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As a trainee doctor, Andrew Lees was enthralled by his mentors: esteemed neurologists who combined the precision of mathematicians, the scrupulosit...

It is said that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction, and nowhere is that more true than in the case of black holes. Black holes are stranger th...

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

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Robotics is a key technology in the modern world. Robots are a well-established part of manufacturing and warehouse automation, assembling cars or ...

With a new introduction placing Plato's great work at the heart of ancient concepts of human organization and justice, this new edition of The Repu...

A clear, accessible introduction to modern and American thought by the influentual philosopher, psychologist, educator and author William James. Th...

The Interpretation of Dreams is an essential work of psychological and cultural heritage and probably the most important of Freuds impressive outpu...

Professor Chen-Ning Yang is best known for his achievements in Physics. He has also made significant contributions to the development of mathematic...

What do we really know about the world? Physics utilizes complex equations to avoid having to answer philosophical questions like this. Consider, f...

What do we really know about the world? Physics utilizes complex equations to avoid having to answer philosophical questions like this. Consider, f...

In the autumn of 2005, a band of researchers cracked the code of the chimpanzee genome and provided a startling new window into the differences bet...

Showcasing more than fifty of the most provocative, original, and significant online essays from 2011, The Best Science Writing Online 2012 will ch...

Physicists will tell you that four forces control the universe. Of these, gravity may the most obvious, but it is also the most mysterious. Newton ...

Natural phenomena and ordinary, everyday things often contain surprises and puzzles when we attempt to understand them in terms of basic physical p...

A revisionist, completely accessible and radically inclusive history of maths'Lively, satisfying, good at explaining difficult concepts' The Sunday...

*Updated and revised edition, with a new epilogue and interview with Michael J Fox*'Engagingly written, informative, often funny' Daily Telegraph'H...

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At a community fire day in a northern California town several years ago, author Faith Kearns gave a talk on building fire-safe houses able to withs...

There are arguably few areas of science more fiercely contested than the question of what makes us who we are. Are we products of our environments ...

A charming and eye-opening exploration of the special relationship between humans and chickens from Sy Montgomery, one of our finest chroniclers of...

If Mathematics had a Rosetta Stone...In this trailblazing work from the internet's most empathetic math teacher, Ben Orlin unravels the secrets beh...

If you think baby brain is bad for you, think again - because neuroscientist Dr Sarah McKay (author of The Women's Brain Book) has looked at studie...

Plants That Kill is not a field guide, clinical care manual, or pharmacology textbookit is a fascinating and beautifully presented natural history ...

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As a medical student, Samer Nashef was unofficially blacklisted when he started asking questions about the death rates of more senior surgeons. Sin...