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Isaac Newton
James Gleick
Pantheon Hardcover, 288pp
In this biography, James Gleick moves between a comprehensive historical portrait and a dramatic focus on Newton's significant letters and unpublished notebooks to illuminate the real importance of his work in physics, in optics, and in calculus. He makes us see the old intuitive, alchemical universe out of which Newton's mathematics first arose and shows us how Newton's ideas have altered all forms of understanding from history to philosophy. And he gives us an account of the conflicting impulses that pulled at this man's heart: his quiet longings, his rage, his secrecy, the extraordinary subtleties of personality that were mirrored in the invisible forces he first identified as the building blocks of science. More than biography, more than history, more than science, Isaac Newton tells us how, through the mind of one man, we have come to know our place in the cosmos.
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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America
David Allen Sibley
Knopf Softcover, 432pp
The Sibley Guide to Birds has quickly become the new standard of excellence in bird identification guides, covering more than 810 North American birds in amazing detail. Now comes a new portable guide from David Sibley that every birder will want to carry into the field. Compact and comprehensive, this new guide features 650 bird species plus regional populations found east of the Rocky Mountains. Accounts include stunningly accurate illustrations—more than 4,200 in total—with descriptive caption text pointing out the most important field marks. Each entry contains new text concerning frequency, nesting, behavior, food and feeding, voice description, and key identification features. Accounts also include brand-new maps created from information contributed by 110 regional experts across the continent.
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Mercury 13: The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight
Martha Ackmann
Random House Hardcover, 256pp
The story of the dramatic events surrounding thirteen remarkable women, all crackerjack pilots and patriots who sometimes sacrificed jobs and marriages for a chance to participate in America's space race against the Soviet Union.
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Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
Michael Pollan
Random House Softcover, 304pp
Pollan tells the story of four domesticated species from the point of view of the plants. All four species are deeply woven into the fabric of our everyday lives, and Pollan illustrates how each has evolved a survival strategy based on satisfying one of humankind's most basic desires.
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A Field Guide to Stars and Planets
Jay M. Pasachoff
Houghton Mifflin Softcover, 588pp
Brimming with dazzling celestial photographs and timely astronomical information, the newly revised Peterson Field Guide to the Stars and Planets is a must-have resource for any amateur stargazer. The fourth edition of this best-selling field guide has been completely revised and updated to include the latest information from leading astronomical sources.
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A Dangerous Place: California's Unsettling Fate
Marc Reisner
Knopf Hardcover, 181pp
The earthquakes that have already rocked California were, according to Reisner, mere prologues to a future cataclysm that will result in destruction of such magnitude that the only recourse will be to rebuild from the ground up. Reisner concludes with a hypothetical but chillingly realistic description of such a disaster and its horrifying aftereffects.
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Straight Talk from the Heartland