History of Science & Knowledge
An engaging account of the life and work of the legendary polymath Alexander von Humboldt
How scientists are unravelling one of the most tantalizing questions in paleontology
An insider’s account of the NASA mission that changed our understanding of planets, planetary systems, and the stars they orbit
From two of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in AI, what you need to know about AI—and how to defend yourself against bogus AI claims and products
A breathtakingly illustrated look at botanical spirals and the scientists who puzzled over them
A marvelously illustrated guide to color in the natural world
How the idea of deep time transformed how Americans see their country and themselves
An essential guide to the ways information has shaped and been shaped by societies
A landmark history of early radio in Germany and the quest for broadcast fidelity
How human institutions—markets, states, communities, religions, guilds and families—have helped both to control and to exacerbate epidemics throughout history.
An invaluable reference book on the mathematics of Greek antiquity
A sweeping intellectual biography that restores the Enlightenment polymath to the intellectual, scientific, and courtly worlds that shaped his early life and thought
A panoramic history of rules in the Western world
A bold and revolutionary perspective on the science and cultural history of menstruation
A new edition of Peter and Rosemary Grant’s classic account of their groundbreaking forty-year study of Darwin’s finches
A multifaceted biography of a brilliant mathematician and iconoclast
An illuminating biography of one of the greatest geometers of the twentieth century
From the Nobel Prize–winning physicist, a personal meditation on the quest for objective reality in natural science
The legendary Renaissance math duel that ushered in the modern age of algebra