Declaring women’s rightful place in the canon.
The Edge of the Plain: How Borders Make and Break Our World
By James Crawford
A look at lines from both sides now.
The Matter of Everything: How Curiosity, Physics, and Improbable Experiments Changed the World
By Suzie Sheehy
A marvelous tale of particle beams and their harnessers.
The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution
By Alison Bashford
A sweeping, intelligent look at a trailblazing family.
A Dangerous Business: A Novel
By Jane Smiley
Winning elements fail to coalesce in this disappointing frontier whodunit.








