The late "Scientific American" columnist who published books on topics ranging from magic and math to philosophy and religion chronicles his life, from his childhood to his service in the Navy to his varied professional pursuits.
Martin Gardner wrote the Mathematical Games column for Scientific American for twenty-five years and published more than seventy books on topics as diverse as magic, philosophy, religion, pseudoscience, and Alice in Wonderland. His informal, recreational approach to mathematics …
Presents a series of compelling accounts of human beings confronting death on a vast scale and the scientists and researchers who work to unlock the mystery of these deadly afflictions.
Dramatic true stories about the frightening forces and constructive discoveries that are currently roiling and reordering our world.
Dramatic true stories about the frightening forces and constructive discoveries that have roiled and reordered our world.
Rachel Carson, founder of the modern environmental movement, began work on her seminal book Silent Spring in the late 1950s, when a dizzying array of synthetic pesticides had come into use. Leading this chemical onslaught was the insecticide DDT. Effective against crop pests as …
Rachel Carson, founder of the modern environmental movement, began work on her seminal book Silent Spring in the late 1950s, when a dizzying array of synthetic pesticides had come into use. Leading this chemical onslaught was the insecticide DDT. Effective against crop pests as …
Rachel Carson, founder of the modern environmental movement, began work on her seminal book Silent Spring in the late 1950s, when a dizzying array of synthetic pesticides had come into use. Leading this chemical onslaught was the insecticide DDT. Effective against crop pests as …
The seminal biography of the twentieth century's premier chronicler of the paranormal, Charles Fort--a man whose very name gave rise to an adjective, fortean, to describe the unexplained.
The seminal biography of the twentieth century's premier chronicler of the paranormal, Charles Fort--a man whose very name gave rise to an adjective, fortean, to describe the unexplained.