History & Philosophy

In Foley Is Good, Mick Foley — former Commissioner of the World Wrestling Federation, aka Cactus Jack, Dude Love, and Mankind — picks up right where his s...

This unique anthology brings together a marvelous collection of Darwin's most accessible and significant writings, providing the most fully rounded picture ...

An original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him. Publishers Weekly In Boorstin's 1983 bestseller The Discover...

In Order To Stave Off The Mass Extinction Of Species, Including Our Own, We Must Move Swiftly To Preserve The Biodiversity Of Our Planet, Says Edward O. Wil...

The Host Of Msnbc's Morning Joe Reveals How President Harry Truman Defended Democracy Against The Soviet Threat At The Dawn Of The Cold War. Harry Truman Ha...

Did Newton "unweave the rainbow" by reducing it to its prismatic colors, as Keats contended? Did he, in other words, diminish beauty? Far from it, says ac...

From The Author Of The Bestselling The Professor And The Madman Comes The Fascinating Story Of William Smith, The Orphaned Son Of An English Country Blacksm...

For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris’s latest New York Times bestseller is a guide to meditation as a rational...

During The Early Twentieth Century, The Eccentric And Brilliant Inventor Nikola Tesla Blazed The Path That Electrical Development Followed For Many Years To...

Categories: Science & MathHistory & Philosophy

A Groundbreaking Narrative Exploration Of The Human Immune System--the Key To Human Health And Longevity--from The Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times Jou...

Ruth Kassinger was at an emotional crossroads. Confronted with the death of a beloved sister, her children’s departure for college, and her own recent...

the Origin Of Species, By Charles Darwin, Is Part Of The barnes & Noble Classics series, Which Offers Quality Editions At Affordable Prices To The Stu...

The untold story of an eccentric Wall Street tycoon and the circle of scientific geniuses he assembled before World War II to develop the science for radar ...

Arguing About Science is an outstanding, engaging introduction to the essential topics in philosophy of science, edited by two leading experts in the field...

one Of The Most Famous And Influential Books Of Its (or Any) Time, The Origin Of Species Is, Surprisingly, Little Read. True Enough, Most People Know What...

R.c. Lewontin. Includes Bibliographical References.Categories: Science & MathHistory & Philosophy

From The Era Before European Contact To The Present Day, People Living In What Is Now The United States Have Constantly Been Interacting With Their Environm...

"Walk upstairs, open the door, and look in the crib.What do you see: Most of us see a picture of innocence and helplessness, a clean slate. But in fact, wh...

Making PCR is the fascinating, behind-the-scenes account of the invention of one of the most significant biotech discoveries in our time—the polymerase c...

Does the mind reflect or dictate what the body sees and feels? What is the language of emotion? Is memory a function of our imaginations? Are we all just ...

Sam Harris’s first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most people...

You are six years old. Every day after school your father takes you to a sprawling castle filled with exotic animals, bowls of candy, and half-naked women ...

From Msnbc Correspondent Steve Kornacki, A Lively And Sweeping History Of The 1990s--one That Brings Critical New Understanding To Our Current Political Lan...

Jared Kushner Was One Of The Most Consequential Presidential Advisers In Modern History. For The First Time, He Recounts What Happened Behind Closed Doors D...

the American Plague Delves Into America's Not-so-distant Past To Recount One Of The Greatest Epidemics Of Our Time. It Tells The Story Of The Yellow Fever ...

“Switek seamlessly intertwines two types of evolution: one of life on earth and the other of paleontology itself.”—Discover Magazine ““In deligh...

The church disagreed with Galileo. That set off a controversy that rages on today. The passion remains but the issues have changed and the arguments have b...

Space elevators. Internet-enabled contact lenses. Cars that fly by floating on magnetic fields. This is the stuff of science fiction—it’s also daily lif...

The Present Is A Contest Between The Bright And Dark Sides Of Discovery. To Avoid Being Torn Apart By Its Stresses, We Need To Recognize The Fact - And Gain...

There Are Few Industrialists In History Who Could Match Elon Musk's Relentless Drive And Ingenious Vision. A Modern Alloy Of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howa...

From the New York Times–bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Farsighted, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas.In this illust...

A Searing Account Of How Vaccine Opponents Have Used The Media To Spread Their Message Of Panic, Despite No Scientific Evidence To Support Them. In This Sea...

her Name Was Henrietta Lacks, But Scientists Know Her As Hela. She Was A Poor Southern Tobacco Farmer Who Worked The Same Land As Her Slave Ancestors, Yet...

In this illuminating book, the renowned theoretical physicist Lee Smolin argues that fundamental physics—the search for the laws of nature—losing its way....

A deeply panoramic tour of the night, from its brightest spots to the darkest skies we have left. A starry night is one of nature's most magical wonders. ...

In This Illuminating And Deeply Moving Memoir, A Former American Military Intelligence Officer Goes Beyond Traditional Cold War Espionage Tales To Tell The ...

In This Classic About Economics, Freedom, And The Relationship Between The Two, Milton And Rose Friedman Explain How Our Freedom Has Been Eroded And Our Pro...

In the final book of his astonishing career, Carl Sagan brilliantly examines the burning questions of our lives, our world, and the universe around us. Th...

One of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science ...

you Think You Know About Darwinism And Intelligent Design, But Did You Know: *there Is No Overwhelming Evidence For Darwinism; *intelligent Design Is Base...

The Legendary Fbi Criminal Profiler, Number-one New York Times Bestselling Author, And Inspiration For The Hit Netflix Show Mindhunter Delves Deep Into The ...

The Follow-up To Pinker's Groundbreaking The Better Angels Of Our Nature Presents The Big Picture Of Human Progress: People Are Living Longer, Healthier, Fr...

"This is the book I have been waiting for."--Rachel Maddow INSTANTNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | The FBI veteran behind the Russia investigation draws on de...

The award-winning former editor of Science News shows that one of the most fascinating and controversial ideas in contemporary cosmology―the existence of...

One of science's great unsung heroes, Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) was a prophet of the electronic age. His research laid much of the groundwork for modern el...

a Work Of Enormous Breadth, Likely To Pleasantly Surprise Both General Readers And Experts.—new York Times Book Review david Futrelle to Those Outside The...

Current scientific philosophy, guided by materialism, argues that religious experience is the product of nothing more than the wiring of the brain. In The S...