Popular Science

The Evolution of Music by Culture and Science aims to recognise the impact of science on music, why it occurs, how we respond, and even to tentativ...

Over the past sixty years, the spectacular growth of the technologies associated with the computer is visible for all to see and experience. Yet, t...

The world of science has been transformed. Where once astronomers sat at the controls of giant telescopes in remote locations, praying for clear sk...

Humans are the only mammals to walk on two, rather than four, legs. From an evolutionary perspective, this is an illogical development...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Sean Carroll has achieved something I thought impossible: a bridge between popular science and the mathematical univ...

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

How do magnets work? What is the theory of relativity all about? Is light made of waves or particles? And how on earth can a levitating goat teach ...

The secret history of the invention that changed everything and became the most profitable product in the world.Odds are that as you read this, an ...

What is AI? A dominant view describes it as the quest to solve intelligence - a solution supposedly to be found in the secret logic of the mind o...

*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...