One of the world's leading experts on genetics unravels one of the most important breakthroughs in modern science and medicine. If our genes are, to a great extent, destiny, then...

A BELIEF IN FREE WILL touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, public policy, intimate relationships,...

Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction Nonpareil science writer David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology can change our understanding of...

‘The next best thing to actually heading off into space’

“An insightful meditation on the curious nature of time…A highly illuminating intellectual investigation” (Kirkus Reviews) explaining the sometimes...

In The Descent of Man Darwin applies evolutionary theory to human evolution, and details the theory of sexual selection, a form of biological adaptation distinct from, yet...

This “accessible and always entertaining” (Booklist) combination of history, pop science, and in-depth reporting offers a fascinating account of the asteroids that hit...

This book wants to provide an overview of nanomedicine. The book particularly deals with the nanomedical applications (drug delivery, LOCs and bioMEMS) and the positive and...

By now, nanotechnologies belong to our daily life. They are used in sport, food, electronics, energy production, and so on. This book wants to describe the way how...

This text is helpful in understanding the subject of organic chemistry.THE publication of this series of pamphlets has been undertaken to make available in a permanent form...