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From one of the world's most influential leaders comes an inspiring appeal and an eye-opening manifesto that empowers the generation of today to step up, take action, and save our environment.

This classic of contemporary science writing by a Nobel Prize–winning physicist explains what happened when the universe began, and how we know.

Race is not a biological reality. Racism thrives on our not knowing this.

When published in 1981, The Mismeasure of Man was immediately hailed as a masterwork, the ringing answer to those who would classify people, rank them according to their supposed genetic gifts and

Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century.

In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical - and accessible - plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catas

Cette édition spécial 10ème anniversaire est une version qui a été mise à jour afin d'intégrer les découvertes scientifiques les plus récentes, très nombreuses depuis une dizaine d&#

Shortlisted for the 2020 RBC Taylor Prize

What can music teach us about the brain? What can the brain teach us about music? And what can both teach us about ourselves?

From often amusing perceptions people have had through the ages about the world and the universe to the changing map of today, Davis shows how geography is really a great crossroad of many fields:

Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded, triggering one of the twentieth century’s greatest disasters.

In a time when people believed flying was impossible, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier proved that the sky wasn't the limit.

Have you ever wondered how bridges don't fall down or how really old buildings stay standing up?

How can we accelerate the development of vaccines? How do we feed three billion people when twelve million died of hunger in 2019? Does synthetic biology hold the answer?

Layering climate science, mythologies, nature writing, and personal experiences, National Magazine Award winner Ben Ehrenreich presents a stunning reckoning with our current moment and with the lit