Discover the natural sciences in the words of the scientists who shaped the field.
What's the Matter? Readings in Physics
An exciting anthology of 31 selections by the pioneers of physics, What's the Matter? draws readers into the ongoing inquiry about the natural world, providing an overview of how physics has developed through the centuries, in the words of the scientiest who made the great discoveries. Selections include works by Galileo, Newton, Faraday, Maxwell, Feynman, Heisenberg, Weinberg, and Hawking.
Keeping Things Whole: Readings in Environmental Science
With 21 selections from key thinkers in ecology, biology, economics, public policy, sociology, history, philosophy, and literature, Keeping Things Whole draws on writers who have influenced the way we think about our place in the natural world. Readers are provided with a unique perspective to the ongoing discussion of the problems faced by a world of increasing population and limited rescources. Writers featured include Descartes, Dillard, Leopold, Thoreau, and Vernadsky.
Nature of Life: Readings in Biology
Including 19 selections from major scientists that represent the wide range of work in biology, Nature of Life enables readers to see how biology, like all science, is a human (and humanistic) enterprise. Readers explore scientific theories and principles expressed in the original words of major scientists, including Aristotle, Carson, Darwin, Gould, and Wilson.
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