History

“Often riveting, well-researched, and utterly convincing, this book sounds a frightening alarm about unreliable expert testimony in the courtroom.”

“England sleeps still from valley to hill.” That’s a line from a song by Amazing Blondel, a British group that imagined an Arcadian rural past.

“a solid, valuable work on a critical aspect of America’s wartime quest for an atomic bomb.”

“a richly satisfying book, both historically and technologically, and has provided an intimate view into the lives of the people at the birth of the space age. Highly recommended . .

“This book is at once enlightening, frightening, and heartwarming.

Reckoning with Matter focuses on two inventors Blaise Pascal and Charles Babbage, and their efforts in the invention and construction of mechanical calculators.

“Bob Berman takes every long forgotten notion we thought we understood about the Sun and serves it up fresh . . .”