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Acclaimed The Science of Discworld centred around an original Pratchett story about the wizards of Discworld. In it they accidentally witnessed th...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Neat, and extremely simple: only a deep thinker such as Sean Carroll could introduce the complexity of Einsteins gen...

'A wondrous hymn to the scientific method, and some of its most profound discoveries, and what it can teach us all about how to live better and ric...

The phrase public intellectual is much bandied about. Just a few real heavyweights in the world merit the title, and Steven Weinberg is preeminent ...

If you've always suspected the universe was out to get you... you were right!Yes, the universe we live in is cosmically beautiful and mysterious an...

Time travel is a familiar theme of science fiction, but is it really possible?Surprisingly, time travel is not forbidden by the laws of physics - a...

How do you remember more and forget less? How can you earn more and become more creative just by mov...

'Jérémie Harris is a very funny scientist. I laughed all the way through' - Bob McDonaldFrom Silicon Valley entrepreneur, quantum physicist, AI ris...

Bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the story of how the brain came to be. 'I found this book amazing' Daniel Kahneman...

The Untold Story of Everything Digital: Bright Boys, Revisited celebrates the 70th anniversary (1949-2019) of the world going digital for the very ...

**AS SEEN ON BBC BREAKFAST**Will we ever truly understand our cosmic home? This is the story of the technologies that allow us to look up, to learn...

When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Is the apparent 'grand design' of our universe evidence for a benevolent creator who set thin...

'A must read for anyone interested in the emerging ethics of robotics' Irene M. PepperbergA bold, optimistic exploration of the relationship betwe...

For all the selfishness of genes, they team up to survive. Is the history of life in fact a story of cooperation? Amid the violence and brutality ...

'The 'Enfant terrible' of astrophysics . . . Loeb has a joy in conjecture and an omnivorous spirit of inquiry that are more reminiscent of 20th-cen...

'Gribbin casts a wide net and displays his breadth of knowledge in packing a lot into each chapter . . . a brief read, but one that may inspire rea...

'A powerful manifesto for the strength of we thinking' MARCUS DU SAUTOY'A treasure of a book' ROWAN WILLIAMS'Timely and engaging' IAN RANKIN'Genius...

The Pythagorean theorem may be the best-known equation in mathematics. Its origins reach back to the beginnings of civilization, and today every st...

A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Anaximander is a delight and so is this book' -- James McConnachie, Sunday TimesNow widely available in English for the fir...

The Royal Institution has been at the forefront of scientific innovation, discovery and communication since its founding in 1799. Illustrious figur...

Uncover the mind-blowing complexities of the brain and how it affects our personalities, behaviours and more.Written by Professor of Cognitive Neur...

** Winner of Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2015 **We live in epoch-making times. The changes we humans have made in recent decades h...

A funny and beautifully written welcome to the enigmatic, weird and wonderful world of wasps DAVE GOULSON, author of SILENT EARTH There m...

The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year 2017'Does Einstein proud . . . Eminently readable' Guardian'No one has covered the topic with such a ligh...

Love is one of the most complex and confusing emotions in the human experience. It consumes so much of our lives and yet we dont truly understand i...

A tenth anniversary edition of the iconic book about the wonderful world of maths Sunday Times bestseller | Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson...

A neurosurgeon explores how our tendency to prioritize short-term consumer pleasures spurs climate change, but also how the brains amazing capacity...

Turns a critical eye on Aesop's Fables to ask whether there is any scientific truth to Aesops portrayal of his animals. Despite originating more t...

'Real science can be far stranger than science fiction, and much more satisfying'Will artificial intelligence outsmart us?Is there other intelligen...