Science
Book of Physics and Astronomy (The New York Times)
From the discovery of distant galaxies and black holes to the tiny interstices of the atom, here is ..
Brilliant Blunders
Charles Darwin, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle, and Albert Einstein all ma..
Caesar's Last Breath: And Other True Tales of History, Science, and the Sextillions of Molecules in the Air Around Us
The fascinating science and history of the air we breathe It's invisible. It's ever-present. Witho..
Chemistry (30-Second)
You may be familiar with atoms and molecules, but do you know why certain particles behave different..
Einstein's Shadow: The Inside Story of Astronomers' Decades-Long Quest to Take the First Picture of a Black Hole
Einstein’s Shadow follows a team of elite scientists on their historic mission to take the first pi..
Einstein's War: How Relativity Triumphed Amid the Vicious Nationalism of World War I
Einstein’s War is a riveting exploration of both the beauty of scientific creativity and enduring ho..
Genuine Fakes: How Phony Things Reach Us About Real Stuff (Bloomsbury Sigma)
Is the distinction between “real” and “fake” as clear-cut as we think? Does an authentic Andy Warh..
Losing Earth: A Recent History
By 1979, we knew nearly everything we understand today about climate change—including how to stop it..
Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul
Few have weighed in on the nation's contentious debate over evolution as effectively as Kenneth R. M..
Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
Most historians study the smallest slivers of time, emphasizing specific dates, individuals, and doc..
Physics (30-Second)
From electromagnetic waves that enable us to connect in an instant to the gravity that keeps our fee..
The Great Unknown: Seven Journeys to the Frontiers of Science
Every week seems to throw up a new discovery, shaking the foundations of what we know. But are there..
The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter
When leading Princeton physicist Paul Steinhardt began working in the 1980s, scientists thought they..
The Sun's Heartbeat
The Beating Heart of the Sun is the very pulse of life on Earth. And from the ancients who plotted i..
Through Two Doors at Once: The Elegant Experiment That Captures the Enigma of Our Quantum Reality
The intellectual adventure story of the "double-slit" experiment, showing how a sunbeam split into t..