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WINNER OF THE 2024 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION FINANCIAL TIMES 2023 HIGHLIGHT'Helen Czerski weaves together physics and biology, history and ...

Offering a summary of the current state of knowledge in autism research, Defining Autism looks at the different genetic, neurological and environme...

This concise, easy-to-read book outlines the basic principles needed to understand the chemical mechanisms of explosion. Written for students with ...

Impressive statistics are thrown at us every day - the cost of health care; the size of an earthquake; the distance to the nearest star; the number...

Progress in genetics today would not be possible without Darwin's revolution, but the mysterious man who laid the rational basis for undermining be...

Bats Sing, Mice Giggle tracks many years of research by hundreds of scientists that reveals how wild animals, as well as pets, have inner, secret l...

'If Michael Palin had been a volcanologist, this is the book he would have written' LITERARY REVIEW'Gripping' THE ECONOMIST 'Wonderful' PETER FRANK...

A Nobel Laureate explains quantum entanglement and teleportation and why Einstein was wrong about the nature of realityWhat is the true nature of r...

'Exceptionally interesting' - Alain de Botton'Fascinating ... You'll never again view your own world in quite the same way. A delight to read' - Ia...

The wolf evolved into the Pekingese, the wildcat into the tabby cat and the auroch into the milk-producing cow. This happened through the process c...

Why does a harpsichord sound different from a piano? For that matter, why does middle C on a piano differ from middle C on a tuning fork, a trombon...

Did you know that yoga practice can help lower your blood pressure, decrease inflammation, and prevent age-related brain changes?Explore the physio...

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Viruses are everywhere, and as the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, cannot be ignored. From the...

How animals behave is crucial to their survival and reproduction. The application of new molecular tools such as DNA fingerprinting and genomics is...

'A nuanced celebration of the language of stone' DAVID GEORGE HASKELL'A unique and timeless book' ROBERT HALZENRocks are the record of our creative...

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

An Oxford University study recently found that the less animal food you eat, the more your brain shrinks (atrophies) with age. Brain scans from bre...

Microscopy is a dynamic area of science, incorporating both basic classroom microscopes and sophisticated research style instruments that can be dr...

Crystals have fascinated us for centuries with their beauty and symmetry, and have often been invested with magical powers. The use of X-ray diffra...

An isotope is a variant form of a chemical element, containing a different number of neutrons in its nucleus. Most elements exist as several isotop...

With the development of a variety of exciting new areas of research involving computational chemistry, nano- and smart materials, and applications ...

Civil engineering produces the structures of all human settlements worldwide and is a vital discipline for many aspects modern life, underlying hou...

What is learning? How does it take place? What happens when it goes wrong? The topic of learning has been central to the development of the scien...

From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas or the cooling of a hot metal, to the unfolding of a thought in our minds and even the course of life i...

Read the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the Earths awesome impact on the shape of human civilisations.Stands comparison with Sapiens Thrillin...

Brainjacking explores the psychology of storytelling - the ability that makes us human. To discover how science intersects with our desires and dec...

In the hard sciences, which can often feel out of grasp for many lay readers, there are great thinkers who go far beyond the equations, formulas, a...

The two towering achievements of modern physics are quantum theory and Einstein's general theory of relativity. Together, they explain virtually ev...

Sci-fi makes it look so easy. Receive a distress call from Alpha Centauri? No problem: punch the warp drive and you're there in minutes. Facing a c...

Sleep. Memory. Pleasure. Fear. Language. We experience these things almost every day, but how do our brains create them?Your Brain, Explained is a ...

The rainbow is a compelling spectacle in nature - a rare bridge between subjective experience and objective reality - and no less remarkable as a c...

Our brains evolved to solve the survival problems of our Stone Age ancestors, so when faced with modern day situations that are less extreme, they ...

30-Second Chemistry presents the 50 most important ideas in the science of matter - its composition, structure, properties and how it changes. As t...

Can you spot a lie? Using a unique, visual approach to explore the science of behaviour, Read People shows how understanding why people act in cert...

Nature's creations are more sophisticated and elegant than anything humans have created. Geckos can run upside down along ceilings. Termite mounds ...