Mathematics & science

What's the nature of reality? Does the universe ever end? What is time and does it even exist? These are the biggest imagination-stretching, brain-...

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'Her stories have the power to transform your life' Lori Gottlieb, bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone 'Radically changes the w...

'Another terrific book by Rob Eastaway' SIMON SINGH 'A delightfully accessible guide to how to play with number...

This is a powerful and a thrilling narrative history revealing the roots of modern science in the medieval world. The adjective 'medieval' has beco...

Poo! Most of us don't really like to talk about it. In fact, many of us would probably rather it didn't exist at all, or at least if it must exi...

What is it like to try to heal the body when the mind is under attack? In this gripping and illuminating book, Dr Allan Ropper reveals the extraord...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably...

Whilst living amongst Peruvian Indians, anthropologist Jeremy Narby learned of their phenomenal knowledge of plants and biochemical interactions, g...

Review The tone is that of an extended Ted talk . . . at the heart of Nichols's book are real revelations -- Philip Hoare ― Guardian A fascinatin...

Meet the bacteria, viruses, and other germs and microbes that are all around, but too small for us to see, in this children's science book by bests...

*FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A BRIEF HISTORY OF EVERYONE WHO EVER LIVED and HOW TO ARGUE WITH A RACIST* WHAT MAKES US HUMAN? Waging war? Se...

Quantum theory confronts us with bizarre paradoxes which contradict the logic of classical physics. At the subatomic level, one particle seems to k...

An inspirational and beautifully illustrated book that tells the stories of 80 plants from around the globe. In his follow-up to the bestselling A...

Review A gripping exploration of one of the most fundamental, but also perplexing aspects of existence. ― Professor Lewis Dartnell, author of ...

Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant started the podcast Stuff You Should Know back in 2008 because they were curious-curious about the world around them, c...

Calculus: A Complete Introduction is the most comprehensive yet easy-to-use introduction to using calculus. Written by a leading expert, this book ...

'A brilliant, authoritative, surprising, captivating introduction to human genetics. You'll be spellbound' Brian Cox This is a story about you. ...

Let the real world show you how maths works. Maths is often cited as the `most difficult' or `complex' subject to study, many people admitting to ...

Review An intellectual tour de force, and a brilliant demonstration of how a historical approach is often the best way of explaining difficult...

Trigonometry: A Complete Introduction is the most comprehensive yet easy-to-use introduction to Trigonometry. Written by a leading expert, this boo...

'Boldly reactionary... What looks like feast, Carr argues, may be closer to famine' Sunday Times 'Chilling' The Economist In this ground-breaking...

'This is about gob-smacking science at the far end of reason ...Take it nice and easy and savour the experience of your mind being blown without re...

In Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science, Jim al-Khalili celebrates the forgotten pioneers who helped shape our understanding of the world....

Review A fun, speedy read for grown-ups who love dinosaurs - a great way to get into the subject ― Professor Michael Benton, author of The Din...

When should you adopt an aggressive business strategy? How do we make decisions when we don't have all the information? What makes international en...

Review Intriguing ... a challenging but rewarding trip through a quantum world of uncertainties. ― Publisher's WeeklyPraise for Ian Stewart: S...

Have you ever wondered why ice floats, how the GPS on your mobile phone works (and what it has to do with Einstein), or why woollen jumpers shrink ...

'In the same light-heartedly informative spirit as his previous Elemental, Tim James gives us an entertaining gallop through light years of space s...

If a 'robot' could do your job quicker than you and better than you for no pay, would you still be employed? Today it's travel agents, data-analyst...

If memories of learning algebra bring you out in a cold sweat and thoughts of quadratic equations cause you feelings of fear and dread, I Used to K...

A Sunday Times Book of the Year A New Scientist Gift Pick "Bright, nerdy and funny! Of course I loved it." Dara O Briain Can we resurrect dinosau...

Exam Board: AQA Level: A-level Subject: Physics First teaching: September 2015 First exam: June 2017 Suitable for the 2020 exams Need m...

** NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ** The Gene is the story of one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in our history from the author of...

Half a century of research has resulted in machines capable of beating the best human chess players and humanoid robots that can interact. But can ...

Magic takes many forms. The ancient Egyptians explained the night by suggesting that the goddess Nut swallowed the sun. The Vikings believed a rain...

How Numbers Work is a tour of the mind-blowing but beautiful realm of numbers and the mathematical rules that connect them.

What is 4% of 75? Can you calculate 60 + 60 x 0 + 1? Which is bigger, an 18-inch pizza or two 12-inch pizzas? Join award-winning maths presenter...

'A joy to read ... mind-expanding' Book of the Week, Guardian 'A bold and brave paean to our planet's ligneous, leafy kingdom' Telegraph 'An impr...

Review An amazing inquiry into the origins of life. I loved it. -- Bill Gates He is an original researcher and thinker and a passionate and styli...

Review Ince makes profound - and funny - reflections on our tiny lives in a massive universe. ― ObserverA delightful and scintillating hymn to...

Product Description 'Extremely authoritative. The best book I have read on space travel since Arthur C. Clarke's classic, The Promise of Space.' ...

We not only share nearly 99% of our genes with chimps, we also have some 35% in common with daffodils. Throughout much of the animal and even plant...

Exam Board: AQA Level: A-level Subject: Chemistry First teaching: September 2015 First exam: June 2017 Suitable for the 2020 exams Need...

This book introduces the reader to the niceties of samples (random or stratified random), averages (mean, median or modal), errors (probable, stand...

Have you ever wondered if a severed head retains consciousness long enough to see what happened to it? Or whether your dog would run to fetch help,...

At the beginning of this century enormous progress had been made in genetics. The Human Genome Project finished sequencing human DNA. It seemed it ...

What really happens at the most fundamental levels of nature? Introducing Particle Physics explores the very frontiers of our knowledge, even showi...