Edward Dolnick

10 books

The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World by Edward Dolnick

The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World

Edward Dolnick

378 pages • 2011

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative slow-paced
The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century by Edward Dolnick

The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century

Edward Dolnick

349 pages • 2008

nonfiction art history informative slow-paced
Madness on the Couch: Blaming the Victim in the Heyday of Psychoanalysis by Edward Dolnick

Madness on the Couch: Blaming the Victim in the Heyday of Psychoanalysis

Edward Dolnick

368 pages • 1998

nonfiction history psychology informative medium-paced
The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece by Edward Dolnick

The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece

Edward Dolnick

270 pages • 2005

nonfiction art history true crime mysterious fast-paced
The Rush: America's Fevered Quest for Fortune, 1848-1853 by Edward Dolnick

The Rush: America's Fevered Quest for Fortune, 1848-1853

Edward Dolnick

350 pages • 2014

nonfiction history adventurous medium-paced
The Seeds of Life: From Aristotle to da Vinci, from Sharks' Teeth to Frogs' Pants, the Long and Strange Quest to Discover Where Babies Come From by Edward Dolnick

The Seeds of Life: From Aristotle to da Vinci, from Sharks' Teeth to Frogs' Pants, the Long and Strange Quest to Discover Where Babies Come From

Edward Dolnick

320 pages • 2017

nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective fast-paced
The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone by Edward Dolnick

The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone

Edward Dolnick

336 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction history challenging informative mysterious medium-paced
Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World by Edward Dolnick

Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World

Edward Dolnick

352 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction history nature science informative reflective medium-paced
Down the Great Unknown : John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon by Edward Dolnick, Edward Dolnick

Down the Great Unknown : John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon

Edward Dolnick, Edward Dolnick

missing page info • 2001

adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced
Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon by Edward Dolnick

Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon

Edward Dolnick

400 pages • paperback • 2001

nonfiction history travel adventurous fast-paced