"Far from being a lifeless ornament in the sky, the Moon holds the answers to some of science's central questions. Silent, dry, and barren, Earth's 4.34-billion-year-old companion is essential to...

Why engineering and computational analogies are poorly suited to the study of biological cognitionMainstream theories of the brain are often expressed through engineering concepts—computation, code,...

"A fascinating look at key thinkers throughout history who have shaped public perception of science and the role of authority. When does a scientific discovery become accepted fact? Why have...

Why were Prometheus and Loki envisioned as chained to rocks? What was the Golden Calf? Why are mirrors believed to carry bad luck? How could anyone think that mortals like Perseus, Beowulf, and St...

"An introduction to the state-of-the-art in the study of Kähler groupsThis book gives an authoritative and up-to-date introduction to the study of fundamental groups of compact Kähler manifolds,...

Lucretius' account of the origin of life, the origin of species, and human prehistory is the longest and most detailed account extant from the ancient world. It gives an anti-teleological mechanistic...

"A new edition of the first undergraduate-level textbook to bridge the gap between discrete math and computational geometry"--

A fun and lively look at the mathematical ideas concealed in video gamesDid you know that every time you pick up the controller to your PlayStation or Xbox, you are entering a game world steeped in...

An examination of some of the remarkable connections between group theory and arithmetic algebraic geometry over finite fieldsExponential sums have been of great interest ever since Gauss, and their...