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Physicist' understanding of the essential nature of reality changed radically over the past quarter century. Frank Wilczek has played a lead role in establishing the new paradigms. Transcending the clash and mismatch of older ideas about what...
The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the...
Snyder draws from the darkest hours of the twentieth century to provide hope for the twenty-first. As he writes, "Americans are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism and communism. Our one advantage is that we...
This fresh and fascinating exploration of new directions in cancer research focuses on the important role of the immune system in combating this dread disease. Integrating clues from the animal kingdom, the veterinary clinic, extraordinary human...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Travel back to a time when survival depended on how well we adapted to the environment around us. "Informative, fun, and with a healthy degree of danger, this is a book for the adventurer in all of us."--Gabrielle...