Explains volcanic eruptions and landforms, the cause and effect of earthquakes, and how seismology benefits man. Includes a glossary and a bibliogaraphy.

Discusses how living things inherit traits, chronicles the history of the study of heredity, and examines current research on genetic engineering and the mapping of the human gene.

Defines gravity and discusses how our knowledge of the natural force has broadened and evolved.

Take a journey through time with an author who understands the politics, intrigue, and human nature of science inquiry. Be prepared to spend hours of delightful reading learning about everything you wanted to know about the quantum world, physics, and relativity.

Science fiction's fascination with the possibilities of outer space. What's out there?

Science fiction's long been fascinated with the idea of travelling through time.

Science fiction's love of intelligent machines. Will these creations save us - or destroy us?