The genome's been mapped. But what does it mean? Arguably the most significant scientific discovery of the new century, the mapping of the twenty-three pairs of chromosomes that make up the human genome raises almost as many questions as it answers. Questions that will profoundly impact the way we think about disease, about longevity, and about ...more

A preeminent scientist -- and the world's most prominent atheist -- asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11.With rigor and wit, Dawkins examines God in all his forms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament to the more benign (but still illogical) Celest...more

The first and perhaps best Surrealist romance ever written, "Nadja" defines the Surrealist attitude. Integrally supplemented by a series of haunting photographs that follow the protagonist's progress across Paris, this is the story of his obsessional but possibly nonexistent relationship with the elusive (and possibly imaginary) Nadja, Nadja, like ...more