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. It was created by the literary agent John Brockman in the 1990s, and originally published by Basic Books.
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
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