science

Chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, focusing on how his work on the atomic bomb helped him become one of the most iconic figures of the twentieth century.

Describes the scientific insights of various scientists, including Edward Lorenz, Mitchell Feigenbaum, and Benoit Mandelbrot, whose ideas led to the scientific methodology of chaos theory.

Draws from the history of human knowledge about the universe to tell the universe and humanity's story, presenting a scientific chronicle of life on Earth stretching from the Big Bang to the rise of "Homo sapiens," and discusses extinction.

Mary Roach selects twenty-five works of American science and nature writing as the best of the genre from the year 2010, including pieces by Atul Gawande, Jonathan Franzen, Deborah Blum, Jon Cohen, and others.

A general science reference that offers concise explanations of key scientific concepts and principles, covering physics, chemistry, biology, earth science, space, health and medicine, social science, applied science, and related topics.

Overweight teenage Catherine embarks on a high school science project in which she must emulate the ways of hominims, the earliest ancestors of human beings, by eating an all-natural diet and foregoing technology.

Offers a concise, scientific history of the universe, and discusses how nothing came to be everything, quarks, galaxy clusters, black holes, and more.

Examines the history of taxonomy, describing the quest of scientists to name and classify living things from Carl Linnaeus to early twenty-first-century scientists who rely more on microscopic evidence than their senses, which has encouraged an indifference to nature that is responsible for the extinction of many species.

Explores the origins of modern science in ancient cultures around the world, examining the fields of mathematics, astronomy, cosmology, physics, geology, chemistry, and technology.

Profiles scientists throughout history who have struggled to document the mysteries and intricacies of life, describing their discoveries and inventions and their impact on what people know about life on Earth.