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Humanity's ongoing quest to unlock the secrets of dark matter and dark energyHeart of Darkness describes the incredible saga of humankind's quest t...

The book describes what it means to say the world is complex and explores what that means for managers, policy makers and individuals. The first p...

An eye-opening investigation - combining reporting, history and cutting-edge science - into allergies and their rise in recent decadesHay fever. Pe...

First discovered in 1976, and long regarded as an easily manageable virus affecting isolated rural communities, Ebola rocketed to world prominence ...

Why does one smoker die of lung cancer but another live to 100? The answer is 'The Hidden Half' - those random, unknowable variables that mess up o...

Since the early 1990s, advances in toxicology have allowed scientists to detect traces of adulterant substances in everyday products even down to ...

***A Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick***A New Scientist Book of the YearShortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing 'Fascinati...

Rising from a humble background in rural southern Ireland, John Tyndall became one of the foremost physicists, communicators of science, and polemi...

This book will take you on a journey through our physical universe, based on current, established science. The journey starts with the simplest fun...

In The One, particle physicist Heinrich Päs presents a bold idea: fundamentally, everything in the universe is an aspect of one unified whole.This...

A hugely entertaining and well-written tour of the links between math and literature. Harts lightness of touch and passion for both su...

A revelatory tale of how the human brain develops, from conception to birth and beyondBy the time a baby is born, its brain is equipped with billio...

Many people today deny the idea of Human Change (especially when the word 'evolution' is used). Many others, accepting that we have changed in the ...

From the bestselling author of Gratitude and On the Move, a final volume of essays that showcase Oliver Sacks's broad range of interests - from his...

'Essential' Adam Rutherford, bestselling author of How to Argue With a Racist__________A definitive and authoritative guide to drugs and why we ge...

We all dream, and 98 per cent of us can recall our dreams the next morning. Even in today's modern age, it is human nature to wonder what they mean...