A dazzling follow-up to Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal.
'We would love to discover that each species has a biological clock in its cells, because, if that clock existed and if we were..
What lies beneath the surface of the ocean has mystified humankind for millennia.
We have explored more of the surface of the Moon than we have of the deep sea. From vampire squid to giant spider..
Answers to the mysteries of the cosmos for inquiring minds.
Explore the entire cosmos in 101 fascinating topics - from mind-blowing numbers, astonishing sights, to strange-but-true discoveries an..
What is it like to be a brain surgeon? How does it feel to hold someone's life in your hands, to cut through the stuff that creates thought, feeling and reason? How do you live with the consequences o..
A groundbreaking account of the race to save the world, by one of the world's foremost experts on climate science.
A landmark account of the race to save the planet, by one of the world's foremos..
THE NEW BOOK FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF EVERYBODY LIES
'Don't Trust Your Gut is a tour de force - an intoxicating blend of analysis, humor, and humanity' DANIEL H. PINK
'Seth Stephens-Da..
How do waves break and what makes good surf?
What are dangerous rip currents and how do you spot one?
What would you do if you got caught in one?
Australia's best-known surf scientist, ..
DUST is unmistakably a major book in the making. This is a book with an extraordinary global story to tell, but - and - also with an ethical argument to advance. - Robert Macfarlane
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'Combines the natural history of programmes such as David Attenborough's Planet Earth with the planetary focus of Brian Cox's Universe' Guardian
A beautiful, full colour book to accompany the 5 p..
A fully updated edition of this beautifully illustrated, encyclopedic guide to planet Earth
Explore and understand the natural and human wonders of our planet
Now in its third edition, this ..
DROPOUT. PACIFIST. PHYSICIST. CASANOVA. REFUGEE. REBEL. GENIUS.
THINK YOU KNOW EINSTEIN? THINK AGAIN
His face is instantly recognisable. His name is shorthand for genius. Today, he's a..
An illuminating history of the man and the science behind the Higgs boson, 'a piece of scientific history' (Spectator)
In the summer of 1964, a reclusive young professor at the University of Edin..
Why do we have nightmares? Get hangry? Relive embarrassing memories? Find canned laughter so annoying - and fake news so effective?
Emotions can be a pain. If only we were more rational, life wou..
Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2011 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-fiction 2011 Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize 2011 Shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize In The Emperor o..
A mind-altering adventure through the world of fungi for readers of Robert Macfarlane and Other Minds
The smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller that will transform your understanding of our planet an..
The smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller now reinvented as a spectular visual journey through the wondrous and alien world of fungi
The smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller now illustrated with over 10..
'A brilliant account of how models are so often abused and of how they should be used' John Kay
How do mathematical models shape our world - and how can we harness their power for good?
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An ambitious, eye-opening, myth-busting and groundbreaking history of the evolution of the female body, by a brilliant new scientist and writer
How did wet nurses drive civilization? Are women al..
Thomas Bayes was an eighteenth-century Presbyterian minister and amateur mathematician whose obscure life belied the profound impact of his work. Like most research into probability at the time, his t..
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018
Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow u..
The myth-busting science behind our modern attitudes to exercise
In industrialized nations, our sedentary lifestyles have contributed to skyrocketing rates of obesity and diseases like diabetes. ..
Hacking, espionage, war and cybercrime as you've never read about them before
Fancy Bear was hungry. Looking for embarrassing information about Hillary Clinton, the elite hacking unit within Russ..
Partly a memoir and partly a recent history of medicine, the definitive account of Michael Milken's lifetime work to accelerate medicine's evolution from a dark past to a bright future.
What if c..
The Next Big Idea Club, August 2023 Must-Read Book
In 2016, scientists proved that humans could see light at the level of a single photon. We are living in historic times when humans may look at ..
From Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx - whose novels are infused with her knowledge and deep concern for the earth - comes a riveting, revelatory history of our wetlands, their ecological role, and ..
A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week
'Magnificent' Guardian
'Remarkable ... A compact classic!' Bill McKibben
'I learned something new - and found something amazing - on every page' Anthony D..
The extraordinary story of the solving of a puzzle that has confounded mathematicians since the 17th century. The solution of Fermat's Last Theorem is the most important mathematical development of th..
Elizabeth Kolbert's environmental classic Field Notes from a Catastrophe first developed out of a groundbreaking, award-winning three-part series in The New Yorker. She expanded it into a still-concis..
***AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER***
'Astounding on every page. John Vaillant is one of the great poetic chroniclers of the natural world' David Wallace-Wells
'A towering achievemen..
Richard Dawkins on how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies.
'A masterly investigation of all aspects of flight, human and animal... A beautifully..
Cities and countries engulfed by panic and death, desperate for vaccines but fearful of what inoculation may bring. This is what the world has just gone through with Covid-19. But as Simon Schama show..
How can we see through the chaos and complexity of our lives?
Beyond all the facts and figures, there is just one question at the heart of science- what is the best way to think about the world? ..
The latest volume in The New York Times bestselling physics series explains Einstein's masterpiece- the general theory of relativity
He taught us classical mechanics, quantum mechanics and specia..
The latest volume in The New York Times bestselling physics series explains Einstein's masterpiece- the general theory of relativity
He taught us classical mechanics, quantum mechanics and specia..
'I don't know anyone who knows more than Ayelet Fishbach about the psychology of goals . . . I love this book and know you will too' - Angela Duckworth, author of Grit
A great deal of ink has bee..
THE GOD DELUSION caused a sensation when it was published in 2006. Within weeks it became the most hotly debated topic, with Dawkins himself branded as either saint or sinner for presenting his hard-h..
The bestselling physicist returns with a thrilling account of the search for the 'God Equation'
This is the story of a quest- to find a Theory of Everything. Einstein dedicated his life to seekin..
What incredible innovations have changed the course of history?
From rudimentary metalwork to 3-D printing, human ingenuity has set us apart from other animals on earth. Great Breakthroughs in T..
'Since I was a child, I've been interested in dead bodies. When I was eight years old, I dug up the remains of my pet budgie Zazbut. He had been buried for about eight weeks in a patch of grass outsid..
Climate change resists narrative - and yet we must see clearly what's happening in our world. Millions of lives are at stake, and upwards of a million species. We must act.
In H Is for Hope, Elizabe..
The instant Sunday Times bestseller -- a dazzling story of rebellion and science
In June 1925, twenty-three-year-old Werner Heisenberg, suffering from hay fever, had retreated to the treeless, wi..
From famous craniums to prominent breasts, ancient spleens and bound feet, this book will bring history to life in a whole new way. With their inimitable wit and probing intelligence, authors Kathy an..
A radical retelling of the history of science that foregrounds the scientists erased from history
In this major retelling of the history of science from 1450 to the present day, James Poskett exp..
Those who understand how AI thinks are about to win big. Leading AI entrepreneur Nigel Toon explains why it's so exciting, and how it can be controlled.
We are used to thinking of computers as be..
AI isn't magic. How AI Works demystifies the explosion of artificial intelligence by explaining-without a single mathematical equation-what happened, when it happened, why it happened, how it happened..
The mysteries of life, from DNA and cells to evolution and ecology, all explained with simple words and clever graphics
The simplest, most visual guide to the science of life - ever
How do v..
A cutting-edge new vision of biology that will revise our concept of what life itself is, how to enhance it, and what possibilities it offers.
Biology is undergoing a quiet but profound transform..
Have you ever asked yourself why you can't remember anything from before the age of three, why we experience dej vu, or indeed how a bundle of cells in our heads can produce the remarkable phenomenon..
To get us to the future, the Victorians created a new way of ordering and transforming nature, built on grand designs and the mass-mobilisation of the resources of Empire - and revolutionised science ..
Discover why you were always afraid of a monster under your childhood bed, why people truly believe in their "lucky" lotto numbers, and more with hundreds of quick facts, research-based explanations, ..