Fall 2001 Hardcovers: Science

ALTAMIRA PRESS
(dist. by NBN)
Amelia Earhart's Shoes: Is the Mystery Solved? (Oct., $24.95) by Thomas F. King et al. offers tantalizing evidence that the first lady of the air and her copilot, Fred Noonan, landed on a deserted tropical island but perished before they could be rescued.

BALLANTINE
Last Breath: Cautionary Tales from the Limits of Human Endurance (Oct., $24) by Peter Stark explores the physiological, psychological and emotional stages bodies and minds endure at the brink of death while engaging in extreme sports. Advertising. 8-city author tour.

BANTAM
The Universe in a Nutshell (Oct., $35) by Stephen Hawking unravels the breakthroughs in physics that have taken place in the years since A Brief History of Time was published. Ad/promo.

BASIC BOOKS
The Age of Science: What We Learned in the 20th Century (Nov., $40) by Gerard Piel is an overview of the scientific achievements of the last 100 years by the former publisher of Scientific American.

BROADWAY BOOKS
Measuring Eternity: The Search for the Beginning of Time (Dec., $24.95) by Martin Gorst ponders the fundamental question at the intersection of science and religion: When did the universe begin?

CAMBRIDGE UNIV. PRESS
Celestial Treasury: From the Music of the Spheres to the Conquest of Space (Sept., $59.95) by Marc Lachièz-Rey and Jean-Pierre Luminet examines how artists, writers and scientists have studied astronomy throughout the ages. Ad/promo.

CASSELL
(dist. by Sterling)
The Science Book: 250 Milestones in the History of Science (Oct., $45) collects essays on the most significant milestones in scientific discovery.

CATO INSTITUTE
Junk Science Judo: Self-Defense Against Health Scares and Scams (Sept., $18.95) by Steven J. Milloy teaches consumers 12 lessons on how to protect themselves from unsubstantiated science. Ad/promo.

COPERNICUS BOOKS
Spacesuit (Feb., $25) by Nicholas de Monchaux explains how engineers designed a garment that would protect humans in outer space.

DK
Brain Story (Oct., $29.95) by Susan Greenfield explores this unconquered frontier of medical science and includes a fully illustrated guide.
Hyperspace (Dec., $29.95) by John Gribbin presents recent astronomical findings in a format that uses the latest graphic techniques; an October 2001 tie-in with the Learning Channel.

ECCO
Fly: The Unsung Hero in the History of Genetics (Sept., $24) by Martin Brookes examines the role of the fruit fly in the important genetic discoveries leading up to the Human Genome Project. 35,000 first printing. Ad/promo.

FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX
Time Traveler: In Search of Dinosaurs and Other Fossils from Montana to Mongolia (Jan., $26) by Michael Novacek recalls the author's boyhood enthusiasm for dinosaurs, and how it developed into a lifelong passion of discovery.

FOUR WALLS EIGHT WINDOWS
The Bone Museum: Travels in the Lost Worlds of Dinosaurs and Birds (Sept., $24.95) by Wayne Grady. The author travels with paleontologist Phil Currie on several digs where they try to establish the link between dinosaurs and birds.

W.H. FREEMAN
Sex: The Natural History of a Behavior (Oct., $24.95) by Joann Ellison Rodgers reveals both the roots of our sexual nature and the outcomes of our primal urges.
Future Evolution (Nov., $29.95) by Peter Ward, images by Alexis Rockman, speculates on what the future of continuing evolution holds in store for us.

HARPERCOLLINS
Don't Know Much About the Universe: Everything You Need to Know About the Cosmos but Never Learned (Sept., $26) by Kenneth C. Davis uses a q&a format to explain the universe. 125,000 first printing. Ad/promo. 6-city author tour. 50-city radio satellite tour.
Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea (Oct., $40) by Carl Zimmer tells the compelling story of the theory of evolution; a tie-in to the PBS-TV series Evolution.100,000 first printing. Ad/promo. 7-city author tour. 25-city radio satellite tour.

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV. PRESS
Nucleus: A Trip into the Heart of Matter (Nov., $29.95) by Ray Mackintosh et al. explores the core of the atom and the origins of the universe; 180 illustrations.

KNOPF
The Northern Lights (Sept., $24) by Lucy Jago tells the true story of the man who unlocked the secrets of the aurora borealis. 75,000 first printing. Ad/promo. 6-city author tour.
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood (Oct., $25) by Oliver Sacks features a deftly drawn portrait of the distinguished neurologist. 75,000 first printing. Ad/promo. 8-city author tour.
The Future of Life (Jan., $25) by Edward O. Wilson is a call to arms to save the Earth's rich biological heritage. 100,000 first printing.

MCGRAW-HILL
Meteorite Hunter: Adventures in the Search for Siberian Meteorite Craters (Jan., $24.95) by Roy A. Gallant recounts the author's wild travels in the Russian interior while researching the largest meteorite impact site in recorded history.

MIT PRESS
Inventing Modern America: From the Microwave to the Mouse (Nov., $29.95) by David E. Brown profiles 35 American inventors who helped to shape the modern world. Advertising.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Space Odyssey: Voyaging Through the Cosmos (Sept., $40) by Stephen P. Maran explains our current understanding of the cosmos and identifies future goals for scientists and astronauts.
Adventures in Ocean Exploration (Oct., $40) by Robert D. Ballard with Malcolm McConnell. From the premier oceanographer and National Geographic explorer-in-residence comes a history of undersea exploration and a survey of seafaring discovery. 8-city author tour.

PANTHEON
Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us (Feb., $26) by Rodney Brooks chronicles the fascinating relationship between humans and their technological brethren.

PERSEUS BOOKS
Lords of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Food (Sept., $26) by Daniel Charles relates the tale of the battle over genetically engineered food.

POCKET BOOKS
Germs (Jan., $25) by Philip Tierno, M.D., provides information on germs and the threat they pose. Author publicity.

PRINCETON UNIV. PRESS
Our Cosmic Habitat (Oct., $TBA) by Martin Rees explains why our universe is strangely hospitable to life, and ponders if the world could have been shaped differently.
The View from Hubbert's Peak: A Geologist Looks at the Impending World Oil Crisis (Oct., $TBA) by Kenneth S. Deffeyes predicts a global oil crisis in the near future similar to the one in the 1970s.

PROMETHEUS BOOKS
Portraits of Great American Scientists (Oct., $28), edited by Leon M. Lederman, reveals human factors that influenced the lives of successful scientists.

ST. MARTIN’S PRESS
The New York Times Circuits: How Modern Electronics Work (Nov., $29.95), edited by Henry Fountain, offers an absorbing guided tour of everyday technology from the pages of the New York Times section.

SOURCEBOOKS
The Story of Light (Oct., $24.95) by Ben Bova examines how light shapes every aspect of our existence. 25,000 first printing.

ULYSSES PRESS/SEASTONE
Einstein and Buddha: The Parallel Sayings (Sept., $19) by Thomas J. McFarlane. This collection of parallel quotes reveals that great physicists of the 20th century and ancient Eastern sages believed remarkably similar things about space, time and reality.

UNIVERSE PUBLISHING
The Moon Book: A Lunar Pop-Up Celebration (Oct., $22.50) by Arlene Seymour. Seven double-page spreads each have numerous tabs, cards and diagrams.

VERSO
Infinite Tropics: An Alfred Russel Wallace Anthology (Dec., $27), edited by Andrew Berry, collects the scientific, social and spiritual writings of one of the 19th century's greatest humanitarian scientists.

VIKING
Synaptic Self: How Our Brain Became Who We Are (Jan., $24.95) by Joseph LeDoux looks at human personality as a product of the integrated mind.
How to Build a Time Machine (Feb., $19.95) by Paul Davies is based upon recent discoveries in physics suggesting that time travel is possible.

YALE UNIV. PRESS
The Coldest March: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition (Sept., $29.95) by Susan Solomon tells the tragic story of Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his British team, who in November 1911 attempted to be the first to reach the South Pole.