In partnership with W. W. Norton

Atlas & Company and W. W. Norton are proud to co-publish Great Discoveries, an innovative series of short books that bring fresh voices to stories of scientific achievement. Great Discoveries pairs today’s top writers with crucial scientific breakthroughs in ways that are both surprising and illuminating. The renowned authors who make Great Discoveries unique are not only scientists and science writers, but also novelists, essayists, critics, biographers, and historians, including David Foster Wallace, Barbara Goldsmith, George Johnson, Richard Reeves, and many others.