A robust yet accessible introduction to the idea, history, and key applications of differential privacy—the gold standard of algorithmic privacy protection. Differential privacy (DP) is an increasingly popular, though controversial, approach to...

A thrilling investigation into the mysterious identity of Bitcoin’s creator and a deep dive into crypto’s utopian origin story—from The New York Times bestselling author of The Billionaire’s VinegarIn October 2008, someone going by the name Satoshi...

A pioneering scientist presents a mind-expanding account of the sociogenomics revolution, which promises to upend everything we know about human development.

A concise and engaging investigation of six interpretations of quantum physics.Rules of the quantum world seem to say that a cat can be both alive and dead at the same time and a particle can be in two places at once. And that particle is also a wave;...

Untitled Flatiron nonfiction book to be announced 2025

Steven Weinberg shares his candid thoughts, in his own words, on theoretical physics and cosmology, along with personal anecdotes and recollections of the people who helped shape his career. These memoirs of his life as a scientist and public figure...

A bold reimagining of the Greek mathematician’s singular life as a truly modern scientist.Galileo, Leonardo, Newton, and Tesla revered him: Archimedes of Syracuse—an engineer who single-handedly defied the world’s most powerful army and a mathematician...

"A gem…An unforgettable account of one of the great moments in the history of human thought." ―Steven PinkerProbing the life and work of Kurt Gödel, Incompleteness indelibly portrays the tortured genius whose vision rocked the stability of mathematical...

Essays by the outstanding engineering writer, author of The Evolution of Useful Things.

The definitive story of the Riemann Hypothesis, a fascinating and epic mathematical mystery that continues to challege the world.In 1859, Bernhard Riemann, a little-known thirty-two year old mathematician, made a hypothesis while presenting a paper to...

The real-life story behind Marie Benedict’s The Other Einstein—a fascinating profile of mathematician Mileva Einstein-Marić and her contributions to her husband’s scientific discoveries.Albert Einstein’s first wife, Mileva Einstein-Marić, was forgotten...

"Blooms with such glorious rushes of exalted prose that I was dog- earing almost every page." --The New York Times Book ReviewAs debate over the future of NASA heats up, award-winning author Stephen J. Pyne presents America's greatest space expeditions...

More than 2,000 years ago, Eratosthenes, in Alexandria, used a stick, a hole in the ground, sunllght at summer solstice, and elementary geometry to measure the circumference of the Earth with surprising accuracy, long before anyone was able to...

The seventeen equations that form the basis for life as we know it.Most people are familiar with history's great equations: Newton's Law of Gravity, for instance, or Einstein's theory of relativity. But the way these mathematical breakthroughs have...

"Vaclav Smil is my favorite author."—Bill GatesAn indispensable analysis of how the world really produces and consumes its food—and a scientist's exploration of how we can successfully feed a growing population without killing the planetWe have never had...

A NEW YORK TIMES AND NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A poet, a physicist, and a philosopher explored the greatest enigmas in the universe—the nature of free will, the strange fabric of the cosmos, the true limits of the mind—and each in their own way...

This Book Delves Into The Criminal Structure Of Digital Capitalism Fostered By States And Corporations Along The Supply Chain, Illustrating How The Rise Of Algorithmic Racism, Lithium Extractivism, The Googlization Of Education, Or The Deployment Of Ai...

A Treasure Trove Of Illuminating And Entertaining Quotations From The Legendary Naturalist Here Is Charles Darwin In His Own Words—the Naturalist, Traveler, Scientific Thinker, And Controversial Author Of On The Origin Of Species, The Book That Shook The...