Neil deGrasse Tyson is not only America's favorite astrophysicist and director of New York City's Hayden Planetarium, but he also has a poetic imagination and can tell a good story. Here, he puts our progress in understanding the vast cosmos and other realms of scientific discovery into perspective for the non-scientific crowd. This book would make a fascinating read for you or if you're searching for a great gift, for a friend, family member or co-worker.

Meet the Rocket Girls, and read the unknown story of the women engineers and scientists who helped to build NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In the 1940s and 50s, this elite team of mathematicians plotted trajectories and calculated velocities to carry America's first rockets into space. To fill this role, the American government selected not male university graduates, but young women who would work with pencil and paper. These 'human computers' broke the glass ceilings of both science and gender, and this real-life history by Nathalia Holt makes an inspirational read for women and girls -- and guys -- of all ages.

Carlo Rovelli is a celebrated theoretical physicist who has developed a global reputation for digging deeply into the mysteries of the universe, including some of the most fundamental phenomena that we take for granted - like the nature of time.  What causes one event to happen after another?  Why can't time reverse itself?  When did time start?  Bringing concepts from philosophy, science and literature to the table, Professor Rovelli dives deeply into these problems, shares his fascinating outlook in a book that's also easy and fun to read.

Frankfurt-based theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder is a master science explainer.  You may have seen her YouTube channel which has an audience of over 1 million.  Well-known as a skeptic of many popular scientific ideas such as string theory and dark matter, she presents this fascinating volume that links cutting-edge ideas - black holes, quantum mechanics, particle physics and the like - to practical concepts from daily life.  Filled with mind-bending insights from one of the most respected scientists in her field, this book will provide a solid experience for anyone with a curious appetite for understanding science.

Internationally known theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss explains the scientific underpinnings of human induced climate change in clear and factual terms.  Professor Krauss appears regularly on radio, television and even in films, and is the host of the Origins Podcast.

Geneticist Adam Rutherford and mathematician Hannah Fry take you on a tour of time, space, human biology and psychology, and uncover a range of answers to questions big and small that gnaw at our minds.  This book is packed with surprises and wit, and you're sure to end up informed and enlightened.

This book tells the story of Nancy Hopkins, an accomplished molecular geneticist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and her struggle to gain recognition as from her colleagues in academia.  She joined with other women faculty members and researchers and achieved a victory where MIT was forced to admit its history of discrimination against women scientists, and to promise to correct this inequity.  Author Kate Zernike is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who broke this story in the Boston Globe in 1999.

Ever wonder how your cat views the world?   Or how dogs use their incredible noses to sense a vast universe of odors which humans can't perceive?  In this amazing book, science journalist Ed Yong uncovers the intricate and awe-inspiring world of the sensory perceptions of animals. This impressive volume is loaded with scientific insights from the world around us, plus beautiful photos of a range of different animals.

Environmental journalist Louise Gray uncovers the hidden dilemmas behind the foods we eat every day.  She visits farms, interviews food scientists, and reveals the ecological impact that growing all these fruits and vegetables has on our planet.

Professor Leonard Susskind has a remarkable mind and it's on display in this book.  Susskind started out his young adulthood as a plumber's apprentice, and told his father "I want to be a physicist".  His father, owner of the family's plumbing business, thought he meant "pharmacist" and urged him to go to pharmacy school.  But young Leonard told his father, "No, I want to be like Einstein."  His father hadn't thought of that possibility, but happily supported him in his endeavor.  Susskind, now a professor at Stanford University, is known for not always having the right answers, but always asking the right questions.  He's also an amazing teacher, loved over the course of decades by his many students.  In this volume, which he wrote with data engineer Art Friedman, Dr. Susskind takes on the challenges of quantum mechanics, and explains it in an understandable way -- but using equations.  So make sure your mathematics skills are solid when reading this incredibly detailed, but enjoyable book!

Step into the brilliant mind of the one and only controversial Nobel Prize winning Professor Roger Penrose, close friend and sometimes scientific rival of the late Stephen Hawking, as he takes us on a grand tour of mathematics, physics, intelligence, and cosmology.  Penrose argues that human thinking can never be emulated by a computer, and rallies an enormous stack of fascinating evidence to defend his premise.

Join Harvard professor Lisa Randall as she takes you on an amazing tour that combines physics, astronomy, geology and paleontology, to answer some of the most profound questions about life on Earth and our place in the galaxy. One exclusive copy available, signed by the author herself.