Popular Science

Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use--from electrical engineering to aeronautics--that few people would expect the story behind...

The interest earned on a bank account, the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower, and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis are all intimately c...

This annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of...

This anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the fo...

The Calculus of Friendship is the story of an extraordinary connection between a teacher and a student, as chronicled through more than thirty year...

A Guardian Science Book of the Year 2022 ‘When science hits the headlines, Fiona Fox ... is at the heart of the action’ Financial Times ‘This i...

'Grayling brings satisfying order to daunting subjects' Steven Pinker_________________________In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amoun...

A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Full of delightful nuggets' Guardian online 'Entertaining, informative and philosphical ... An essential read' All Ab...

A New York Times Notable Book of 2020 ‘Bracing and enlightening’ Science Culture is something exclusive to human beings, isn’t it? Not so, says ...

How do you sniff out danger? What is a sense of direction or a gut instinct? You know about your five senses: hearing, sight, smell, taste and touc...

An intimate glimpse inside a silent epidemic that is harming teens, and a pathway for parents to help them reclaim the restorative power of sleep. ...

Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize Bias affects us all, every day of our lives. It shapes how we see each other, and how we are ...

From the moment the first player steps onto the ice, every conceivable principle of science is in play. To understand hockey - fully understand it ...

The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries witnessed such fervent investigations of the natural world that the period has been called the 'Scientific ...

From simple reflexes to complex choreographies of movement, all animal behavior is governed by a nervous system. But what kind of government is it—...

Four centuries ago, Galileo first turned a telescope to look up at the night sky. His discoveries opened the cosmos, revealing the geometry and dyn...

Nothing turns a baby's head more quickly from nursing or playing than the sight of a dog or any animal. Made for Each Other lays out both sides o...

'A superbly written, riveting book.'MARTIN REES, Astronomer Royal'I am overcome with admiration for its range and profundity. An amazing achievemen...

In 1905, eight men from the California Academy of Sciences set sail from San Francisco for a scientific collection expedition in the Galapagos Isla...

Quantum mechanics is an extraordinarily successful scientific theory. But it is also completely mad. Although the theory quite obviously works, it ...

In this book, Henry Bar, physicist and the first quantum superhero, guides the reader through the amazing quantum world. His hair-raising adventure...

The study of differential growth in various animals, including humans, suggests that a similar growth pattern occurs throughout the bilateral anima...

A highly entertaining, myth-busting read for anyone with even a passing interest in science. Hot on the heels of the fascinating compendium Everyth...

The marvellous complexity of the Universe emerges from several deep laws and a handful of fundamental constants that fix its shape, scale, and dest...

Real Scientists Don’t Wear Ties links science to general and popular culture and everyday life in an easy-to-understand style. When a gifted writer...

The recent explosion of neuroscience techniques has proved to be game changing in terms of understanding the healthy brain, and in the development ...

By the simple expedient of asking questions and conducting experiments to answer them, science has transformed our understanding of the world. It h...

Scientific evidence has proven the power of kindness to change the brain, impact the heart and immune system, and even be an antidote to depression...

Every year, air pollution prematurely kills seven million people around the world, in rich countries and poor ones. It is strongly linked to stroke...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONShe Has Her Mother’s Laugh presents a profoundly original perspective on what we pass...