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'Brilliant and fundamental, this is the necessary book about our prime global emergency' Ian McEwanThe news is full of hotly debated and divergent ...

The Cosmic Mystery Tour takes us on a lightning tour of the mysteries of the universe enlivened by brief stories of the colourful characters who cr...

Along with Francis Crick, James Watson was the discoverer of the double helix structure of the DNA molecule, realising both how it was able to repr...

Frank Close delves into fundamental particles and forces to find clues to a deep unsolved mystery of physics: why is matter neutral? Human beings ...

'Sarma's book may be the most important work on education written this century' - SkepticAs the head of Open Learning at MIT, Sanjay Sarma has a da...

In Waves in an Impossible Sea, physicist Matt Strassler tells a startling tale of elementary particles, human experience, and empty space. He begin...

What is space? What is time? Where did the universe come from? The answers to mankinds most enduring questions may lie in sciences greatest enigma:...

'Damasio undertakes nothing less than a reconstruction of the natural history of the universe ... [A] brave and honest book' The New York Times Boo...

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A readily understandable exploration of how figures are badly reported or deliberately misrepresented everywhere from political arguments and brief...

A COMPLETE, UNCOMPLICATED GUIDE TO THE SCIENCE OF LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING Most scientists know only their own field. Tim Coulson is at h...

A profoundly satisfying read Financial TimesIn Field Notes from the Edge, the acclaimed writer of the Guardian's 'Country Diary', Paul Evans, takes...

Beautiful Bacteria merges stunning imagery with a new way of looking at something we interact with every day. Each chapter introduces the different...

Last Word is the popular BBC Radio 4 series broadcast weekly, featuring the lives of several famous people who have recently died. More than standa...

What is quantum mechanics? Learn from the experts in the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIESA clear, simple and entertaining introduction to the weird, ...

Our physical world is embedded in a geometric environment. Plane geometry has many amazing wonders beyond those that are briefly touched on in scho...

Our physical world is embedded in a geometric environment. Plane geometry has many amazing wonders beyond those that are briefly touched on in scho...

You don't know home until you leave it. With over 200 spectacular images, including astonishing satellite images and stills from the BBC Natural H...

'The one meditation tactic that will get you through the toughest times' Oprah DailyOvercome negative thoughts and develop a positive mindset this ...

The author of the international bestseller The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking: after d...

An eyewitness to profound change affecting marine environments on the Newfoundland coast, Antony Adler argues that the history of our relationship ...

'Brilliant. You won't find a clearer, more engaging guide to what we know (or would like to know) about the universe and how it is put together' Bi...

A leading bioethicist offers critical insights into the scientific, ethical, and political implications of human genome editing.Designer babies, on...

An Open Letters Review Best Book of the YearA leading expert in animal behavior takes us into the wild to better understand and manage our fears.Fe...

The surprising history of the scientific methodfrom an evolutionary account of thinking to a simple set of stepsand the rise of psychology in the n...

Whats the brightest light on Earth? The coldest corner of the universe? The blackest material ever made? The most poisonous substance in nature? Y...

A dazzling follow-up to Life as told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal. We would love to discover that each species has a biological clock in its cell...

Bestselling author and New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik embarks on a wildly creative inquiry into perhaps the oldest question: how do we learn a new s...

A sweeping account of the century of experimentation that confirmed Einsteins general theory of relativity, bringing to life the science and scient...

The award-winning former editor of Science News shows that one of the most fascinating and controversial ideas in contemporary cosmologythe existen...

A Physics Today Best Book of the YearA Forbes For the Physics and Astronomy Lover in Your Life SelectionSuccinct, accessible, and remarkably timely...

A Physics Today Best Book of the YearA Forbes For the Physics and Astronomy Lover in Your Life SelectionSuccinct, accessible, and remarkably timely...

The clarity, authority, wit and insight Lawrence brings to bear are like torches shining into the turbulent darkness of a subject we all wonder at,...