Michio Kaku

The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind

In a wonderfully lucid book, the author discusses growing knowledge of the brain to show how our minds may be headed for big changes.

Our Once and Future Planet: Restoring the World in the Climate Change Century

This examination of restoration ecology seeks to inspire hope and a will for a better world.

Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist

An activist chronicles what happened when he took on the Keystone XL Pipeline.

David Epstein

The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance

How DNA powers athletic prowess, from Nordic skiing to distance running.

Thinking In Numbers: On Life, Love, Meaning, and Math

With his capacious heart and intellect, the author presents an assortment of thought-provoking essays for those oblivious to the numbers everywhere around us.

Untangling the Mind: Why We Behave the Way We Do

David Theodore George and Lisa Berger

Untangling the Mind: Why We Behave the Way We Do

In this highly readable book, a psychiatrist offers guidance on how we can better understand the biological roots of certain feelings.

The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World’s Great Drinks

The plants behind your favorite drinks step forward to take a bow.

Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything

Like the “curio cabinets” of the past, this book is stuffed with fascinating accounts of how our views of the natural world have changed.