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Internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling popular science writer Lawrence Krauss explores cosmology's greatest unanswered questio...

What are the chances of a game-show contestant finding a chicken in a box? Is the Hanukkah dreidel a fair game? Will you be alive ten years from no...

'Scales's genuine appreciation and awe for fish are contagious.'- Science 'Delightful' - New Scientist Seventy per cent of the earth's surface i...

A Sunday Times Book of the Year From the author of the international bestseller How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog Your humble alarm clock,...

Looking at the night sky, youd be forgiven for thinking its all quiet up there in space. But youd be wrong. Extreme events are forever unfolding: g...

From Nobel Prize winner Venki Ramakrishnan Beyond superb Bill Bryson A wonderful book Ian McEwan Everyone knows about DNA, the essence of our be...

We live in a world of numbers and mathematics, and so we need to work with numbers and some math in almost everything we do, to control our happine...

'Illuminating!' Professor Brian Cox'Every Steve Jones book is a masterclass in clear and captivating writing with tantalising detours into beguilin...

Our sun drives the weather, forms the landscape, feeds and fuels - but sometimes destroys - the creatures that live upon it, controls their pattern...

In The Vision Revolution, Mark Changizi, prominent neuroscientist and vision expert, addresses four areas of human vision and provides explanations...

Most general knowledge about the brain and its workings is very dated, drawing on studies from the first part of the previous century or even earli...

A New York Times bestseller and a Book of the Year for the Evening Standard and The Times. Is getting a little less comfortable the key to living a...

Creatively and intellectually there is no other species that has ever come close to equalling humanitys achievements, but nor is any other species ...

Ever wondered what its like to be hit by lightning or to lose your sense of smell? Heard about the woman saved by bee stings or the window cleaner...

'Terrific and enthralling' New Scientist'An authoritative account of Apollo 11 and the end of the space race, shedding light on the true drama behi...

Learn the art of growing old from the supercentenarians living life to the fullest.It's said that life begins at 40 - but that number is constantly...

Genius Inventions gives readers an unprecedented insight into the events, people and histories behind technological and scientific developments tha...

Instant Engineering pulls together all the pivotal engineering theories and discoveries into one concise volume. Each page contains a discrete 'che...

Mars is back. Suddenly everyone - from Elon Musk to Ridley Scott to Donald Trump - is talking about going to the Red Planet.When the Apollo astrona...

Internationally acclaimed science writer Lone Frank swabs up her DNA to provide the first truly intimate account of the new science of consumer-led...