A radical and optimistic view of the future course of human development from Ray Kurzweil, whom Bill Gates calls "the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence."
Learn the science behind the headlines—the tools of terrorists, the dangers of nuclear power, and the reality of global warning, from author and physics professor Richard A. Muller.
A fascinating account of seventeen groups of molecules that have influenced the course of history, Napoleon's Buttons offers a new understanding of the shaping of civilization and the workings of the contemporary world.
A foundation of existentialist thought, Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil presents a scathing critique of traditional ideals of moral philosophy.
From the award-winning NPR religion correspondent comes a fascinating investigation of how science is seeking to answer the question that has puzzled humanity for generations: Can science explain God?
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, one of the most important works of Western philosophy, considers the age-old question of how men should best live and attain happiness.
Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming
Chris Mooney Lloyd James
Leading environmental journalist Chris Mooney immerses readers in the world of those who study hurricanes. In particular, he explores one of the most politicized and hotly contested debates in American science: whether or not the recent hurricane disasters—culminating in Katrina—are connected to global warming.
