W. W. Norton & Company, August 2023. Hardcover. At every moment, within our bodies and all around us, trillions of microscopic combatants are waging a war that shapes our health and life on Earth. Countless times per second, viruses known as phages attack and destroy bacteria while leaving all other..... More
Pantheon, February 1982. Reprint. Paper Back. Octavo. Paperback with sun lightened spine. Conversely sun darkened margins to cover verso and textblock pages. [349 pp.]. More
Vintage Books, January 1976. Paper Back. Darkening to margins of textblock. 349 pages. More
University Alabama Press, January 1988. Hardcover. A study of the union of science and medicine in a particularly illustrative institutional setting Making Medical Doctors is not a conventional institutional history, but rather a study of the union of science and medicine in a particularly illustrative institutional setting. Its general subject..... More
Vintage, March 2017. Trade Paperback. NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Lab Girl is her revelatory treatise on plant life--but it is also a celebration of the lifelong curiosity, humility, and passion that..... More
Vintage, March 2017. Trade Paperback. NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Lab Girl is her revelatory treatise on plant life--but it is also a celebration of the lifelong curiosity, humility, and passion that..... More
The University of North Carolina Press, March 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. The pioneering texts in quantitative history were written over two decades ago, but as a command of methodological context, computer experience, and statistical literacy have become increasingly important to the study of history, the need for an introductory text..... More
Harper Perennial, January 2018. Paper Back. The latest volume in the bestselling series from Edge.org--dubbed "the world's smartest website" by The Guardian--brings together 206 of the world's most innovative thinkers to discuss the scientific concepts that everyone should know. As science informs public policy, decision making, and so many aspects..... More
Knopf, August 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. When the woman he loved was diagnosed with a metastatic cancer, science writer George Johnson embarked on a journey to learn everything he could about the disease and the people who dedicate their lives to understanding and combating it. What he discovered is a...... More
Penguin Books, September 2013. Trade Paperback. A "riveting" (The Wall Street Journal) biography of one of the most influential and controversial scientists in Western history Acclaimed historian and biographer Paul Johnson turns his keen eye on Charles Darwin, the towering figure whose work continues to spur scientific debate. With his..... More
Riverhead Trade, September 2015. Trade Paperback. From the New York Times-bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Unexpected Life, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas. In this illustrated history, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life..... More
Harper Voyager, July 2012. Trade Paperback. "An addictively satisfying, deeply amusing, dirty-ass masterpiece." --William Gibson "A sharp-edged urban fantasy, drenched in blood and cynicism, tipping its hat to Sam Peckinpah, Raymond Chandler, and the anti-heroes of Hong Kong cinema....A bravura performance." --San Francisco Chronicle "I couldn't put it down." --Charlaine..... More
Doubleday, May 2023. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An exhilarating tour of humanity's next great technological achievement--quantum computing--which may eventually illuminate the deepest mysteries of science, supercharge artificial intelligence, and solve some of humanity's biggest problems, like global warming, world hunger, and incurable disease, by the bestselling author of..... More
N/A, October 1995. Paper Back. "Beyond Einstein" takes readers on an exciting excursion into thediscoveries that have led scientists to the brightest new prospect intheoretical physics today -- superstring theory. What is superstring theory andwhy is it important? This revolutionary breakthrough may well be thefulfillment of Albert Einstein's lifelong dream..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, June 2023. Paper Back. Inside our heads we carry around an infinite and endlessly unfolding map of the world. Navigation is one of the most ancient neural abilities we have--older than language. In Dark and Magical Places, Christopher Kemp embarks on a journey to discover..... More
Henry Holt and Co., February 2014. Hardcover. WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST A major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and..... More
Picador, January 2015. Trade Paperback. WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST A major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history..... More
Crown, February 2021. Hardcover. NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking: After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it? RECOMMENDED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND BILL GATES - SHORTLISTED FOR THE..... More
HarperCollins, September 1983. Trade Paperback. More
Oxford University Press, June 1988. Paper Back. Few subjects have generated so many newspaper headlines and such heated controversy as the treatment, or non-treatment, of handicapped newborns. In 1982, the case of Baby Doe, a child born with Down's syndrome, stirred up a national debate in the United States, while..... More
Zone Books, July 1999. Hardcover. The true structure and workings of the human body are, we casually assume, everywhere the same, a universal reality. But when we look into the past, our sense of reality wavers: accounts of the body in diverse medical traditions often seem to describe mutually alien..... More
Merlin Books, January 1988. First Thus. Paper Back. Uncommon title. {5 & 3/4' x 8 & 1/4'} First UK paperback edition. Sun lightened spine. Errata slip taped to half title page -- same page with previous reader's name hand written in ink. Else, without markings. [491 pp.]. More
Routledge, September 1995. Trade Paperback. How desert dunes are formed, how they change, their environmental significance and the role of climate change - these issues are examined through extensive case studies drawn from South Africa, India, Northern Europe and Australia. More
Vintage, August 2000. Trade Paperback. From the bestselling author of The Devil in the White City, here is the true story of the deadliest hurricane in history. National Bestseller September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather..... More
Basic Books, October 1994. Trade Paperback. The world's foremost fossil hunter tells the story of the first humans and explains how and why modern humans developed social organization. More
