Linnaeus' Philosphia Botanica

translated by Stephen Freer (Oxford University Press £35, $89.50)

The first full English translation since 1775 of this classic book summarizing Linnaeus' work on the classification and taxonomy of plants

Uncertain Science ... Uncertain World

By Henry Pollack (Cambridge University Press £12.99, $19.99)

Human-Built World: How to Think About Technology and Culture

by Thomas P. Hughes (University of Chicago Press, $13, £9.50)

“A virtuoso overview of the various relationships between technology, commerce, society, art and the military.” Graham Farmelo Nature 429, 348 (200410.1038/429348a).

Subtle is the Lord

By Abraham Pais (Oxford University Press £17.99, $22)

A new edition, with a foreword by Roger Penrose, of this masterfly biography of Albert Einstein.