Science

Advances in Cancer Immunotherapy
Cancer immunotherapy with anti-PD-1 antibodies has fundamentally changed the way we think about...

Essays on the History of Scientific Thought in Modern Japan
This book covers the history of physics, chemistry, and pharmacology in modern Japan, focusing on...

How Human Is Human?
How Human Is Human?: The View from Robotics Research presents an overview of various androids...

Listen to the Voice of the Earth
“I wrote this book in the hope that readers will be able to save their own lives as well as those...

Lost in Evolution
A book that will change how you think about humanity.
Even as societies are beset with turmoil...

The Lure of Pokémon
Video games are often thought to draw children out of nature and into isolated, closed spaces. In...

The Sea of Japan
Why is the Sea of Japan garnering the attention of oceanographers and nature lovers from around the...

Wasan, the Fascination of Traditional Japanese Mathematics
Wasan—a unique form of Japanese mathematics—was developed during the Edo period (1603–1868), a time...

The Winding Road to Discovering iPS Cells
The revolutionary discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, completely changed the...