What Is Chemistry?
A central science.
“Thank You for Your Service”
Life after combat in Iraq.
Sweating the Metal
Happy 50th Anniversary to the Chinook helicopter.
The Heart and the Fist
Humanitarian + Navy SEAL: no contradiction.
Letters
Much Ado About (Practically) Nothing
A sprightly mixture of memoir and history of science.
The Model Scientist?
Kirk, not Spock.
The Disappearing Spoon
Tales of chemistry, from the heroic to the absurd.
Technology in Translation
The story of DuPont, first in French, then in English.
Transmutation
How alchemy contributed to the emergence of modern science.