Edward Dolnick
Author · 9 books
Edward Dolnick is an American writer, formerly a science writer at the Boston Globe. He has been published in the Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Magazine, and the Washington Post, among other publications. His books include Madness on the Couch : Blaming the Victim in the Heyday of Psychoanalysis (1998) and Down the Great Unknown : John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon (2001).
Books
The Clockwork Universe
Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
2011
Madness on the Couch
Blaming the Victim in the Heyday of Psychoanalysis
1998
The Rush
America's Fevered Quest for Fortune, 1848-1853
2014
The Forger's Spell
A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century
2008
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
2017
The Rescue Artist
A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece
2005
The Writing of the Gods
The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone
2021
Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party
How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World
2024
Down the Great Unknown
John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon
2001
