This is a lively overview of recent breakthroughs and discoveries in science, as well as a review of some basic principles, in the form of intriguing trivia que

Table of contents includes: Soap and Nicholas Leblanc, Color and William Henry Perkin, Sugar and Norbert Rillieux, Clean water and Edward Frankland, Fertilizer,

Presents fun facts and trivia including how a pearl forms and the origin of safety glass, connecting them to Christian life using passages from the Bible.

A whimsical construction of an imaginary dialogue between two people intent on understanding esoteric topics that range from human sexuality to physics. Ehrlich

Mielczarek (physics, George Mason U.) and science writer McGrayne explore the critical importance of the metal element in life from bacteria to humans. They rep