Faculty Bookshelf
Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World
Michael Mann of Earth and Environmental Sciences joins forces with Peter J. Hotez to reveal the forces behind the dangerous anti-science movement—and shows us how to fight back.
Hydraulic City: Water and the Infrastructures of Citizenship in Mumbai
Nikhil Anand of Anthropology explores the politics of Mumbai’s water infrastructure to demonstrate how citizenship emerges through the efforts to control, maintain, and manage the city’s water.
Galápagos: Life in Motion
A photographic study by Philosophy’s Michael Weisberg and coauthor Walter Perez of the survival behaviors of land and sea mammals in the Galápagos Islands.
Horizon Work: At the Edges of Knowledge in an Age of Runaway Climate Change
Adriana Petryna of Anthropology offers a new way of thinking about the climate crisis as an exercise in delimiting knowable, and habitable, worlds.
Elderflora: A Modern History of Ancient Trees
Historian Jared Farmer surveys the complex history of the world’s oldest trees, including voices of Indigenous peoples, religious figures, and contemporary scientists who study elderflora in crisis.
Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from Earth’s Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis
Michael Mann of Earth and Environmental Sciences writes about how our era of global warming can hold opportunities for creative growth, if we act now.
