The Age of the Discovery of the Americas was concurrent with the Age of Discovery in science. In The Alchemy of Conquest, Ralph Bauer explores the historical re

Explores Bacon's idea that the discovery of America was not as important as its conquest; and so with the rest of the western world's discoveries, the "conquest

Nineteen scientists, doctors and philosophers share their perspective on what is arguably the most significant scientific development that humanity has ever fac

“A lovely, fascinating book, which brings science to life.” —Alan Lightman Combining science, history, and adventure, Tom Shachtman “holds the reader’

America's racial odyssey is the subject of this remarkable work of historical imagination. Matthew Frye Jacobson argues that race resides not in nature but in t