ABRAMS
Visions of Mars (Mar., $30) by Olivier de Goursac is a 20-year visual history of the robotic exploration of the red planet.
ALLEN & UNWIN (dist. by IPG)
The Serendipity Machine: A Voyage of Discovery Through the Unexpected World of Computers (May, $16.95) by David Green looks at how computers have affected virtually every facet of human life.
DOWN EAST BOOKS
Does a Lobsterman Wear Pants?: 184 Surprising Facts About Lobsters and Lobstering (July, $7.95) Barbara Delinsky. The novelist gathers lobster trivia, a result of research for The Summer I Dared.
NATION BOOKS
Human Genetic Engineering (June, $14.95) by Peter Shanks defines this scientific field.
PARAVIEW/POCKET BOOKS
Breaking the Time Barrier: The Race to Build the First Time Machine (Apr., $13) by Jenny Randles reviews the experiments that may lead to the construction of the first time machine.
PROFILE BOOKS (dist. by Trafalgar Square)
The Phantom Museum: And Henry Wellcome's Collection of Medical Curiosities (Mar., $20) by Peter Blegvad et al. Philanthropist Sir Henry Wellcome and business associates built a medical museum whose objects inspired this anthology of writing.
PROMETHEUS BOOKS
Insights from Insects: What Bad Bugs Can Teach Us (Mar., $18) by Gilbert Waldbauer. The study of "troublesome bugs" has led scientists to discoveries in survival, nature and the environment.
STATE UNIV. OF NEW YORK PRESS
Higher Wisdom: Eminent Elders Explore the Continuing Impact of Psychedelics (Aug., $24.95), edited by Roger Walsh and Charles S. Grob, gathers interviews with 13 pioneers in psychedelic research.
THUNDER'S MOUTH PRESS
The Skeptic's Guide to the Paranormal (Apr., $14.95) by Lynne Kelly offers a scientific explanation of popular paranormal phenomena from spontaneous combustion to bent spoons.
UNIV. OF UTAH PRESS
The Back Road to Crazy: Stories from the Field (Mar., $19.95), edited by Jennifer Bové, collects stories from field biologists as they tackle deadly snake bites and corral a goat that is loose in the galley of a research vessel.
WALKER & CO.
Extract Your DNA and 99 Other Things to Do Before You Die: (Plus Five More to Do Afterward) (Apr., $7.95) by New Scientist magazine editors is a catalogue of life-enhancing projects and activities.
WILEY/FOR DUMMIES
Nostradamus For Dummies (May, $19.99) by Scarlett Ross covers the prognosticator's life, beliefs and predictions.
YALE UNIV. PRESS
Wider Than the Sky: The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness (May, $15) by Gerard M. Edelman. A Nobel Prize—winning neuroscientist reviews his findings on the brain and the connection between mind and body.
