History of Science & Knowledge
The strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America—from eugenics and posture pageants to today’s promoters of “paleo posture”
A major new biography of the brilliant naturalist, traveler, humanitarian, and codiscoverer of natural selection
How scientists through the ages have conducted thought experiments using imaginary entities—demons—to test the laws of nature and push the frontiers of what is possible
A gripping and groundbreaking history of how ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional weapons of war
How technological advances and colonial fears inspired utopian geoengineering projects during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries