Biography: Science, Technology & Medicine

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has attracted one of the world''s largest online followings with his fascinating, widely accessible insights int...

For fans of One Born Every Minute.The Secret Midwife is a heart-breaking, engrossing and important read. At once joyful and profoundly shocking, th...

A teenage boy lies on the pavement, bleeding from a stab wound; a distraught mum watches, in mute shock, as her daughter suffers a terrifying fatal...

Molly was unsure what she wanted to do next. Having worked as a General nurse and Midwife, she was now ready for a new challenge. In 1979 she foun...

Everyone gets to be a patient sooner or later. Almost everyone has some experience of being misunderstood by doctors; encounters with difficult doc...

Leprosy has tormented mankind since records began. For much of its long history it was without curea disfiguring disease that stigmatised those it ...

'Gripping, soaring, inspiring . . . Read it' - Atul Gawande, author of the international bestseller Being Mortal'You Can Stop Humming Now is essent...

Much is known about scientists such as Darwin, Newton, and Einstein, but what about lesser known scientists - people who have not achieved a high l...