Autumn Books

Dave Reay enjoys a wry history of US climate-science obfuscation.

Werner Heisenberg's wartime letters to his wife record scientific and personal privations, finds Ann Finkbeiner.

Richard Dawid examines a critique of quantum mechanics, string theory and inflationary cosmology.

Highlights of this season's releases

Paul Weindling ponders a study of drug use among the Nazi leadership and military.

Manuel Blum examines a biography of cybernetics pioneer Warren McCulloch and his revolutionary times.

Robert P. Crease weighs up a theoretical-physics study that cracks open a strange vista.

Mark Buchanan examines a treatise on evolution as central to processes in a vast, varied range of domains.

Daniel Bor enjoys a sophisticated study of how the meat in our skulls generates the self.

David Katz applauds an analysis of the carbonated-drinks industry and public health.

Michael S. Turner weighs up two distinctive popular books on the evolution of the Universe.

Robert P. Crease contrasts a physicist's account of awe with a historian's reality check.

Jane C. S. Long relishes an erudite exploration of the people and principles of climate intervention.

Highlights of this season's releases

Highlights of this season's releases

Nathaniel Comfort wonders at the enduring trend of misrepresenting race.

Tim Lenton is intrigued by E. O. Wilson's sweeping perspective on humanity's past — and possible futures.

A history of how quantum theory has permeated Western culture refreshes Jim Baggott.

Nico Stehr ponders Naomi Klein's call for strategic mass action on climate change.

Steven Pinker's provocative treatise on language use and abuse would benefit from more data, finds Paul Raeburn.