Isaac Newton

Written by James Gleick

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2004
Price: $15.00

*Winner of the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science*

James Gleick has long been fascinated by the making of science—how ideas order visible appearances, how equations can give meaning to molecular and stellar phenomena, how theories can transform what we see. In Chaos, he chronicled the emergence of a new way of... Read more >

The Elegant Universe
Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
Written by Brian Greene

Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: February 29, 2000
Price: $16.00

*Winner of the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science*

In a rare blend of scientific insight and writing as elegant as the theories it explains, Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surrounding string theory to reveal a universe that consists of 11 dimensions... Read more >

Your Inner Fish
A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Written by Neil Shubin

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $13.95

Winner of the 2009 National Academy of Sciences Book Award

Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales connected in some way? To better understand the inner workings of our bodies and... Read more >

Your Inner Fish
A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Written by Neil Shubin

Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $24.00

Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales connected in some way? To better understand the inner workings of our bodies and to trace the origins of many of today's most... Read more >