SCIENCE MEMOIRS

Does nature really make us feel better? The 3-Day Effect takes a look at the science behind why being in the wild can make us happier, healthier, and more creative....

Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty - a 20-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre - took a job at a crematory....

A stunning memoir from the astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station....

An illuminating debut memoir of a woman in science; a moving portrait of a longtime collaboration, in work and in life; and a stunningly fresh look at plants....

The blockbuster phenomenon that charts an amazing journey of the mind while revolutionizing our concept of memory. An instant best seller that is poised to become a classic, Moonwalking with Einstein recounts Joshua Foer's yearlong quest to improve his memory....

In this endlessly charming and eloquent memoir, the author chronicles his love affair with science and the magnificently odd and sometimes harrowing childhood in which that love affair unfolded....

Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space....

In 1988, James Orbinski, then a medical student in his 20s, embarked on a year-long research trip to Rwanda, a trip that would change who he would be as a doctor and as a man....

By identifying the structure of DNA, the molecule of life, Francis Crick and James Watson revolutionized biochemistry and won themselves a Nobel Prize....

With his characteristic eyebrow-raising behavior, Richard P. Feynman once provoked the wife...

Just two months before the September 11 terrorist attacks, Dr. Judy Melinek began her training as a New York City forensic pathologist....

The mastermind behind Apple sheds his low profile and steps forward to tell his story for the first time....

Richard Dawkins delves deeply into his intellectual life spent kick-starting new conversations about science, culture, and religion....