Overview :The Age of Wonder is a colorful and utterly absorbing history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighte... Read More
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Overview :From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, finance, mythology, the arts, medicine, and mo... Read More
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Overview :With a rare blend of scientific insight and writing as elegant as the theories it so deftly explains, The Elegant Universe remains unrivaled... Read More
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Overview :#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? What is the nature of reality? Is the apparent "grand des... Read More
Overview :The New York Times bestselling and extraordinary true story of the critical events leading up to and following the assassination of Presiden... Read More
Overview :In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest,... Read More
Overview :For two thousand years, cadavers?some willingly, some unwittingly?have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings.... Read More
Overview :RETURNING TO TELEVISION AS AN ALL-NEW MINISERIES ON FOX Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time. In clear-eyed prose, Sag... Read More
Overview :Record-setting Jeopardy champion and New York Times bestselling author of Planet Funny Ken Jennings explores the world of maps and map obse... Read More
Overview :From Brian Greene, one of the world's leading physicists and author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Elegant Universe, comes a grand tour ... Read More
Overview :"What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that's that--the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness... Read More
Overview :The solar system most of us grew up with included nine planets, with Mercury closest to the sun and Pluto at the outer edge. Then, in 2005, ... Read More
Overview :Elegant, suggestive, and clarifying, Lewis Thomas's profoundly humane vision explores the world around us and examines the complex interdepe... Read More