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Ubiquity: The Science of History… Or Why the World is Simpler Than We Think
by Mark Buchanan
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000
Scientists have recently discovered a new law of nature.
Its footprints are virtually …

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Life’s Grandeur: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin
by Stephen Jay Gould
London: Jonathan Cape, 1996
In his characteristically iconoclastic and original way, the bestselling author of Wonderful Life and Bully for …

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Chaos and Harmony: Perspectives On Scientific Revolutions of the Twentieth Century
by Trinh Xuan Thuan
New York: Oxford University Press, 2001
For 300 years, Trinh Xuan Thuan writes, since the time of Isaac Newton, …

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Beyond Science
by John Polkinghorne
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996
Science is very successful in discovering the structure and history of the physical world. However, there is more to be told of …

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Between Inner Space and Outer Space
by John D. Barrow
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999
In this superb collection of essays, acclaimed cosmologist and writer John D. Barrow explores the issues that perplex …

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Stuff: The Materials the World is Made Of
by Ivan Amato
New York: Basic Books, 1997
From plastics to smart materials to never-before-seen composites, scientists have transformed the raw materials of the …

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Holding On to Reality: The Nature of Information at the Turn of the Millennium
by Albert Borgmann
Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1999
We hear constantly about our current information revolution.” Twenty-four-hour news …

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Heaven’s Breath: A Natural History of the Wind
by Lyall Watson
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1984
Lyall Watson, the bestselling author ofSupernature and Lifetide, has established a reputation for challenging established scientific fact …

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The Most Beautiful Molecule: The Discovery of the Buckyball
by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1995
Houston, Texas, 1985. Two industrious chemists discover a previously unknown form of carbon and …

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Insights of Genius: Imagery and Creativity in Science and Art
by Arthur I. Miller
New York: Springer-Verlag, 1996
Why are scientists so strongly attractive to visual images? From Galileo’s drawings to Feynman …