An exploration of the scientific limits of knowledge that challenges our deep-seated beliefs about our universe, our rationality, and ourselves.Many books explain what is known …
An exploration of the scientific mindset-such character virtues as curiosity, veracity, attentiveness, and humility to evidence-and its importance for science, democracy, and human …
In this series of 15 essays, which won the Letterstedt Prize, Sweden's equivalent of the Pulitzer, distinguished cell biologist George Klein shares his considerable insights on …
Time is generally thought to be one of the more mysterious ingredients of the universe. In this intriguing book, Paul Horwich makes precise and explicit the interrelationships …
An argument that what makes science distinctive is its emphasis on evidence and scientists' willingness to change theories on the basis of new evidence.Attacks on science have …
The unknown history of surveillance in relation to changing systems of representation and visual arts practice.The separateness and connection of individuals is perhaps the central …
A virtuoso introduction to the field of science, the most democratic of human endeavors.In this engaging, lyrical book, physicist Sander Bais shows how science can liberate us from …
Leading thinkers from a range of disciplines discuss the compatibility of power and care, in conversation with the Dalai Lama.For more than thirty years, the Dalai Lama has been in …
How science consultants make movie science plausible, in films ranging from 2001: A Space Odyssey to Finding Nemo.Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, released in 1968, is …
From Gaia to Selfish Genes is a different kind of anthology. Lively excerpts from the popular writings of leading theorists in the life sciences blend in a seamless presentation of …
