Browsing: Science

This new edition of the acclaimed bestseller is lavishly illustrated to convey, in pictures as in words, Bill Bryson’s exciting,…

This “masterful” #1 New York Times bestseller (The Wall Street Journal) provides an eye-opening glimpse into the inner workings of space and time. “Lively and provocative… Mr. Hawking clearly possesses a natural teacher’s gifts” (The New York Times).

Written by a New York Times bestselling author, this captivating book has over 9,800 five-star ratings on Goodreads! Follow the journey of John Snow, the doctor whose groundbreaking cholera research fundamentally altered the study of medicine. “Marvelous” (The Wall Street Journal).

A New York Times bestseller with over 3,600 five-star Goodreads ratings: In 1990s Russia, a team of hunters set out after a tiger that had been claiming human lives with unexpected fervor. This true account explores history, ecology, and culture while telling “a riveting adventure story” (The New Yorker).

With nearly 9,500 five-star ratings on Goodreads: You may think you’re pretty smart, but this entertaining, enlightening read uses cutting-edge science to prove just how delusional humans can be. “Even seasoned psych lovers will learn something new” (Psychology Today).

An astonishing voyage through 14 billion years of cosmic history with over 54,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads: Explore everything from galactic evolution to the human brain in this “iridescent” classic (The New York Times Book Review).

With “key insights to fields across the sciences, from botany to robotics” (The Boston Globe), this bold look at plant science investigates the potential for intelligence and communication in the plant world. “Compelling and fascinating” (The Guardian).

Twenty-five years after its initial publication, The Making of the Atomic Bomb remains the definitive history of nuclear weapons and…

The #1 New York Times bestseller from David McCullough, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize–the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous…

This #1 New York Times bestseller and “sweeping tour of the history of our species” (The Washington Post) brilliantly examines what it means to be human. “Readers of every stripe should put this at the top of their reading lists” (Booklist starred review).