The Day the Universe Changed
by James Burke | 
The House of Wisdom
by Jim Al-Khalili | 
Sapiens
by Yuval Noah Harari | 
The Invention of Science
by David Wootton | 
Science
by John Gribbin | 
The Clockwork Universe
by Edward Dolnick | 
Origin Story
by David Christian | 
God's Philosophers
by James Hannam | 
The Jasons
by Ann Finkbeiner | 
The Knowledge Web
by James Burke | 
Homo Deus
by Yuval Noah Harari | 
The Beginnings of Western Science
by David C. Lindberg | 
The Pinball Effect
by James Burke | 
Flat Earth
by Christine Garwood | 
The Riddle of the Compass
by Amir D. Aczel | 
Cosmos
by Carl Sagan | 
The Fabric of the Cosmos
by Brian Greene | 
Chaos
by James Gleick | 
A Briefer History of Time
by Stephen Hawking | 
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
by Carl Sagan |
Lauded by critics & devoured by readers, this companion to the BBC series traces the development of science as an expression of the special gifts that characterize humans & make us preeminent animals. Bronowski's exciting, illustrated investigation offers a perspective not just on science, but on civilization itself.