Stories by James R. Newman

An account for the general reader of how mathematics influences our whole culture

The remarkable product of a grander age, this great Englishman stirred up every science of his day. His passion for measuring everything from boredom to peas led to the concept of correlation

A fourth annual survey of writing about science for younger readers

The first volume of an imposing biography of Sigmund Freud by one of his disciples

A general account of comets combined with an interesting new theory of their origins

The fabulous life of Jerome Cardan, pioneer in the study of probability

An aerial view of the earth and how man has changed it, not always for the best

He was a brilliant participant in the mathematical revolution of the 19th century, and is a memorable example for the popularizer and citizen of science

A third annual survey of writing about science for younger readers

An account of the origin and development of the most influential invention: writing

Beyond automatic control: A physicist's statistical examination of man's future

In 1700 B. C. an Egyptian scribe named A'h-mosè set down his "knowledge of existing things all," a document which is now the principal source of what we know of Egyptian mathematics

A summer survey of recently published books about nature

Concerning the brain of man and its biological and mechanical analogues

A new book about parasitic organisms and their strangely specialized ways

A popular account of how man has studied the meaningful material remains of his past

Concerning the popularization of science for younger readers: a Christmas survey

A fine popularization of the subject of lightning by one of its students

A biography of the brilliant, many-sided and contradictory John Maynard Keynes

An approach to mathematics through some diverting mathematical pictures

The economic feasibility of atomic power: a new assessment of the first importance

The 50 years and the popularization of science: a listing of 20 good examples

On the relation of science and poetry, and why they should now be reconciled

On the processes of intellectual change that led to the birth of modern science