Essays & Commentary

Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland was one of the most successful writers of romance novels of all time, with estimated worldwide sales of one billion copies in thirty-six languages. Cartland published her first novel, Jigsaw, in 1923, aslightly naughty society thriller that became a bestseller. S... More

Gardner, the wittiest, most devastating debunker of scientific fraud and chicanery of our time, brings us this indispensable book, with subjects ranging from science and mathematics to literature, philosophy, religion, and mysticism.IN A SOCIETY BEGGING TO BE DUPED, Martin Gardner, the wittiest, mos... More

In 1905, an unknown 26-year-old patent clerk in Switzerland formulated two of the most revolutionary scientific concepts of the twentieth century, relativity and quantum theory, and unveiled the most famous equation in science, E-mc2. Albert Einstein's work in that miraculous year overthrew the prev... More

PRAISE FOR A.K. DEWDNEY'S PREVIOUS WORKS 2000f Nothing "It is impossible to read this timely, important book without enjoyment and eye-opening enlightment." -"Martin Gardner" "In today's world 'innumeracy' is an even greater danger than illiteracy, and is perhaps more common.... I hope that this ... More

The book unravels the socio-economic and public health dimensions of the ecological conundrum in the Indian Context. Hardbound... More

This collection of essays about Albert Einstein reflect views, perspectives, and an estimation of him and the implications of his work.In this fascinating volume, today's foremost scientists discuss their own versions and visions of Einstein: how he has influenced their worldviews, their ideas, thei... More

Providing a counterpoint to the green movement, which depends upon greater government involvement in environmental issues, this selection of essays represents the philosophy of the terra-cotta movement. Literally named for materials made out of burnt earth, the terra-cotta movement values an aesthet... More

"An illuminating collection of essays by an award-winning scientist whom the "London Times "calls "one of the world's most original minds."" From Galileo to today's amateur astronomers, scientists have been rebels, writes Freeman Dyson. Like artists and poets, they are free spirits who resist the re... More

More than one hundred of the world's leading thinkers write about things they believe in, despite the absence of concrete proof Scientific theory, more often than not, is born of bold assumption, disparate bits of unconnected evidence, and educated leaps of faith. Some of the most potent beliefs am... More

Psychologist and science historian Shermer explores how humans evolved from social primates to moral primates, how and why morality motivates the human animal, and how the foundation of moral principles can be built upon empirical evidence.From bestselling author Michael Shermer, an investigation of... More

This text contains the provocative essay by Galileo Galilei, famed for its proving Copernicus' theory that the earth revolves around the sun. It is accompanied by an illuminating biography of the father of modern physics.This latest installment in our "On the Shoulders of Giants" series presents the... More

Newton uses mathematical terms to present the principles of time, force, and motion, which have been instrumental in the development of modern physics. In his Introduction, the famed physicist and bestselling author Stephen Hawking shows how his work built on that of his predecessors, Nicolaus Coper... More

As enjoyable as it is important, this classic encompasses 30 years of highly original experiments and theories. Its lively expositions discuss dynamics, elasticity, sound, strength of materials, and more. 126 diagrams.... More

From the bestselling author of "Longitude" and "Galileo's Daughter" comes thefifth in an annual series dedicated to collecting the best science writing ofthe year from the most prominent thinkers on current topics in science today.288 pp.Jennifer Kahn's "Stripped for Parts" was selected as the lead ... More

Have you ever wondered what happened before the Big Bang, or how we would colonize Mars, or what an alien invasion might "really" be like? Astronomer Bob Berman has, and in "Cosmic Adventure," a collection of twenty-six profound to outrageous essays, he takes readers on a mind-bending tour of the un... More

In the bestselling, prize-winning "A Short History of Nearly Everything", Bill Bryson achieved the seemingly impossible by making the world of science both understandable and entertaining to millions of people around the globe. Now, in this glorious new illustrated edition, everything that has happe... More