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*The Irish Times Top 10 Bestseller*LOOKING FOR A GIFT FOR THE CURIOUS MIND IN YOUR LIFE? YOU'VE FOUND IT.A lively, gossipy, story-filled delight, f...

Newtons Notebook is a biography with a difference. It provides a full and detailed account of Sir Isaac Newtons life and discoveries, but is writte...

From small beach pebbles to huge megaliths, stones have been revered, collected, enhanced, sculpted or engraved for practical and artistic purposes...

Neuropsychologist Andy Mitchell punctures the hype around psychedelic drugs while providing the fullest picture yet of their limitlessly fascinatin...

**Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2023**A NEW YORK TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, ECONOMIST, MAIL ON SUNDAY and GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEARFrom the...

Why exactly is the Earth round? How is it that boomerangs can turn in mid-air? And why do cats always land on their feet? Its time to stop think...

Our increasing reliance on digital technology has had a profound impact on our own abilities as humans. What can we do about it?In a fascinating jo...

'Gribbin has inspired generations with his popular science writing' Jim Al-KhaliliA scintillating collection of short essays that really does cover...

OUT NOW: the new book from the bestselling authors and hosts of the wildy popular 'The Skeptics Guide to the Universe'__________Our predictions of ...

An offbeat guided tour of the Universe, focusing on weird and wonderful facts.Astrophysicist Dr Jillian Scudder knows more than most of us what a s...

'Strap in and enjoy the ride!' JOHN GRIBBIN'A window seat on a flight to our galaxy's sites of outstanding beauty' MARCUS CHOWN, AUTHOR OF THE ONE ...

Learn how to understand the skies with this comprehensive pocket guide to cloudspotting. Clouds have been the object of fascination throughout his...

Discover the wonders at the centre of our planet's ecosystem.In ten short and accessible essays, science and nature writer Carolyn Fry takes us on ...

Uncover what lies at the deepest depths of our oceans...In ten brief and informative essays, marine biologist and TV science advisor Professor Jon ...

'Enjoyable' New Scientist'Delightfully well-written, accessible, surprisingly reflective and humorous' Irish Times'Thoughtful' Irish IndependentFro...

A revisionist, completely accessible and radically inclusive history of maths'Lively, satisfying, good at explaining difficult concepts' The Sunday...

What happens when you really get under the skin of the world around you? Everything that surrounds us - and we ourselves - are made of molecules, c...

*As heard on DESERT ISLAND DISCS*CHOSEN AS ONE OF WATERSTONES' BEST BOOKS OF 2023'If Michael Palin had been a volcanologist, this is the book he wo...

'LOEB IS AN ASTRONOMICAL SHERLOCK HOLMES' Washington Post'A JOY IN CONJECTURE AND AN OMNIVOROUS SPIRIT OF INQUIRY. . . CARL SAGAN WOULD HAVE LIKED ...

CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE DAILY TELEGRAPH'Packed with practical examples and insightful wisdom. . . A highly enjoyable and effective guid...

'A great idea, beautifully executed.' Popular Science'A book of quiet wonder.' Ian Dunt 'I have learnt (and remembered) so much, and so easily. It'...

A renowned puzzle master and game inventor presents 315 new and traditional puzzles. Longlisted, 2016 School Library Association Information Book...

This award-winning science book uses the latest findings from neuroscience research and brain-imaging technology to take you on a journey into the ...

_______________One of the best books yet written on data and algorithms. . .deserves a place on the bestseller charts. (The Times) You are accused...

bVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b Extinction is a natural process. In geological time there have been several periods of ...

DNA. The double helix; the blueprint of life; and, during the early 1950s, a baffling enigma that could win a Nobel Prize. Everyone knows that Jame...

Imagine a network of extraterrestrials in radio contact with each other across the universe, superior beings who hail from advanced civilizations q...

Barbie or Lego? Reading maps or reading emotions? Do you have a female brain or a male brain? Or is that the wrong question? On a daily basis we f...