Science Masters series

The Science Masters series is a book series of short, non-mathematical books for a general audience written by scientists known for their popular writings.[1] It was created by the literary agent John Brockman in the 1990s,[2] and originally published by Basic Books.[1]

Books include:

  • The Origin of the Universe by John D. Barrow
  • The Last Three Minutes by Paul Davies
  • The Origin of Humankind by Richard Leakey
  • How Brains Think by William H. Calvin
  • The Periodic Kingdom by P.W. Atkins
  • The Human Brain: A Guided Tour by Susan Adele Greenfield
  • Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe by Martin J. Rees
  • Kinds of Minds by Daniel C. Dennett
  • Laboratory Earth: The Planetary Gamble We Can't Afford to Lose by Stephen H. Schneider
  • Nature's Numbers by Ian Stewart
  • One Renegade Cell: The Origins of Cancer by Robert A. Weinberg
  • Symbiotic Planet : A New Look at Evolution by Lynn Margulis
  • The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work by Daniel Hillis
  • The Pony Fish's Glow: And Other Clues to Plan and Purpose in Nature by George C. Williams (in England as Plan and Purpose In Nature)
  • River Out of Eden by Richard Dawkins
  • Three Roads to Quantum Gravity by Lee Smolin
  • What Evolution Is by Ernst Mayr
  • Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality by Jared Diamond
  • Words and Rules by Steven Pinker
  • The Structure of Evolutionary Theory by Stephen Jay Gould
  • Beginning of Time by George Smoot
  • Nature's Keepers: The New Science of Nature Management by Stephen Budiansky
  • The Sixth Extinction Richard E. Leakey and Roger Lewin
  • Twins: Genes, Environment and the Mystery of Human Identity by Lawrence Wright

References

  1. ^ a b Kauffman, George B. (1996). "The Periodic Kingdom: A Journey into the Land of the Chemical Elements". Journal of Chemical Education. 73 (8): A177. doi:10.1021/ed073pA177.1.
  2. ^ Gorman, James (14 October 1997). "Nimble Deal-Maker For Stars Of Science". The New York Times.