Mathematics & science

From Schrodinger's cat to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, this book untangles the weirdness of the quantum world. Quantum mechanics underpins ...

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

Internationally renowned theoretical physicist and bestselling author Lawrence Krauss offers provocative, revelatory answers to the biggest philoso...

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In 2003, Russian physicists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov found a way to produce graphene - the thinnest substance in the world - by using st...

Riddled with jealousy, rivalry, missed opportunities and moments of genius, the history of the atom's discovery is as bizarre, as capricious, and a...

On 14 September 2015, after 50 years of searching, gravitational waves were detected for the first time and astronomy changed for ever. Until t...

In forty years, the population of the Earth will reach ten billion. Can our world support so many people? What kind of world will it be? In this un...

'[A]n excellent, brisk guide to what is likely to happen as opposed to the fantastically remote.' - Los Angeles Review of Books In 2018 the worl...

* * * Winner of the 2014 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books * * * Stuff Matters by Mark Miodnownik is a unique and inspiring explorati...

Review Enraptured, visionary, witty and erudite ― Daily TelegraphHis language is as rich as the flora he describes ... he makes his case utter...

Dive beneath the waves to meet 80 of the ocean's strangest and most surprising inhabitants. This beautifully illustrated aquatic world tour tells ...

As heard on BBC Radio 4 Start The Week 'Felix Flicker brilliantly reveals the secrets behind the modern-day magic we call physics' Marcus du Sauto...

As one of the most recognizable images in science, the periodic table is ingrained in our culture. First drawn up in 1869 by Dmitri Mendeleev, its ...

‘Entertaining and engrossing’ Sean Carroll Press the snooze button on your alarm once too often and you soon remember the importance of good tim...

Is it possible to build a star on earth? When asked what problem he hoped scientists will have solved by the end of the century, Professor Stephen ...

'Any writer who can evoke the existential sadness of a lonely cockroach, or make krill thrilling, or describe a snorkelling colleague being engulfe...

Review A good book about bad language by a trash-talking woman? Sign me up! Swearing Is Good for You makes science feel downright celebratory. -- ...

Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize Bias affects us all, every day of our lives. It shapes how we see each other, and how we are ...

Summary: This book is a collection of powerful and dramatic images of weather phenomena from around the world. The images are taken from an annual ...

Sunday Times bestseller We have a lifetime's association with our bodies, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory. In Adventures in Hum...

Product Description * FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO ARGUE WITH A RACIST *Throughout history, people have sought to impro...

Human domination of our earth is now so complete that it is easy to forget how recently our role in the history of our planet began: the earliest a...

An insightful new book putting Einstein's work in a contemporary context Few figures loom as large as Albert Einstein in our contemporary culture....

Product Description 'A fascinating and challenging story' New York Review of Books 'This is an incredibly absorbing and insightful book about the...

Exam Board: AQA Level & Subject: A-level Chemistry First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 Checked by AQA examiners, ...

Thought about sex today? Of course you have! It's about the most natural thing any animal can do. But have you ever wondered how human sex compar...

A lively and highly readable account of the origins, invention and discovery of just about everything on the planet, the truly global coverage of T...

Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, Frankenstein, introduced readers around the world to the concept of raising the dead through scientific procedures. T...

This beautifully illustrated pop science book which answers the enduring questions raised by science fiction, such as " Do hoverboards really exist...

Water is the most every day of substances. It pours from our taps and falls from the sky. We drink it, wash with it, and couldn't live without it. ...

We are marching towards a future in which three-quarters of humans live in cities, more than half of the landmass of the planet is urbanized, and t...

The history of the computer is entwined with that of the modern world and with the life of one man, the brilliant but troubled Alan Turing. How d...

WINNER OF THE 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE What the judges said: 'Every man and woman should read this book on gender...

Discover�nature’s most colourful creatures in a major new book on colour in the animal�kingdom. For many animals use of colour is essential to sur...

'One of my favourite science writers' Bill Gates 'Hugely important' Jim Al-Khalili For decades, biology has been dominated by information - the p...

Who are we? Where is the boundary between us and everything else? Are we all multiple personalities? And how can we control who we become? From di...

Product Description One of the world's most outstanding astrophysicists provides a state-of-the-art investigation into the possibility of time...

Winner of the 2010 Royal Society Prize for science books Powerful new research methods are providing fresh and vivid insights into the makeup of...

Review Praise for Ian Stewart: 'Humbling and inspiring. Stewart shows with his typical clarity how the power of pure thought has shaped our world ...

A brilliant theoretical physicist argues that the solution to the ultimate question in science: how to unify Einstein's theory of general relativit...

An intimate, profound portrait of the Earth's closest neighbour. 'An out-of-this-world read ... brilliant and compelling. Morton is a high-octane B...

Product Description If you thought you knew who you were, THINK AGAIN.Did you know that half your DNA isn't human? That somebody, somewhere ha...

In the last thirty years, gamma-ray bursts have grown from an oddity to a central position in astrophysics. Not only are they the largest explosion...

'Fascinating . . . timely' Daily Mail 'Refreshingly clear and engaging' Tim Harford 'Delightful . . . full of unique insights' Prof Sir David Spi...