Stories by James R. Newman

A stimulating survey of education in the world of Greece and Rome

Three works about the transition from ancient to modern astronomy

A study of a historic earthquake and its deep social consequences

Bertrand Russell's reflections on his eventful life and times

A classic examination of what is meant by the word "cause"

A straightforward description of how an electronic computer does its work

The annual Scientific American survey of books on science for young readers

The natural philosophers of 18th-century America

Although little known, it is a landmark of 20th-century thought. The proof brought to light certain astonishing limitations which have always been inherent in mathematics and mathematical logic

A British account of the hidden breakdown of the Anglo-American nuclear partnership

Photography: From its antecedents In the 11th century up to the 20th

Hedgehogs and foxes: two schools of thought among 14 philosophers

Presenting a Christmas survey of books in the various sciences for youngsters

A physicist's speculations about the evolution of technology during the next hundred years

Three novels about the lives and moral problems of physicists in an atomic age

In the same year that Einstein was born, the man who was perhaps his greatest immediate predecessor died. Generally regarded as an abstract theoretician, Maxwell relied heavily on mechanical models

An account of the first of five volumes about technology from prehistoric to modern times

A biography of a remarkable figure of the 19th century: John Stuart Mill

A fifth Christmas review of books about science for younger readers

A sweeping history of China's science and its intellectual relations with the Western World

A physicist examines the dilemmas of science in terms of the questions asked by the Greeks

What is the condition of a Pacific island a decade after it was devastated by war?

He did great work in mathematics, physics and astronomy but was not an entirely admirable man. While pursuing his scientific career he served three French governments: republic, empire and monarchy

The correspondence of the Wright brothers as a reflection of their remarkable history