He published more than 20 books in his lifetime, many of which were written to "explain the intricacies of science to the general public".

[citation needed] His literary style and narrative talents allowed for easy reading of what were otherwise heady and intellectual topics, bringing sometimes abstract scientific ideas to a level the common person could understand.

His COSMEP newsletter guided literary magazines and underground press publications right through the Vietnam War into the Ronald Reagan era.

His literary style and narrative talents allowed for easy reading of what were otherwise heady and intellectual topics, bringing sometimes abstract scientific ideas to a level the common person could understand.

The Evolutionists: The Struggle for Darwin's Soul (2002) deviated from his usual fare, but evolution and the controversies surrounding it through history had become his interest later in life.