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The Age of Entanglement
When Quantum Physics Was Reborn
Written by Louisa Gilder
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $17.00
In The Age of Entanglement, Louisa Gilder brings to life one of the pivotal debates in twentieth century physics. In 1935, Albert Einstein famously showed that, according to the quantum theory, separated particles could act as if intimately connected–a phenomenon which he derisively described as “spooky action at a distance.” In... Read more >
When Quantum Physics Was Reborn
Written by Louisa Gilder
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $17.00
In The Age of Entanglement, Louisa Gilder brings to life one of the pivotal debates in twentieth century physics. In 1935, Albert Einstein famously showed that, according to the quantum theory, separated particles could act as if intimately connected–a phenomenon which he derisively described as “spooky action at a distance.” In... Read more >
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The Darwin Experience
The Story of the Man and His Theory of Evolution
Written by John Van Wyhe
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $50.00
Celebrating both the bicentennial of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the electrifying publication of On the Origin of Species, here’s the story of the man and the theory that opened a new chapter in the history of science—transformed into an engaging interactive experience that invites readers to unfold... Read more >
The Story of the Man and His Theory of Evolution
Written by John Van Wyhe
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $50.00
Celebrating both the bicentennial of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the electrifying publication of On the Origin of Species, here’s the story of the man and the theory that opened a new chapter in the history of science—transformed into an engaging interactive experience that invites readers to unfold... Read more >
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The Age of Wonder
How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Written by Richard Holmes
Format: Hardcover, 576 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $40.00
A riveting history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science.
When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain... Read more >
How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Written by Richard Holmes
Format: Hardcover, 576 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $40.00
A riveting history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science.
When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain... Read more >
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The Age of Wonder
How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Written by Richard Holmes
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $40.00
A riveting history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science.
When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain... Read more >
How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Written by Richard Holmes
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $40.00
A riveting history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science.
When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain... Read more >
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Isaac Newton and the Transmutation of Alchemy
An Alternative View of the Scientific Revolution
Written by Philip Ashley Fanning
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Price: $18.95
Isaac Newton was a dedicated alchemist, a fact usually obscured as unsuited to his stature as a leader of the scientific revolution. Author Philip Ashley Fanning has diligently examined the evidence and concludes that the two major aspects of Newton’s research—conventional science and alchemy—were actually inseparable. In Isaac Newton and the... Read more >
An Alternative View of the Scientific Revolution
Written by Philip Ashley Fanning
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Price: $18.95
Isaac Newton was a dedicated alchemist, a fact usually obscured as unsuited to his stature as a leader of the scientific revolution. Author Philip Ashley Fanning has diligently examined the evidence and concludes that the two major aspects of Newton’s research—conventional science and alchemy—were actually inseparable. In Isaac Newton and the... Read more >
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Merde
Excursions in Scientific, Cultural, and Socio-Historical Coprology
Written by Ralph A. Lewin
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2009
Price: $15.00
Merde is an unusual (very unusual) and witty investigation into a subject you may always have wondered about--but didn't know quite what to ask.
History, biology, anthropology, culture, animal behavior--all of these are the real subjects of Merde. Why can some animals do it on the run, and others can't? Why does... Read more >
Excursions in Scientific, Cultural, and Socio-Historical Coprology
Written by Ralph A. Lewin
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2009
Price: $15.00
Merde is an unusual (very unusual) and witty investigation into a subject you may always have wondered about--but didn't know quite what to ask.
History, biology, anthropology, culture, animal behavior--all of these are the real subjects of Merde. Why can some animals do it on the run, and others can't? Why does... Read more >
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Aladdin's Lamp
How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World
Written by John Freely
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: February 17, 2009
Price: $27.95
Aladdin’s Lamp is the fascinating story of how ancient Greek philosophy and science began in the sixth century B.C. and, during the next millennium, spread across the Greco-Roman world, producing the remarkable discoveries and theories of Thales, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Euclid, Archimedes, Galen, Ptolemy, and many others. John Freely explains... Read more >
How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World
Written by John Freely
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: February 17, 2009
Price: $27.95
Aladdin’s Lamp is the fascinating story of how ancient Greek philosophy and science began in the sixth century B.C. and, during the next millennium, spread across the Greco-Roman world, producing the remarkable discoveries and theories of Thales, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Euclid, Archimedes, Galen, Ptolemy, and many others. John Freely explains... Read more >
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Aladdin's Lamp
Written by John Freely
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 17, 2009
Price: $27.95
Aladdin’s Lamp is the fascinating story of how ancient Greek philosophy and science began in the sixth century B.C. and, during the next millennium, spread across the Greco-Roman world, producing the remarkable discoveries and theories of Thales, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Euclid, Archimedes, Galen, Ptolemy, and many others. John Freely explains... Read more >
Written by John Freely
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 17, 2009
Price: $27.95
Aladdin’s Lamp is the fascinating story of how ancient Greek philosophy and science began in the sixth century B.C. and, during the next millennium, spread across the Greco-Roman world, producing the remarkable discoveries and theories of Thales, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Euclid, Archimedes, Galen, Ptolemy, and many others. John Freely explains... Read more >
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The Voyage of the Beagle
Written by Charles Darwin
Introduction by David Quammen
Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $24.00
Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and natural selection has been debated and disparaged over time, but there is no dispute that he is responsible for some of the most remarkable and groundbreaking scientific findings in history. His five-year trip as a naturalist on the H.M.S. Beagle took him on a journey... Read more >
Written by Charles Darwin
Introduction by David Quammen
Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $24.00
Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and natural selection has been debated and disparaged over time, but there is no dispute that he is responsible for some of the most remarkable and groundbreaking scientific findings in history. His five-year trip as a naturalist on the H.M.S. Beagle took him on a journey... Read more >
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DNA
The Secret of Life
Written by James D. Watson and Andrew Berry
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: January 21, 2009
Price: $25.95
Fifty years ago, James D. Watson, then just twentyfour, helped launch the greatest ongoing scientific quest of our time. Now, with unique authority and sweeping vision, he gives us the first full account of the genetic revolution—from Mendel’s garden to the double helix to the sequencing of the human genome and... Read more >
The Secret of Life
Written by James D. Watson and Andrew Berry
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: January 21, 2009
Price: $25.95
Fifty years ago, James D. Watson, then just twentyfour, helped launch the greatest ongoing scientific quest of our time. Now, with unique authority and sweeping vision, he gives us the first full account of the genetic revolution—from Mendel’s garden to the double helix to the sequencing of the human genome and... Read more >
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Embracing Mind
The Common Ground of Science and Spirituality
Written by Alan B. Wallace and Brian Hodel
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: December 23, 2008
Price: $16.95
What is Mind? For this ancient question we are still seeking answers. B. Alan Wallace and Brian Hodel propose a science of the mind based on the contemplative wisdom of Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christianity, and Islam.The authors begin by exploring the history of science, showing how science tends to ignore the... Read more >
The Common Ground of Science and Spirituality
Written by Alan B. Wallace and Brian Hodel
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: December 23, 2008
Price: $16.95
What is Mind? For this ancient question we are still seeking answers. B. Alan Wallace and Brian Hodel propose a science of the mind based on the contemplative wisdom of Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christianity, and Islam.The authors begin by exploring the history of science, showing how science tends to ignore the... Read more >
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The Age of Entanglement
When Quantum Physics Was Reborn
Written by Louisa Gilder
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $27.50
A brilliantly original and richly illuminating exploration of entanglement, the seemingly telepathic communication between two separated particles—one of the fundamental concepts of quantum physics.
In 1935, in what would become the most cited of all of his papers, Albert Einstein showed that quantum mechanics predicted such a correlation, which he dubbed “spooky... Read more >
When Quantum Physics Was Reborn
Written by Louisa Gilder
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $27.50
A brilliantly original and richly illuminating exploration of entanglement, the seemingly telepathic communication between two separated particles—one of the fundamental concepts of quantum physics.
In 1935, in what would become the most cited of all of his papers, Albert Einstein showed that quantum mechanics predicted such a correlation, which he dubbed “spooky... Read more >
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eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Embracing Mind
The Common Ground of Science and Spirituality
Written by B. Alan Wallace and Brian Hodel
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $24.95
What is Mind? For this ancient question we are still seeking answers. B. Alan Wallace and Brian Hodel propose a science of the mind based on the contemplative wisdom of Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christianity, and Islam.The authors begin by exploring the history of science, showing how science tends to ignore the... Read more >
The Common Ground of Science and Spirituality
Written by B. Alan Wallace and Brian Hodel
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $24.95
What is Mind? For this ancient question we are still seeking answers. B. Alan Wallace and Brian Hodel propose a science of the mind based on the contemplative wisdom of Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christianity, and Islam.The authors begin by exploring the history of science, showing how science tends to ignore the... Read more >
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Descent
The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss
Written by Bradford Matsen
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
In Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss, Brad Matsen brings to vivid life the famous deep-sea expeditions of Otis Barton and William Beebe. At a time when no one had traveled deeper than a few hundred feet, they took the world to a half mile down. At the height of... Read more >
The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss
Written by Bradford Matsen
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
In Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss, Brad Matsen brings to vivid life the famous deep-sea expeditions of Otis Barton and William Beebe. At a time when no one had traveled deeper than a few hundred feet, they took the world to a half mile down. At the height of... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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The Genome War
How Craig Venter Tried to Capture the Code of Life and Save the World
Written by James Shreeve
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $16.00
The long-awaited story of the science, the business, the politics, the intrigue behind the scenes of the most ferocious competition in the history of modern science—the race to map the human genome.
On May 10, 1998, biologist Craig Venter, director of the Institute for Genomic Research, announced that he was forming a... Read more >
How Craig Venter Tried to Capture the Code of Life and Save the World
Written by James Shreeve
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $16.00
The long-awaited story of the science, the business, the politics, the intrigue behind the scenes of the most ferocious competition in the history of modern science—the race to map the human genome.
On May 10, 1998, biologist Craig Venter, director of the Institute for Genomic Research, announced that he was forming a... Read more >
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abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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The Knife Man
Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery
Written by Wendy Moore
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
When Robert Louis Stevenson wrote his gothic horror story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, he based the house of the genial doctor-turned-fiend on the home of John Hunter. The choice was understandable, for Hunter was both widely acclaimed and greatly feared.
From humble origins, John Hunter rose to become the most... Read more >
Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery
Written by Wendy Moore
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
When Robert Louis Stevenson wrote his gothic horror story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, he based the house of the genial doctor-turned-fiend on the home of John Hunter. The choice was understandable, for Hunter was both widely acclaimed and greatly feared.
From humble origins, John Hunter rose to become the most... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Shadows
Unlocking Their Secrets, from Plato to Our Time
Written by Roberto Casati
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.00
In this original, wide-ranging, and endlessly thought-provoking work of popular nonfiction, a leading science writer uncovers the pervasive presence of shadows in our world.
For Plato, shadows were the symbol of our limitations. For Galileo, they knocked the Earth from the center of the cosmos. They are a source of fear and... Read more >
Unlocking Their Secrets, from Plato to Our Time
Written by Roberto Casati
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.00
In this original, wide-ranging, and endlessly thought-provoking work of popular nonfiction, a leading science writer uncovers the pervasive presence of shadows in our world.
For Plato, shadows were the symbol of our limitations. For Galileo, they knocked the Earth from the center of the cosmos. They are a source of fear and... Read more >
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Body
The Complete Human
Written by Patricia S. Daniels, Lisa Stein and Trisha Gura
Foreword by Richard Restak
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $40.00
Ideal for families, students, and anyone who's interested in maintaining good health, Body engagingly reveals the complex and fascinating systems of the human machine;from head to toe, cells to skin, inner workings to outward appearance.
Organized by body system, the chapters offer a balanced combination of basic anatomical and physiological information... Read more >
The Complete Human
Written by Patricia S. Daniels, Lisa Stein and Trisha Gura
Foreword by Richard Restak
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $40.00
Ideal for families, students, and anyone who's interested in maintaining good health, Body engagingly reveals the complex and fascinating systems of the human machine;from head to toe, cells to skin, inner workings to outward appearance.
Organized by body system, the chapters offer a balanced combination of basic anatomical and physiological information... Read more >
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Theories for Everything
An Illustrated History of Science
Written by John Langone, Bruce Stutz and Andrea Gianopoulos
Format: Hardcover, 408 pages
On Sale: November 21, 2006
Price: $40.00
Theories for Everything highlights the rich, compelling stories behind science's greatest discoveries and the minds and methods that made them possible. Authoritative, entertaining, and easy to follow, it provides indispensable information on our current theories about the natural and physical world as well as a concise overview of how those ideas... Read more >
An Illustrated History of Science
Written by John Langone, Bruce Stutz and Andrea Gianopoulos
Format: Hardcover, 408 pages
On Sale: November 21, 2006
Price: $40.00
Theories for Everything highlights the rich, compelling stories behind science's greatest discoveries and the minds and methods that made them possible. Authoritative, entertaining, and easy to follow, it provides indispensable information on our current theories about the natural and physical world as well as a concise overview of how those ideas... Read more >
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The Knife Man
Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery
Written by Wendy Moore
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $14.95
In an era when bloodletting was considered a cure for everything from colds to smallpox, surgeon John Hunter was a medical innovator, an eccentric, and the person to whom anyone who has ever had surgery probably owes his or her life. In this sensational and macabre story, we meet the surgeon... Read more >
Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery
Written by Wendy Moore
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $14.95
In an era when bloodletting was considered a cure for everything from colds to smallpox, surgeon John Hunter was a medical innovator, an eccentric, and the person to whom anyone who has ever had surgery probably owes his or her life. In this sensational and macabre story, we meet the surgeon... Read more >
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My Einstein
Essays by the World's Leading Thinkers on the Man, His Work, and His Legacy
Edited by John Brockman
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: July 25, 2006
Price: $14.95
Albert Einstein’s bold mark on our understanding of the world, which has persisted now for more than a century, shows no sign of fading. On the contrary, Einstein and his work promise to inspire, enlighten, and confound us for decades—indeed, for centuries—to come.
In this fascinating volume, today’s foremost scientists discuss their... Read more >
Essays by the World's Leading Thinkers on the Man, His Work, and His Legacy
Edited by John Brockman
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: July 25, 2006
Price: $14.95
Albert Einstein’s bold mark on our understanding of the world, which has persisted now for more than a century, shows no sign of fading. On the contrary, Einstein and his work promise to inspire, enlighten, and confound us for decades—indeed, for centuries—to come.
In this fascinating volume, today’s foremost scientists discuss their... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Descent
The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss
Written by Bradford Matsen
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 6, 2006
Price: $14.95
In Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss, Brad Matsen brings to vivid life the famous deep-sea expeditions of Otis Barton and William Beebe. Beebe was a very well-connected and internationally acclaimed naturalist, with the power to generate media attention. Barton was an engineer and heir to a considerable fortune, who... Read more >
The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss
Written by Bradford Matsen
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 6, 2006
Price: $14.95
In Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss, Brad Matsen brings to vivid life the famous deep-sea expeditions of Otis Barton and William Beebe. Beebe was a very well-connected and internationally acclaimed naturalist, with the power to generate media attention. Barton was an engineer and heir to a considerable fortune, who... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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A Sense of the Mysterious
Science and the Human Spirit
Written by Alan Lightman
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: January 3, 2006
Price: $13.95
From the bestselling author of Einstein's Dreams comes this lyrical and insightful collection of science writing that delves into the mysteries of the scientific process and exposes its beauty and intrigue.
In these brilliant essays, Lightman explores the emotional life of science, the power of imagination, the creative moment, and the alternate... Read more >
Science and the Human Spirit
Written by Alan Lightman
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: January 3, 2006
Price: $13.95
From the bestselling author of Einstein's Dreams comes this lyrical and insightful collection of science writing that delves into the mysteries of the scientific process and exposes its beauty and intrigue.
In these brilliant essays, Lightman explores the emotional life of science, the power of imagination, the creative moment, and the alternate... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Genome War
How Craig Venter Tried to Capture the Code of Life and Save the World
Written by James Shreeve
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: June 28, 2005
Price: $16.00
The long-awaited story of the science, the business, the politics, the intrigue behind the scenes of the most ferocious competition in the history of modern science—the race to map the human genome.
On May 10, 1998, biologist Craig Venter, director of the Institute for Genomic Research, announced that he was forming a... Read more >
How Craig Venter Tried to Capture the Code of Life and Save the World
Written by James Shreeve
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: June 28, 2005
Price: $16.00
The long-awaited story of the science, the business, the politics, the intrigue behind the scenes of the most ferocious competition in the history of modern science—the race to map the human genome.
On May 10, 1998, biologist Craig Venter, director of the Institute for Genomic Research, announced that he was forming a... Read more >
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A Sense of the Mysterious
Science and the Human Spirit
Written by Alan Lightman
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: January 18, 2005
Price: $13.95
Unusually gifted as both a physicist and a novelist, Alan Lightman has lived in the dual worlds of
science and art for much of his life. In these brilliant essays, the two worlds meet. In A Sense of the Mysterious, Lightman records his personal struggles to reconcile certainty with uncertainty, logic... Read more >
Science and the Human Spirit
Written by Alan Lightman
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: January 18, 2005
Price: $13.95
Unusually gifted as both a physicist and a novelist, Alan Lightman has lived in the dual worlds of
science and art for much of his life. In these brilliant essays, the two worlds meet. In A Sense of the Mysterious, Lightman records his personal struggles to reconcile certainty with uncertainty, logic... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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