David Toomey
Fifty years after Isaac's Storm, a riveting story of the first Hurricane Hunters, and the one crew who paid the ultimate price.More
David Toomey
The story of physicists' quest to answer a mind-boggling question: How can we travel through time?More
Ed Tronick
Internationally recognized as one of the premier researchers on child
development, Ed Tronick has held notable teaching positions and
conducted vital research for nearly 30 years.More
Holly Tucker
“Excellent. . . .
Tucker’s chronicle of the world of 17th-century science
in London and Paris is fascinating.”—The EconomistMore
Ben A. van der Pluijm, Stephen Marshak
Second Edition
For the Second Edition of Earth Structure: An Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics, the authors have heavily revised each chapter while preserving the overall structure of the First Edition.More
Harold Varmus
A Nobel Prize–winning cancer biologist, leader of major scientific institutions, and scientific adviser to President Obama reflects on his remarkable career.More
Adria Vasil
“This book is for people who want to do something to lighten their impact on the planet.” —David SuzukiMore
Frank Vertosick, Jr.
"Dramatic, moving, and utterly fascinating." —New York Times Book ReviewMore
Steven Vogel, Kathryn K. Davis
"Full of ideas and well-explained principles that will bring new understanding of everyday things to both scientists and non-scientists alike."—R. McNeill Alexander, NatureMore
Steven Vogel
The story—and the science—of nature's greatest engine.More
William T. Vollmann
“Highly personal and philosophical . . . the next best thing to reading Copernicus.”—Publishers WeeklyMore
David Foster Wallace
The best-selling author of Infinite Jest on the two-thousand-year-old quest to understand infinity.
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David Foster Wallace, Neal Stephenson
"A gripping guide to the modern taming of the infinite."—The New York Times. With a new introduction by Neal Stephenson.More
James D. Watson, Gunther S. Stent
Since its publication in 1968, The Double Helix has given countless readers a rare and exciting look at one highly significant piece of scientific research—Watson and Crick's race to discover the molecular structure of DNA. In this Norton Critical Edition, Watson's lively and irreverent account is placed in historical perspective by Gunther Stent's introduction and by retrospective views from two major figures in the adventure, Francis Crick and Linus Pauling, and by Rosalind Franklin's last student, Aaron Klug.More
Duncan J. Watts
The pioneering young scientist whose work on the structure of small worlds has triggered an avalanche of interest in networks.More