Popular Science

In Why Am I Like This?, Dr. Jen Martin delves into the science behind our strangest thoughts and habits, from why smells make us homesick to why we...

Finalist of the 2022 PROSE Awards How fast can you calculate? Would you like to be faster? This book presents the time honored tricks and tips of ...

The early 1830s witnessed an extraordinary transformation in British political, literary, and intellectual life. New scientific disciplines begin t...

In twenty-first-century Britain, scientific advice to government is highly organized, integrated across government departments, and led by a chief ...

'Inspirational' - ObserverA transformational quest for the secrets of happy, healthy, whole-life running that will change the way you think about g...

The Power of Different is an illuminating and uplifting examination of the link between brain differences and aptitude. Psychologist and bestsellin...

Physics: 100 Ideas in 100 Words offers the essential facts at your fingertips, satisfying your scientific curiosity and helping you to understand t...

In How to be multiple, Helena de Bres a twin herself argues that twinhood is a unique lens for examining our place in the world and how we relate...

The long history of one of physics' most enticing ideas: that the universe we know isn't the only one? Our books, our movies-our imaginations-are o...

Tea is the worlds most popular beverage. Dive into a cup of tea with a chemist and discover the rich molecular brew that can be extracted from the ...

A delightful treasure trove of tips on how to hold animals without hurting them.Should you hold a mouse by its tail? A grasshopper by its leg? A bu...

'After reading Mitchells guide, youll know what you dont know and what other people dont know, even though they claim to know it. And thats invalua...

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

Since the late 1980s the dominant theory of human origins has been that a 'cognitive revolution' (C.50,000 years ago) led to the advent of our spec...

A remarkable account of Kurt Gödel, weaving together creative genius, mental illness, political corruption, and idealism in the face of the turmoil...

A Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2023'Delightfully clear and vivid to read...A splendid book! Philip Pullman'Absolutely fascinating' Jame...

Scientific knowledge is the most solid and robust kind of knowledge that humans have because of the self-correcting character inherent in its own p...

Dare to think! This was the catch cry of the Enlightenment over 300 years ago when the breakaway from religion towards a more secular society bega...

Seventy years ago, Erwin Schrödinger posed a profound question: 'What is life, and how did it emerge from non-life?' This problem has puzzled biolo...

Understanding geometry, physics, and biology This is a highly informative and richly illustrated nonfiction book that conveys scientific content ...

Ptolemys great astronomical work, which we know as The Almagest, brought together the ideas of Greek Antiquity, based on Aristotle some 400 years e...

Enjoy Our Universe is a guide for an enjoyable visit to the Universe. The Universe refers to all observable things, ranging in size from the entire...

#1 on Amazon Charts, New York Times Bestseller, USA Today BestsellerOver 100,000 Copies in Print!Kent Heckenlively and Judy Mikovits are the new dy...

A beautiful new hardback anniversary edition of the multi-million copy sensationINCLUDES A NEW AFTERWORD FROM YUVAL NOAH HARARIWhat makes us brilli...

Instant Physics pulls together all the pivotal physics knowledge and thought into one concise volume. Each page contains a discrete 'cheat sheet', ...

Why is 7 such a lucky number and 13 so unlucky? Why does a jury traditionally have '12 good men and true', and why are there 24 hours in the day an...