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What is the cosmos? How did it come into being? How are we related to it, and what is our place in it? The Book of the Cosmos assembles for the first time in one volume the great minds of the Western world who have considered these question… more

What is the ultimate destiny of our universe? That is the striking question addressed by James Gardner in The Intelligent Universe.Traditionally, scientists (and Robert Frost) have offered two bleak answers to this profound issue: fire or i… more

From the creators of the New York Times bestselling Six-Word Memoirs franchise, The Moment is a collection of brief and moving personal stories about how a single instant — a single decision, happenstance, accident, call, conversation, let… more

Featuring a foreword by New York Times columnist David Brooks, This Will Make You Smarter presents brilliant but accessible cutting-edge ideas that will improve everyone’s decision-making. In this excerpt from the latest in the Edge.org ser… more

Undercover FBI agent Ian Gray’s world is turned upside down when he discovers a domestic terror group unlike any other; one composed of Americans intent on attacking the Muslim world. As Gray scrambles to investigate this new group, he’s co… more

At the age of 26, most of us are just embarking on life. But by that age, Frank Ramsey, one of the most brilliant minds of the 20th century, had come up with major new ideas in mathematics, philosophy and economics. And then (in 1930) he d… more

Condensed ideas about long-term thinking summarized by Stewart Brand (with Kevin Kelly, Alexander Rose and Paul Saffo) and a forward by Brian Eno. These are summaries of talks by Jared Diamond, Craig Venter, Bruce Sterling, Jill Tarter, Ma… more

“Bryson is as amusing as ever….As a celebration of 350 years of modern science, [Seeing Further] it is a worthy tribute.”—The EconomistIn Seeing Further, New York Times bestseller Bill Bryson takes readers on a guided tour through the great… more

A brilliant ensemble of the world’s most visionary scientists provides twenty-five original never-before-published essays about the advances in science and technology that we may see within our lifetimes.Theoretical physicist and bestsellin… more