Nicolaus Copernicus gave the world perhaps the most important scientific insight of the modern age, the theory that the earth and the other planets revolve ...more on ebook "Copernicus' Secret: How the Scienti..."

In a chest of drawers bequeathed by his grandmother, author Randal Keynes discovered the writing case of Charles Darwin's beloved daughter Annie, who died at ...more on ebook "Darwin, His Daughter, and Human Evo..."

A fascinating collection of essays from twenty-seven of the world's most interesting scientists about the moments and events in their childhoods that ...more on ebook "Curious Minds..."

You're no idiot of course. You know that Albert Einstein came up with the famous "E=mc" equation and that his hair looked like it had survived a nuclear test ...more on ebook "Complete Idiot's Guide to Understan..."

In the current debate over science and religion, we tend to overlook the fact that not all religious traditions are anti-scientific. People are often surprised ...more on ebook "Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a..."

is the author of , and many other books about the sea ...more on ebook "Jacques Cousteau..."

Richard Holmes is the author of Footsteps: Adventures of a Romantic Biographer; Sidetracks: Explorations of a Romantic Biographer; Dr. Johnson & ...more on ebook "The Age of Wonder..."

Telling the full story of one of the most disagreeable sports figures in recent memory, this book chronicles the highs and lows of Albert Belle-his tirades and ...more on ebook "Don't Call Me Joey: The Wit and Wis..."

In The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov, acclaimed journalist and author Peter Pringle recreates the extraordinary life and tragic end of one of the great scientists ...more on ebook "The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov: The ..."

The earliest literary portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, and to me still the most moving, is that by ...more on ebook "The Science of Leonardo..."

Dr. Milton Cormier spent a professional lifetime in the research laboratory investigating the mystifying bioluminescent properties of sea creatures. His ...more on ebook "My Journey - Into, Through and Beyo..."

ÒReading THE WIZARD OF MENLO PARK was a stark reminder of how much we owe Thomas Edison. Historian Randy Stross deserves high praise for bringing the great ...more on ebook "The Wizard of Menlo Park..."

The author shares his forty years of real life experiences and what he has learned from working with the criminal and the insane in the field of Forensic ...more on ebook "Psychotherapy Behind a Razor Wire F..."