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Chasing Science at Sea immerses readers in the world of those who regularly go to sea - aquanauts living underwater, marine biologists seeking unse...

''Brilliant and fundamental, this is the necessary book about our prime global emergency'' Ian McEwan The news is full of hotly debated and diver...

'A quite delightful book on the joys, and universality, of physics. Czerski's enthusiasm is infectious because she brings our humdrum everyday worl...

___***SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2022******A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022***'What you should do now to change the re...

A new, popular edition with a clear introduction, Special & General Relativity by Albert Einstein contains his core paper, 'Relativity, The Spe...

A concise, uncluttered edition for the modern reader, with a new introduction. Quantum Theory contains two foundational works of quantum research f...

New concise edition with a new introduction, abridged for the modern reader. The Principia. Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy is one of...

Who wore the first pants? Who painted the first masterpiece? Who first rode the horse? This madcap adventure across ancient history uses everything...

Bestselling author and New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik embarks on a wildly creative inquiry into perhaps the oldest question: how do we learn a new s...

Orchids are beloved for their singular, instantly recognisable beauty. Jim Endersby offers a unique cultural history of this captivating family of ...

A NEW SCIENTIST BOOK OF THE YEAR Our lives are ruled by one particular group of chemicals. These are the hormones and neurotransmitters that re...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018 Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history o...

If you hate mathematics If you have always struggled to solve your maths problems in time If you are scared of complex calculations If you are atte...

Weve been tantalised by the idea of eternal youth since time immemorial. Were always asking how we can live longer, and better. Or, to put it anoth...

Everyone even the most jaded and sceptical believes in magic, in the form of luck, mind over matter, the power of similarities, jinxes, and desti...

The Industrial Revolution provided the greatest increase in living standards the world has ever known while propelling Britain to dominance on the ...

On Solid Ground is intended to inform a general audience about what geologists know about the earth. It will do so by telling the stories of the pe...