Science Masters series

The Science Masters series is a global publishing venture consisting of original science books written by leading scientists and published by a worldwide team of twenty-six publishers assembled by John Brockman. Books include:

Literary Series

Author(s)

Danny Hillis

William Daniel "Danny" Hillis (born September 25, 1956, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American inventor, entrepreneur, and author. He co-founded Thinking...

Ian Stewart

Ian Nicholas Stewart FRS (born 24 September 1945) is a professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick, England, and a widely known popular-science and...

Daniel Dennett

Daniel Clement Dennett (born March 28, 1942) is an American philosopher, writer and cognitive scientist whose research centers on the philosophy of mind,...

Robert Weinberg

Robert Allan Weinberg (born November 11, 1942) is a Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research at MIT and American Cancer Society Research Professor; his...

Susan Greenfield

Susan Adele Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, CBE (born 1 October 1950) is a British scientist, writer, broadcaster, and member of the House of Lords....

Stephen Budiansky

Stephen Budiansky is an American author who writes primarily about history and science. He is a former national security correspondent, foreign editor, and...

Roger Lewin

Roger Lewin is a British anthropologist, scientist and author of 20 books. Lewin was a staff member of New Scientist in London for nine years. He went to...

Lee Smolin

Lee Smolin (born 1955) is an American theoretical physicist, a researcher at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, and an adjunct professor of...

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