Water, Ice & Stone
Water, Ice & Stone is a both scientific and poetic journey into Antarctica. Bill Green has been traveling to this remote and primordial place at the bottom of the Earth since 1968. With this book...
View ArticleScience Next
Emerging from the Bush era when right-wing ideology frequently trumped mainstream science in government, America needs bold new approaches to the most important issues of our time, such as global...
View ArticleBoltzmann’s Tomb
From Cambridge, England to Oxford, Ohio, Vienna to Antarctica, Bill Green takes us on a globe-spanning pilgrimage to important sites of scientific discovery and along the way relates the captivating...
View ArticleThe Poetic Species
In this shimmering conversation (the outgrowth of an event co-sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History and Poets House), Edward O. Wilson, renowned scientist and proponent of “consilience”...
View ArticleInvisible Beasts
Sophie is an amateur naturalist with a rare genetic gift: the ability to see a marvelous kingdom of invisible, sentient creatures that share a vital relationship with humankind. To record her...
View ArticlePlaces of the Heart
Our surroundings can powerfully affect our thoughts, emotions, and physical responses, whether we’re awed by the Grand Canyon or Hagia Sophia, panicked in a crowded room, soothed by a walk in the park,...
View ArticleA Wilder Time
Greenland, one of the last truly wild places, contains a treasure trove of information on Earth’s early history embedded in its pristine landscape. Over numerous seasons, William E. Glassley and two...
View ArticleThe Bear
In an Edenic future, a girl and her father live close to the land in the shadow of a lone mountain. They possess a few remnants of civilization: some books, a pane of glass, a set of flint and steel, a...
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