This 7th volume in the Artefacts seriesa collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution, the Deutches Museum, and the London Science Museumexamines the role scientific instruments have played both in the pursuit of knowledge and as cultural artifacts....

In Reflections/Refractions, some of the greatest modern artists use sinuous line and gorgeous color to trace the intricacies of their personalities, whether dark and gloomy or bright and fanciful. It catalogs twentieth-century self-portraits in the Smithsonian, National Portrait Gallery, and explore...

Produced in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution University Press, this up-to-date and extensive work covers the turtles of the world with over 1000 unique full-colour photographs and several video movies. All 288 species and 195 subspecies known to date - both aquatic and terrestrial - are ...

Smithsonian Institution Press is proud to once again make Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.'s autobiography available to readers. General Davis began his military career in 1936, when the military was still highly segregated. Over the course of his career he was awarded the Silver Star, Distinguished Flyin...