Science

Daughter of Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan, Sasha Sagan writes a memoir on the backdrop of the inquiry of her parent's…

A scientist's glimpse inside the "messy minds" of highly creative and innovative people. Based on recent neuroscience…

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

A fun, easy-to-read guide to Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. Filled with illustrations, graphs, and comics,…

Brian Dunning brings his considerable experience founding the company BuyLink to “debunking” any number of…

The human brain, argues this neuroscientist, is a complex system that not only tells time, but creates it; it…

Without bees, the world would look vastly different. And we're not just talking about honey bees—there are 20,000…

Particle physics explained in a rich metaphor, guiding readers through the fundamentals of subatomic particles, the…

Humans can become so obsessed over the most trivial of things. Take, for instance, the human penis. How did this…

In this unusual book, author Richard Rudd explores the exciting and game-changing possibility that our DNA is directly…

This book is a look at how ecosystems run in an easy-to read manner. Each chapter tells a story about a specific part of…

The 1970s were a strange and exciting period when, in response to global and political challenges, movements of people…

Award-winning writer Mary Ellen Hannibal has long reported on scientists’ efforts to protect vanishing species, but it…

According to an old proverb, which reminds us that substances have both the potential to heal or destroy depending on…

Core to its message, this book is a call to protect nature. While there are many books with this message - like this…

In this fascinating book, bestselling author Mary Roach travels the world and talks to dozens of people in order to…

An updated compendium on drugs, from caffeine to meth to heroin to vaping and beyond. Goes over the effects of each one…

Fact-filled, fun-filled, as interesting to parents as it is to kids, the How Come? series is the trusted source for…

Janelle Shane is the robot whisperer. She gives various AIs a list of something mundane, like recipes, cat names,…

Lynn Brunelle, four-time Emmy Award-winning writer for the television series Bill Nye the Science Guy, describes her…

Learn the difference between a farrow and a barrow, and what distinguishes a weanling from a yearling. Country and city…

An epic evolutionary history of cephalopods: from the ancient mollusks that invented swimming five hundred million years…

Scientists have discovered that the human brain continually generates new neurons—forging new pathways and connections…

Gardeners are inherently curious. They make note of a plant label in a botanical garden and then go home to learn more.…

In this fascinating book from evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen, explore the ways that urban landscapes are…

What is the nature of love? This groundbreaking, fascinating book delves into the brain science of sex, romance, and…

Venomous or poisonous animals are widely distributed throughout the animal kingdom. Research into this field helps…

Infinity is a difficult concept to grasp. In fact the ancient Greeks were so flabberghasted by the concept that they…

This is a fun graphic novel that takes on conspiracy theories and talks about the science behind them. Evolution, moon…

From sightings and stories of wolves that terrorized towns and histories of people who could transform into beasts, the…