors that physicists u......

One of our greatest scientific minds reflect on the role of science in the twenty-first century.Science is often portrayed as an obscure, difficult disciplin......

"Provocative and delightfully discursive essays on natural history. . . . Gould is the Stan Musial of essay writing. He can work himself into a corkscrew of ......

Renowned physicist and global warming skeptic Freeman Dyson selects the year's best science and nature writing. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Illustr......

Popular columnist and science writer Mary Roach selects the year's best science and nature writing. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Illustration: N Lan......

Best-selling author and irrationality advocate Dan Ariely selects the year's best science and nature writing. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Illustrat......

The first collection of essays from renowned scientist and best-selling author Richard Dawkins is an enthusiastic declaration, a testament to the power of ri......

Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? In My Reality, author Stan Green examines and attempts to answer these three basic questions confront......

Charles Darwin (1809-82) changed the world forever with the 1859 publication of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. Charles Darwin: A Cel......