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...

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...

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...

*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...

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

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

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

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

'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...

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

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

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 ...

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...

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...

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

Introduction by Professor Stephen Hawking. When Edwin Hubble looked into his telescope in the 1920s, he was shocked to find that nearly all of the...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

Review 'Entertaining and at times mind-boggling guide to the weakest of nature's fundamental forces, which also controls the fate of the universe'...

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...

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: Chemistry First teaching: September 2015 First exam: June 2017 Suitable for the 2020 exams Need...

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...

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,...

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

From the Large Hadron Collider rap to the sins of Isaac Newton, The Science Magpie is a compelling collection of scientific curiosities. Expand yo...

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...

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

What is mathematics, and why is it such a mystery to so many people? Mathematics is the greatest creation of human intelligence. It affects us all....

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

Product Description The habitats of Great Britain, Europe and Africa boast some of the most interesting and adaptable members of the avian wo...

There's so much we don't know about what lies deep beneath the ocean's surface - and the time to find out is growing increasingly precious . . . P...

'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...