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What happens when ideas presented as science lead us astray? History is full of brilliant ideas that led to disaster.

David L. Mearns has discovered some of the world's most fascinating and elusive shipwrecks. This book chronicles his most intriguing finds.

In a series of essays, Lightman explores the emotional life of science, the power of imagination, the creative moment, and the alternate ways in which scientists and humanists think about the world

In nearly all aspects of life, modern science is leading us into vast uncharted territory.

Bill von Hippel traces human development through three critical evolutionary inflection points to explain how events in our distant past shape our lives today.

A cancer patient risen from the grave, an HIV patient considered a medical marvel, two "invisible" women suffering the frustration and pain of autoimmunity.

What is going to cause our doom? How can we save ourselves from it? Bryan Walsh explores a multitude of apocalyptic situations and explains how we can decide our fate.

Life is full of uncertainty, scientific advances indicate that the universe might be fundamentally inexact, and humans are terrible at guessing.

AI is everywhere.

An illuminating debut memoir of a woman in science; a moving portrait of a longtime friendship; and a stunningly fresh look at plants that will forever change how you see the natural world Acclaime

Carl Zimmer investigates one of the biggest questions of all: What is life? The answer seems obvious until you try to seriously answer it.

The magic of the brain is not found in the parts it's made of but in the way those parts unceasingly reweave themselves in an electric living fabric.

Mindfulness as a practice is very simple and its effects are well- documented.

This young readers edition of Ingenious focuses on 50 kid-friendly Canadian innovations that changed the world, from canoes to whoopie cushions, chocolate bars to Pablum.

Discover the stories behind 15 of the twentieth century's key inventions in this fun and informative treasury of trailblazing women, who each made a unique contribution to the history of science an