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How To Be a Stoic
Author: Epictetus Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 128 'Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen' How can...
Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration and Life on Earth
Author: Kate Greene Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 In 2013 Kate Greene moved to Mars. On NASA's first HI-SEAS simulated Mars mission in Hawai'i, she lived for...
My First Book of Comparisons: How the world measures up
Author: Ana Seixas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 48 Packed full of facts this wonderfully illustrated book measures and compares everything from animals, space and dinosaurs to machines, sports and...
Forgotten Women: The Scientists
Author: Zing Tsjeng Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 FORGOTTEN WOMEN is a new series of books that uncover the lost herstories of influential women who have refused over hundreds...
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind: (Patterns of Life)
Author: Yuval Noah Harari Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 544 A series of special editions of the best popular science books to explore the patterns of our planet....
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
Author: James Nestor Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of...
Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum
Author: Leonard Susskind Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 The second volume in Leonard Susskind's hugely popular, one-of-a-kind introductory series on physics In The Theoretical Minimum, world-class physicist...
Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
Author: Mike Massimino Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Mike Massimino's compelling memoir takes us on a brilliant journey where the nerdiest science meets the most thrilling adventure to reveal...
The Industries of the Future
Author: Alec Ross Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 This book answers the question: 'What's next?' The Internet had a world-changing impact on businesses and the global community...
100 Things to Know About Science
Author: Various Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Science is a huge topic, but this friendly book breaks it down into bite-sized chunks, making it an accessible introduction for anyone...
From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds
Author: Daniel C. Dennett Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 496 One of the world's most original and provocative thinkers offers a major new account of the origins of...
Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
Author: David Eagleman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 A revolutionary new understanding of the human brain and its changeable nature. The brain is a dynamic, electric, living...
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Author: Max Tegmark Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 A.I. is the future of science, technology, and business - and there's no one better to explore that future...
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Author: Steven Pinker Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 560 Steven Pinker's landmark defence of human nature Recently many people have assumed that we are blank slates shaped by...
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Author: Carlo Rovelli Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 96 The enchanting international bestselling sensation on modern physics comes to paperback In this mind-bending introduction to modern physics, Carlo...
Cosmological Koans: A Journey to the Heart of Physics
Author: Anthony Aguirre Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 A delightful intellectual adventure that brings together physics and ancient philosophy Could there be a civilization on a mote...
Decoding the World
Author: Po Bronson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 A vision of the future where the latest Silicon Valley tech meets cutting-edge genetics. Decoding the World is a...
The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking)
Author: Katie Mack Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 An acclaimed theoretical astrophysicist explores the end of the Universe. When will it take place? How is it likely...
The Gene: An Intimate History
Author: Siddhartha Mukherjee Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 608 The Gene is the story of one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in our history. ** NEW...
The Gendered Brain: The new neuroscience that shatters the myth of the female brain
Author: Gina Rippon Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 An agenda-setting, myth-debunking book by neuroscientist Professor Gina Rippon that demolishes the idea of biology as destiny and the...
Terry Denton's Really Truly Amazing Guide to Everything
Author: Terry Denton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 A mini book of facts packed with maximum humour! Sure to engage anyone from the ages of 8 to 80 (and...
Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain
Author: Sarah-Jayne Blakemore Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 Winner of the 2020 British Psychological Society Popular Science Prize and the 2018 Royal Society Science Book Prize. Up...
Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are
Author: Robert Plomin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 From one of the world's top geneticists, the controversial and cutting-edge book that's making us rethink who we are...
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Author: Steven D. Levitt Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 Are you a FREAKONOMIST? Cult bestseller, new buzz word... Freakonomics is at the heart of everything we see...
The Light Ages: A Medieval Journey of Discovery
Author: Seb Falk Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 A spellbinding journey through the life of an English monk, an age of discovery and the mysteries of the...
The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond
Author: Michio Kaku Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 The #1 bestselling author of The Future of the Mind brings us a stunning vision of our future in...
The Secret Network of Nature: The Delicate Balance of All Living Things
Author: Peter Wohlleben Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 From the bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees comes an exploration of the invisible connections sustaining the...
A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design
Author: Frank Wilczek Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 A Nobel Prize-winning physicist argues that beauty is the fundamental organizing principle for the entire universe In this scientific...
Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control
Author: Stuart Russell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 Humans dream of super-intelligent machines. But what happens if we actually succeed? Creating superior intelligence would be the biggest...
Expert: Understanding the Path to Mastery
Author: Roger Kneebone Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 THE EXPERT ON EXPERTS SHOW US WHAT IT TAKES TO MASTER ANY SKILL What could a lacemaker have in...
Einstein's Unfinished Revolution: The Search for What Lies Beyond the Quantum
Author: Lee Smolin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 A renegade quantum physicist argues for a radical new interpretation of the structure of reality Human beings, says Lee...
The Science of Meditation: How to Change Your Brain, Mind and Body
Author: Daniel Goleman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 A fascinating and practical guide from two New York Times bestselling authors, backed by state-of-the-art scientific research. Drawing on...
Physics of the Future: The Inventions That Will Transform Our Lives
Author: Michio Kaku Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 'A whirlwind tour of technological possiblity' New Scientist We all wish we could predict the future, but most of...
12 Bytes: How artificial intelligence will change the way we live and love
Author: Jeanette Winterson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 *A 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK IN THE GUARDIAN, FINANCIAL TIMES AND EVENING STANDARD* Twelve bytes. Twelve eye-opening, mind-expanding, funny...
The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution
Author: Sean B. Carroll Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 For more than a century, we were restricted to studying evolution from the outside, observing its progress only...
Talking to Robots: A Brief Guide to Our Human-Robot Futures
Author: David Ewing Duncan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 What robot and AI systems are being built and imagined right now? What do they say about us,...