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Like the creation myths they supersede, the revelations of science are seared into our collective imagination through storytelling. From Archimedes' bath to Newton's apple, vivid accounts of scientific discovery help us understand the principles behind each theory, and add to the larger narrative of how the universe works, and how we came to be here. This anthology draws out and distils science's love of narrative from a wide range of scientific disciplines, weaving theory into very human stories.

Thomas Keneally, the bestselling author of The Daughters of Mars and Schindler’s List, brings his “insightful and nimble prose” (The New York Times Book Review) to this exquisite exploration of community and country, love and morality, set in both prehistoric and modern Australia. An...

1951. The Day the Earth Stood Still had just taken the world by surprise with Michael Rennie's portrayal of Klaatu. Motion pictures had seen a surge of female protagonists and heroines defying the norms of the time with films such as The Sword of Monte Cristo and Anne of the Indies. 20th Century Fox's subsidiary label, Astrys Pictures, embarks on something new, a Flash Gordon-type duo of movies...except with a female spaceship captain and action heroine.