Daniel A. Gross

A Hollywood impresario tries to make his mark on the movie business.

Filippo Marinetti thought he could change Italian society through its collective belly.

The Cold War is long gone, but many nuclear weapons remain. What happens when some weapons can’t be retired?

A small Massachusetts town of knickknack makers helps mold the material world.

In 1916 the United States sent its first official observer to the trenches of Europe, where he found a new kind of warfare.

In the early 20th century, chemists prophesied a future that seemed both surreal and somehow within reach.