A collection of high-minded inquiries into topics that have long fascinated and, in some cases, stumped major mathematicians, the book approaches math with logic and skepticism. Russell Connor’s Essays in the Foundations of... Read More

Ransom’s book draws upon extensive research to tie varied belief systems to scientific phenomena. In the extensively researched "Auroras, Petroglyphs, and Pagans", Jeff Ransom argues that pagan religions were inspired by celestial... Read More

Tristan Gooley’s "The Nature Instinct" is an approachable scientific guide that uses observations of the sky and the wild to reteach human instincts thought to be lost to technological advancements and modern indoor living. Gooley, an... Read More

"Alone Against Gravity" is a fascinating portrait of the most famous scientist of the twentieth century as he faced professional, personal, and political turning points on the eve of World War I. Einstein came to study in Berlin in 1913,... Read More

Pumas (also known as cougars, mountain lions, and ghost cats) are the least familiar of North and South America’s big cats. Seldom-seen loners, their numbers are growing even as other species diminish. In "Path of the Puma", biologist... Read More

Dopamine has a lot to answer for. First discovered in 1957, it is variously known as “the pleasure molecule” and “the reward circuit.” In "The Molecule of More", an excellent work of wide-ranging popular science, Daniel Z.... Read More

Steve Stewart-Williams, associate professor of psychology at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, wants to help readers get an outside perspective on humanity to realize just how strange some aspects of evolution are. To that... Read More

Most of the ten essays collected in "Inevitably Toxic" are based on papers presented at Claremont College’s “Contested Expertise, Toxic Environments” workshop in Fall 2015. Reading them is like attending an academic conference and... Read More