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Charles Darwin's masterpiece, On the Origin of Species, shook society to its core on publication in 1859. Darwin was only too aware of the storm hi...

'A nuanced celebration of the language of stone' DAVID GEORGE HASKELL'A unique and timeless book' ROBERT HALZENRocks are the record of our creative...

Uncorked quenches our curiosity about the inner workings of one of the world's most prized beverages. Esteemed for its freshness, vitality, and sen...

A thrilling tour of the sea's most extreme species, coauthored by one of the world's leading marine scientistsThe ocean teems with life that thrive...

Every person on our home planet is affected by a worldwide deluge of man-made chemicals and pollutants - most of which have never been tested for s...

There's something about a language of symbols and equations that most people find intimidating. Mathematician Colin Pask gently introduces you to t...

What are genes? What do genes do? These questions are not simple and straightforward to answer; at the same time, simplistic answers are quite prev...

Cosmology is in crisis. The more we discover, the more puzzling the universe appears to be. How and why are the laws of nature what they are? A phi...

'Packed with practical examples and insightful wisdom. . . A highly enjoyable and effective guide to better thinking' Sabine Hossenfelder'I wish Da...

The ocean teems with life that thrives under difficult situations in unusual environments. The Extreme Life of the Sea takes readers to the absolut...

This book challenges the perception of chemistry as too difficult to bother with and too clinical to be any fun. Cathy Cobb and Monty L. Fetterolf,...

The Science of Chocolate leads the reader to an understanding of the complete chocolate making process and includes the ways in which basic science...

Guesstimation 2.0 reveals the simple and effective techniques needed to estimate virtually anything--quickly--and illustrates them using an eclecti...

Food fraudsters be warned! Sophisticated science was at the centre of detecting and prosecuting this new crime of food fraud. The ground-breaking c...

In a series of 50 accessible essays, Joanne Baker introduces and explains the fundamental physical concepts and laws that govern the inners working...

'Argues persuasively . . . nothing less than eye-opening' Financial TimesCan we really restore the earths atmosphere within our lifetime?Whether th...

The human head is exceptional. It accommodates four of our five senses, encases the brain and boasts the most expressive set of muscles in the body...

A 10-STEP GUT-BRAIN PLAN TO FEEL YOUR ABSOLUTE BEST Practical and delicious. Your gut will thank you for it Melissa HemsleyDr Emily Leeming has wri...

Mathematics of Tabletop Games provides a bridge between mathematics and hobby tabletop gaming. Instead of focusing on games mathematicians play, su...

Ice cream as we recognize it today has been in existence for at least 300 years, though its origins probably go much further back in time. Before t...

Quantum Physics is the solid basis of most of our understanding of nature and has been the driver of many technological advances. The trilogy Power...

The Extravagant Universe tells the story of a remarkable adventure of scientific discovery. One of the world's leading astronomers, Robert Kirshner...

Every animal on the planet owes its existence to one crucial piece of evolutionary engineering: the egg.   Its time to tell a new story of life on ...

How did our relationship with nature become broken, why does it matter and how can we fix it? From a past in which we were embedded in the natural ...

Over the last half century, a quiet revolution has taken place. In a series of breathtaking discoveries, biochemist Thomas Cech and a diverse cast ...

Of all the arts, photography has perhaps the closest association with science and technology: the physics of light and colour combined with chemist...

Experimental psychology burst onto the intellectual scene in the middle part of the nineteenth century, radically transforming the way we underst...

A Wired Most Fascinating Book of the YearAn important book that reminds us that navigation remains one of our most underappreciated arts.Tristan Go...

A BBC Sky at Night Best Astronomy and Space Book of the Year[A] luminous guide to the cosmosJo Dunkley swoops from Earth to the observable limits, ...

'A delight' Dara O Briain'A witty, smart writer who has a great talent' Bill Gates'A winning blend of education and anecdote' Clive Cookson, FTWhy ...

From the 2021 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, a remarkable journey into the practice of groundbreaking science 'Giorgio Parisi is renowned for his ...

In Sentient, Jackie Higgins assembles a menagerie of zoological creatures from land, air, sea and all four corners of the globe to understand wha...

'Moving and awe-inspiring... The story of the decade'Mail on Sunday'Vaxxers is so good that the book will be read for long after the pandemic is ov...

Overwhelming evidence indicates plant-based eating is the healthy way forward, both for people and the planet. But there are a wealth of misconcept...