Science

A bold, provocative exploration of the tension between our evolutionary history and our modern woes – and what we can do about it We are living thr...

The Short Story of Science is a new introduction to the complete subject of science. Covering 60 key experiments, from Archimedes' investigations o...

If superheroes stepped off the comic book page, could they actually work their wonders in a world constrained by the laws of physics? How strong wo...

Why are some plants so important to humans? The chemistry of the plants has a lot to do with it! The plant world offers a fascinating way to explo...

Bestselling author Marcus Chown explores some of the most profound and important science about us, our world and the universe with fifty fascinatin...

Top ten Sunday Times Bestseller ‘Engaging, ambitious and creative’ Guardian Whe...

A major new history of the race between two geniuses to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Europ...

Science: A Four Thousand Year History rewrites science's past. Instead of focussing on difficult experiments and abstract theories, Patricia Fara s...

New York Times bestsellerJourney into the universe through the most spectacular sights in astronomy in stereoscopic 3DWelcome to the Universe in 3D...

'This is not simply a book of ideas, it is also a book of stories, most astounding, many heartbreaking' - Bryan Appleyard, SUNDAY TIMESSince the di...

In The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins crystallized the gene's eye view of evolution developed by W.D. Hamilton and others. The book provoked widespr...

For all the discussion in the media about creationism and 'Intelligent Design', virtually nothing has been said about the evidence in question - th...

The Inside Out of Flies is a look under the bonnet at the astonishing mechanics of fly anatomy. Erica McAlister reveals the engineering miracles em...

An all-in-one visual guide to human anatomy with encyclopedic coverage from bones and muscles to systems and processes. This in-depth manual to the...

Most of us are clueless when it comes to the physics that makes our modern world so convenient. What's the simple science behind motion sensors, to...

Kumi loves to eat, but she's worried that her passion for junk food is affecting her health. Determined to unlock the secrets of dieting, she enlis...

A ground-breaking book by the world-leading expert in sensory science: Freakonomics for food'Popular science at its best' - Daniel Levitin Why do w...

A journey through 55 alternative realities, parallel worlds and possible futures.It's lucky you're here. But for a series of incredible coincidence...

From the author of the groundbreaking, international bestseller The Female Brain comes this eagerly awaited follow-up.Did you know that the male br...

The physiologist Benjamin Libet famously demonstrated that activity in the brain's motor regions can be detected some 300 milliseconds before a per...

What would dogs ask for, if they knew how? In the Sunday Times bestseller In Defence of Dogs John Bradshaw, an anthropologist at Bristol University...