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Astound your friends! Impress party guests! Annoy your relatives! This book contains 100 fascinating science puzzles. The answer to each problem explains a scientific principle in easy-to-understand terms, so not...

*A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2025* *A NEW SCIENTIST BEST BOOK OF 2025* 'In this poetic and heartfelt journey through deep time, geologist Anjana Khatwa braids scientific knowledge and traditional...

This text provides an accessible introduction to this controversial field. It shows how chaos makes its presence felt in many varieties, from fluctuation to animal populations to the ups and...

How do we establish what we believe? And how can we be certain that what we believe is true? And, assuming we are certain that what we believe is true,...

Science is on the cusp of a revolutionary breakthrough. We now understand more about ageing - and how to prevent and reverse it - than ever before. In The Telomerase...

In the tradition of classics such as Lives of the Cell by Lewis Thomas, a bold reframing of our relationship with technology into one that is more positive and human...

"A visionary roadmap for people who believe they can change the world-and invaluable advice about bringing together the partners and technologies to help them do it." -President Bill Clinton A...

What if something as seemingly academic as the so-called science wars were to determine how we live? This eye-opening book reveals how little we've understood about the ongoing pitched battles...

How could a band of physicists in sandals and "Eat the Rich" T-shirts hope to take on the leading lights of high finance? They had never even read the "Journal"....

To most, dreams are things that slip away when you re-emerge into the waking world, their remnants jumbled-up and only half-recalled. At their best, they are populated by pleasant recollections...

From gravity to black holes, special relativity to global warming, bestselling author Marcus Chown breaks down complex science into manageable chunks, explaining the one thing you really need to know...

" An excellent, extremely up-to-date overview of the most important technological revolution in human history. " - Prof. Jeff Clune, University of British Columbia "If I were to recommend one...

*A brand new and updated edition for 2024, including the latest insights on diet and weight management drugs, gene editing, cancer testing, anti-ageing, ultra-processed foods and much more* Professor Tim...

Evolution is the most important idea in biology, with implications that go far beyond science. But despite more than a century's progress in understanding, there is still widespread confusion about...

A fascinating look into how the transformative joys of mathematical experience are available to everyone, not just specialists Math has a reputation for being inaccessible. People think that it requires...

The nightly news and conventional wisdom tell us that things are bad and getting worse. Yet despite dire predictions, scientists see many good things on the horizon. John Brockman, publisher...

Recommended by the New Scientist.'Brilliant.' Stylist, 'Ten new books to bring you comfort and wisdom in 2023''Thoughtful and thought-provoking - you need to read this book' - Gina Rippon'An affecting...

The world's leading authority on the extinct Labrador Duck, Dr. Glen Chilton, shares the story of his frenzied obsession to reveal the histories behind the mysterious bird - a saga...

Evolution is the most important idea in biology, with implications that go far beyond science. But despite more than a century's progress in understanding, there is still widespread confusion about...

Highly commended at the British Medical Association Book Awards 2019 Are we living in an age of unprecedented anxiety, or has this always been a problem throughout history? We only...

In this small (but perfectly formed) hardback book, Ian Stewart introduces some of the most devilishly difficult mathematical brainteasers human beings have ever devised. Along the way, he transports us...

We find ourselves in a time of great social upheaval. People are testing the boundaries of just about everything related to sex and gender. Biological sex, long thought to be...

In the early 1960s scientists at the University of California, Berkeley set out to establish the key factors effecting health and longevity. Their results, known as the 'Alameda 7', you...

A Scientific American Top Ten Book of 2023If forests are the lungs of the planet, then animals migrating across oceans, streams, and mountains-eating, pooping, and dying along the way-are its...

'Through the lens of her personal experience as a poker player, Alex O'Brien reveals the tricks that can help each of us navigate a world beset with uncertainty and misinformation'...

Once heralded as a modern-day Edison, Elon Musk has taken up a new role in public consciousness, with his growing desire to both transform global politics and engage in online...

'Changed my perspective on the whole living world but most of all myself.' - CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN 'E nthralling and packed with insights.' - BILL BRYSON 'A must-read.' - STEPHEN...

'As charming and touching as it is astute and insightful' Adam Alter, New York Times bestselling author of Irresistible and Drunk Tank Pink 'This a very useful book, even perhaps...

'A dazzling tale, brilliantly told' Peter Frankopan'A wonderful book' Sunday Telegraph, 5*'Triumphant' Literary ReviewDURING THE AGE OF DISCOVERY, in the autumn of 1550, an anonymously authored volume containing a wealth...

With wit and verve Robin Waterfield brings the bizarre story of hypnotism to life. A lively mixture of popular history, science and psychology, Hidden Depths is the definitive work on...

Ever wondered why bad musicians always win the Eurovision Song Contest, or how incompetent politicians get elected? You need some Quirkology in your life. While other scientists beaver away on...

This volume examines the ways in which science is influenced by culture. It highlights the misleading images that have distorted people's view of the history of life. It explores areas...

Ice has played a prominent role in the history of the earth and its living communities for millennia. We have had fun with and on ice, battled over ice, imagined...

Dr Seymour brings a creative but scientific perspective to bear on important everyday beliefs. This book is sure to create a debate about the future role of science in explaining...

'Its scope is, appropriately, vast' Nature The Holy Grail of modern scientists is 'The Theory of Everything', which will contain all that can be known about the Universe - the...

An award-winning astronomer and physicist's spellbinding and urgent call for a new Enlightenment and the recognition of the preciousness of life using reason and curiosity-the foundations of science-to study, nurture,...

The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant and exciting events in the natural history of this planet: the existence of dinosaurs. In 'The Dinosaur...

In the past decade, Paul Halpern has brought readers three stunning histories of science -- Einstein's Dice and Schroedinger's Cats , The Quantum Labyrinth , and Synchronicity -- that reveal...

EXTREMES is a book about life: its fragility, its fractal beauty and its resilience. In it, I will explore what it means to be alive by looking at life's boundaries...

Exploring in depth one of the most topical subjects of current affairs, this book explains the science of embryology, exploring what science can and will be able to do to...

A vivid and captivating narrative about how modern science broke free of ancient philosophy, and how theoretical physics is returning to its unscientific roots In the early seventeenth century Galileo...

Longlisted for the 2015 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Short-listed for Physics World 's Book of the Year The Sunday Times (UK) Best Science Book of 2014 A Publishers...

In 1918, a terrifying disease swept the globe, killing at least forty million people and preying on the young and healthy. Even Eskimos living in remote outposts in the frozen...

In this enthralling cosmic journey through space and time, astrophysicist Jillian Scudder locates our home planet within its own 'family tree'. Our parent the Earth and its sibling planets in...

Biomedical research is changing the both the format and the functions of human beings. Very soon the human race will be faced with a choice: do we join in with...

What happens when we can't joke about some of the most important stuff in life? In a 2019 study, 40% of people reported censoring themselves out of fear that voicing...

"Eric Blehm offers an insightful perspective on how Craig Kelly became the effortless icon that we all revered as well as sobering details of how his heroic journey tragically ended....

'Has the power to change the way you look at the world' Steven Bartlett 'The heir to Oliver Sacks' David Baddiel A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2024 AN INDEPENDENT...