Founded in 1969, Prometheus Books is named for the independent and courageous Greek Titan who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to humankind, lighting the way to reason, intelligence, and independence. Prometheus Books established itself immediately as a leading independent publisher, earning the prestigious endorsements of Isaac Asimov and Carl Sagan. Today, Prometheus presents thoughtful and authoritative works by distinguished authors including forensic criminologists Henry C. Lee and Cyril Wecht, Nobel Laureate Leon Lederman, Hayden Planetarium director Neil de Grasse Tyson, popular science writer Martin Gardner, psychologist Albert Ellis, and distinguished philosophers Paul Edwards, Antony Flew, Richard Gale, Paul Kurtz, Kai Nielsen, L. Nathan Oaklander, Nathan Salmon, Alan Soble, Robert Solomon, and Richard Taylor, among mall other eminent authors.