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'Sacks is rightly renowned for his empathy . . . anyone with a taste for the exotic will find this beautifully written book highly engaging' – Sund...

Most of us believe that we possess a self - an internal individual who resides inside our bodies, making decisions, authoring actions and possessin...

From the world's foremost neuroscientist of romantic love comes the untold story of what happens in our brains when we are in love.Dr Stephanie Cac...

‘Everything we do is touched by physics. Whether we’re on the motorway, at the beach or in the pub, its laws tell us what happens in our world and ...

____________________What is AIQ? How does it work? Most importantly, how can it help us? Two leading data scientists offer an up-close and user-fri...

‘A lively, intelligent and persuasive history of speech...Expertly and patiently explained’ The TimesWhy are human beings the only animals that can...

The evolution of dogs and the forces that drove its amazing transformation from a fierce wild carnivore, the wolf, to the astonishing range of comp...

A World Book Night book. A New York Times–bestselling book about the extraordinary abilities of man’s best friend. When Cat Warren adopted Solo, an...

Perfume is part of the biblical text from Genesis through to Revelation, just as perfume pervades our modern life. Identifying the ingredients used...

The iconic Periodic Table of the Elements is now in its most satisfyingly elegant form. This is because all the 'gaps' corresponding to missing ele...

Provocative, ground-breaking and entertaining, the world’s leading expert on sexuality and the ovulation cycle reveals the hidden intelligence of h...

Science is sorted, technology is untangled, and engineering is explained with this incredible home reference for children.In our modern world domin...

How to survive an earthquake. How to make an invisibility cloak. How to turn lead into gold. How to read someone's mind. Physics = tedious and unfa...

The universe is literally made of light One hundred years after they were written, Marie Curie’s notebooks are still too radioactive to handle In...

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

For space enthusiasts, science lovers, and star gazers, the newly revised edition of National Geographic's enduring guide to space, with a new intr...

The bestselling author of Dog Sense and Cat Sense explains why living with animals has always been a fundamental aspect of being humanIn this highl...

Why are there two sexes? How different are they and why? Why can't a woman be more like a man? Or should the question be: why can't a man be more l...

We are the product of our evolutionary history and this history colours our everyday lives - from why we kiss to how religious we are. In How Many ...