Science

The Periodic Table, featuring 118 elements, represents a major advancement in modern chemistry, first established in the…

Science! It's more than what you learned in school, with formulas and equations and labs. Science is everywhere, from…

Women have played a vital role in the advancement of science throughout history, yet their contributions have often been…

From murmur to sonic boom, this installment in the Wooden Books Series will explain sound to you with a bang! Or maybe a…

In this installment in the Wooden Books Series, philosopher Adam Tetlow explores the ancient Helicon — not the brass…

Author Michael Schneider describes proportion as “the infinite in action”,  taking a short but deep look into the…

Can you draw a heptakaidecagon? What about a more simple Heptagon, with perfect ratios? Will a circle fit perfectly…

What is it about certain shapes that create associations and build aesthetic? What is it about shapes such as the…

A guide to sound, this book takes a literal look into the history of visualizing music — starting with the Victorian…

What are numbers and where do they come from? This book might give you an idea to questions of this nature, in a…

Renowned neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis presents a groundbreaking theory that places the human brain at the center of…

From the world of charcoal on cave walls to the eras following Jay-Z's blue (Pantone number SC2011), the…

Knowledge has power and power goes all ways. Such knowledge has historically held the threat or promise (depending on…

In Pump, Vertebrate zoologist Bill Schutt gets to the heart of one fascinating organ. From one of his favorites — bats…

A call to foodies and their vagus, food writer Matt Siegel explores the origins of many different aspects of one of…

New York University professor of Neural Science and Psychology, Dr. Wendy Suzuki, comes back with another work to shift…

This explores the creation of written language through a journey across time and geography, exploring the mysteries of…

Despite unprecedented wealth and comfort, modern society faces rising levels of loneliness, division, and chronic…

There may well be too few people who haven’t been privy to the changing of the climate, as its effects progressively…

As a graduate student, now doctor with a punny name, Megan Lowman was exploring Australian rainforests when she realized…

Many people look for what they call “enlightenment,” “nirvana,” “satori,” or freedom from world suffering.…

Pipe Dreams traces a history long flushed from many of our imaginations, the miracle (and the failure) of the porcelain…

Physicist Laurie Winkless introduces the fascinating world of surface science in Sticky. Atoms and molecules stick…

Are you ready for a wild ride through the epic saga of life itself? Picture Earth back in the day—it was a crazy,…

Explore how testosterone influences behaviors that differentiate the sexes, drawing on personal stories and recent…

Meg Lowman fought so hard for tree rights she'd been nicknamed the "real-life Lorax." In The Arbornaut she tells her…

These gorgeously illustrated flower stickers are inspired by vintage nature guides and are perfect for laptops,…

This book explores how the pursuit of delicious foods shaped human evolution. Nature rewards us with flavor, but what…

The toilet, often overlooked, represents both a modern miracle in sanitation and a significant global failure, as nearly…

In a world where nature and technology have merged in unprecedented ways, traditional boundaries between the natural and…