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By far the greatest part of human history has been taken up by peoples whose principal tool was the stone hand-axe. But until now, we knew very little about what...

This work examines what is perhaps science's ultimate question: the origins of life on earth. Paul Davies presents a series of recent discoveries which are leading to some startling theories...

Life's Greatest Secret is the story of the discovery and cracking of the genetic code. This great scientific breakthrough has had far-reaching consequences for how we understand ourselves and our...

Providing readers with the confidence needed to debate key issues in bioethics, this introductory text clearly explains bioethical theories and their philosophical foundations. Over 250 activities introduce topics for personal...

The fifteen stages from Ramepithecus to Homo sapiens sapiens-the story of human evolution. 'Sensing rather than seeing the attack, Yellowtip swung to face Beta, still grasping the branch. At full...

'A tour de force . . . an important, affecting and effective book' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL '[A] gorgeous and urgent book' STEVEN PINKER 'Reminds us that, despite our hazy understanding of...

At a time of existential global challenges we need our best brainpower to solve them. We can no longer rely on the myth of the lone genius to create a...

Codon-based models of evolution are a relatively new addition to the toolkit of computational biologists, and in recent years remarkable progress has been made in this area. The study of...

A brilliant, paradigm-shifting global survey of how human history has reshaped the planet, and vice versa over the last 500 years In this paradigm-shifting global history of how humanity has...

A well-researched chronicle of America's development of a secret biological weapons program, tracing its post-World War II beginnings through its 1969 abandonment and documenting its use of human volunteers, its...

What neuroscience can - and can't - tell us about our emotions What can a brain scan, or our reaction to a Caravaggio painting, reveal about the deep seat of...

Is free will just an illusion? What is it within the brain that allows us to pursue our own actions and objectives? What is it about this organ that permits...

In the late 1910s Dr. Harry J. Haiselden, a prominent Chicago surgeon, electrified the nation by allowing the deaths of at least six infants he diagnosed as "defectives". He displayed...

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2025: the profound and life-affirming memoir about finding our way in a chaotic world 'A sumptuous, surprising, dark delight' Carmen Maria Machado 'Fast-moving,...

A completely up-to-date introduction to the most common group of bees in Britain. Bees, for most people, mean honey or bumble bees, but in fact these social species make up...

The award-winning journalist Lisa Margonelli, national bestselling author of Oil on the Brain: Petroleum's Long, Strange Trip to Your Tank , investigates the environmental and economic impact termites inflict on...

The author of the New York Times bestselling Genius Foods offers a lifestyle program for resetting your brain and body to their "factory settings"-to help fight fatigue, anxiety, and depression...

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...

What would happen if you took a swim outside a deep-sea submarine wearing only Speedos? How long could you last if you stood on the surface of the sun? How...

The extraordinary story of how the human brain evolved... and is still evolving. We've come a long way. The earliest human had a brain as small as a child's fist;...

This book is an account of the first great triumph of genomics: the thirty-year struggle to decode the complete DNA of a nematode worm. Success in this was what made...

Deep Water offers an incisive, searching, and beautifully written account of the emerging crisis over dams and the world's water. Reporting in the tradition of John McPhee and Peter Matthiessen,...

"Riveting. ... Pattison's uncanny ability [is] to write evocatively about science. ... In this, he is every bit as good as the best scientist writers." - New York Times Book...

'Even if you've never picked up a weight, Stronger is for you ' - Arnold Schwarzenegger No matter how you think of yourself - strong or weak, large or small...

The invisible world of microbes - capable of surviving in the most harsh and inhospitable conditions on earth - reveals the remarkable potential and resilience of life itself. John Postgate's...

An enchanting biography of the most resonant - and most necessary - chemical element on Earth. Carbon. It is the building block of every cell that makes up every living...

Our increasingly frantic lifestyles make it difficult to slow down and listen to what our bodies are telling us, paying attention only when it is broken, without stopping to ask...

An award-winning natural-history writer opens the door to the nature that thrives in our yards, gardens, and parks We all live on nature's doorstep, but we often overlook it. From...

A spellbinding scientific and cultural study of snakes, the fascination and fear they inspire, and how surprising new science is indelibly changing our perception of these stunning and frightening creatures....

From the world's foremost neuroscientist of romantic love comes a personal story of connection and heartbreak that brings new understanding to an old truth: better to have loved and lost...

'Mind expanding - this book will change your view of the world forever' Matthew Syed A blueprint for a better future. Playing on the phrase "a theory of everything" in...

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...

An award-winning natural-history writer opens the door to the nature that thrives in our yards, gardens, and parks We all live on nature's doorstep, but we often overlook it. From...

'Truly eye-opening' The Times Discover what your dog is thinking in this groundbreaking book by a world-renowned neuroscientist and a highly respected dog trainer. Combining cutting-edge neuroscience with expert practical...

What is life? This is among the most difficult open problems in science, right up there with the nature of consciousness and the existence of matter. All the definitions we...

The Pacific Ocean has been the focus of our fascination for as long as we have lived beside and on it. It covers one-third of Earth's surface - greater than...

An estimated 4.6 billion years ago, the Earth and Moon were formed in a violent impact. On this, many agree, and even more that a long time after that, life...

Offers a new definition for life that contrasts a world dependent on biological maintenance with one controlled by state-of-the-art medical technology.

The book titled The Human Blueprint: The Race to Unlock the Secrets of Our Genetic by the author Robert Shapiro. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

Letting the evidence speak for itself. Evolution has been dogma for so long that many people consider it a foregone conclusion that life arose by random processes. This book takes...

The author of The Relaxation Response describes a state of heightened physical and mental function often experienced by professional athletes, explaining how to achieve such a state in order to...

At the same time research on the brain has moved away from the old emphasis on disease and dysfunction to open up insights into every kind of mental activity. And,...

CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 BY WATERSTONES AND THE TIMES The viruses that do us harm are vastly outnumbered by viruses that can actually save lives. These...

'A fantastic compendium of skeptical thinking and the perfect primer for anyone who wants to separate fact from fiction.' Richard Wiseman, author 59 SECONDS 'Thorough, informative, and enlightening... If this...

'Beautiful. Entertaining. Inspiring.' Nature 'Startling . . . riveting . . . hauntingly timely.' Washington Review of Books 'A meditation on transformation . . . Warm [and] empathetic . ....

Where do we come from and how did we get here? Come time-travelling through the history of every species that has ever lived with Professor Max Telford A four-billion-year journey...

In the 1980s and 1990s, in places where no one thought it possible, scientists found organisms they called extremophiles: lovers of extremes. There were bacteria in volcanic hydrothermal vents on...

In a book perfect for readers of Charles Duhigg's The Power of Habit, David Eagleman's Incognito, and Leonard Mlodinow's Subliminal, the cognitive neuroscientists who discovered how the brain has aha...