The Science of Happiness: How Our Brains Make Us Happy-and What We Can Do to Get Happier

Survival of the Nicest: How Altruism Made Us Human and Why It Pays to Get Along

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2014This revelatory tour de force by an acclaimed and internationally bestselling science writer upends our understanding of “survival of the fittest”—and invites us all to think and act more altruistically The phras

We Are All Stardust: Leading Scientists Talk About Their Work, Their Lives, and the Mysteries of Our Existence

Nineteen brilliantly led conversations with a sterling roster of natural and social scientists, shedding new light on their ideas, discoveries—and lives. How does Jane Goodall’s relationship with her dog Rusty inform her thinking about our relationshi

Leonardo's Legacy: How da Vinci Reimagined the World

Revered today as, perhaps, the greatest of Renaissance painters, Leonardo da Vinci was a scientist at heart. The artist who created the Mona Lisa also designed functioning robots and digital computers, constructed flying machines and built the first heart

The Secret Pulse of Time: Making Sense of Life's Scarcest Commodity

Was ist Zeit? Wie erleben wir sie? Wie gehen wir mit ihr um? Einstein erkannte, dass Zeit relativ ist. Jetzt vollenden Hirnforscher seine Revolution: Sie entdecken die innere Zeit.Stefan Klein nimmt uns mit auf eine ungewöhnliche Reise durch unser Bewuss