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The marvelous microbes that made life on Earth possible and support our very existenceFor almost four billion years, microbes had the primordial oc...

An entertaining and enlightening history of irrational numbers, from ancient Greece to the twenty-first centuryThe ancient Greeks discovered them, ...

The burnt-red badlands of Montana's Hell Creek are a vast graveyard of the Cretaceous dinosaurs that lived 68 million years ago. Those hills were, ...

Simulating the Cosmos is a behind-the-scenes look into one of the hottest and fastest-moving areas of astrophysics today: simulations of cosmology ...

'This brilliantly subversive and witty book lays bare the techniques of manipulation and disinformation that keep the rich and powerful rich and po...

Will we ever truly understand the universe? This is the story of the technologies that allow us to look up, to learn and to discover our place in t...

'Illuminating' TIM MARSHALL, bestselling author of The Future of Geography'Refreshing' THOMAS HALLIDAY, bestselling author of OtherlandsOur biology...

We are on the cusp of a major revolution in psychiatric medicine and neuroscience. After fifty years of prohibition, criminalisation and fear, scie...

CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 BY WATERSTONES AND THE TIMES'The book that might change the world ... This is luxury-class science writing'TELEGR...

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Discover the world of science as never before in this richly illustrated guide bringing key milestones and events to life in visual timelines. Off...

WINNER OF THE INVESTIGATIVE FOOD WORK AWARD AT THE GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS AWARDS 2023'The most incredible book' Delia Smith'Persuasive, entertaining...

Can psychedelic drugs help us tackle the biggest problems we face globally? Can they heal the cultural, spiritual, and political wounds were wrestl...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERBest Books of the Year, GuardianThe poignant story of the visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World Wa...

A curious history of the strange, wonderful and sometimes terrifying worlds created by our minds. An utterly engrossing book.' ZOE WILLIAMS For c...

WINNER OF THE 2022 BARKER BOOK AWARDS FOR NON-FICTION. Heartwarming. THE TIMES A delightful read. KATE MACDOUGALL Just the thing for dog lovers. P...

Synthesizing thirty years of research, psychologist and science historian, Michael Shermer upends the traditional thinking about how humans form be...

'Informative and persuasive enough to rouse the most ardent couch pototo' New Scientist Walking upright on two feet is a uniquely human skill...

Light is changing, dramatically. Our world is getting brighter - you can see it from space. But is brighter always better? Artificial light is vora...

An accessible and thought-provoking introduction to timespans in the natural world, featuring more than 80 beautifully designed diagrams and charts...

Are we alone in the universe, or are there other life forms 'out there'? This is one of the most scientifically and philosophically important quest...