Leading cosmologist explains the Big Bang, inflation, and the origin and fate of the universe.
Traces the history of scientific discovery from antiquity to modernity.
Cambridge illustrated overview of modern astronomy and cosmological understanding.
Definitive history of the molecular biology revolution, based on interviews with key scientists.
Scientific American Library volume exploring how cosmologists construct models of the universe.
Accessible and engaging introduction to astronomy and cosmology for general readers.
Wide-ranging cultural and scientific history of humanity's relationship with the sun.
Panoramic history of information from African drums to the Internet, and the theory behind it all.
Story of how the infinitely small became the foundation of modern mathematics and science.
History of the Big Bang theory and the scientists who pieced together the origins of the universe.
Account of Galileo's conflict with the Church and his defense of the Copernican heliocentric model.
Landmark work introducing 'paradigm shifts' and changing how we understand scientific progress.
Greene's acclaimed introduction to superstring theory and the quest for a unified theory of everything.
Biography of Ada Lovelace, who wrote the first computer program a century before computers existed.
Einstein's own accessible explanation of his special and general theories of relativity.
Greene explores the many proposals for parallel universes arising from modern physics.
Greene examines the nature of space, time, and the fabric of the universe at the quantum level.
Comprehensive reference work covering the people, events, and ideas of the medieval period.
Accessible introduction to fuzzy logic — the mathematical theory behind approximate reasoning and AI.
Introductory guide making the principles of quantum mechanics understandable to general readers.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's account of rebuilding his ancestral home in Lebanon.
Social and economic history of the global trading system from 1400 to the present.
Illustrated guide to the authentic material culture of the American frontier West.
Illustrated journey through the origins and history of the alphabet from Phoenicia to the modern world.
A Western journalist's year studying the Quran with a traditional Islamic scholar in Delhi.
Burke explores parallel paths in innovation and discovery across science, technology, and culture.
How France invented high fashion, fine food, chic cafés, and the modern concept of elegance.
Updated reference guide to literary terminology and critical concepts for students and scholars.
Broad intellectual history of the European Enlightenment and its lasting legacy for modernity.