Mathematics & science

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...

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...

This is a vehement attack on the latest pseudo-scientific claims about the differences between the sexes - with the scientific evidence to back it ...

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

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

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...

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

About the Author Tom Jackson is a science writer who has, over the past 20 years, written more than 100 books and contributed to many more. His sp...

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

It is now more than a century since Einstein's theories of Special and General Relativity began to revolutionise our view of the universe. Beginnin...

Product Description Plants are our past. Plants are our future. We are diminished if we can't celebrate plants, properly understand their powers a...

EXERCISE YOUR BRAIN with 40 simple tips and exercises you can do at home and on the go BEAT BURNOUT and learn to cope with the stresses and strain...

Review Praise for The Nation of Plants: This artfully crafted exposition delightfully delves into the lives of plants by presenting the eight pill...

Review This book is packed with big ideas about life. Every chapter has something in it which made me think wow. Having worked in a major canc...

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....

Are you smarter than a Singaporean ten-year-old? Can you beat Sherlock Holmes? If you think the answer is yes - I challenge you to solve my problem...

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

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

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

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

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

Review 'A beautifully illustrated and entertaining read ... A feast for the eyes' ― Gardens Illustrated 'The author has risen magnificently to th...

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

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...

Mathematics is a product of human culture which has developed along with our attempts to comprehend the world around us. In A Brief History of Math...

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...

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...

What is time? The 5th-century philosopher St Augustine famously said that he knew what time was, so long as no one asked him. Is time a fourth dime...

Science Museum - The Book of Discoveries reveals the stories and scientists behind key scientific discoveries from around the world.

'[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...

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...

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

About the Author Tom Jackson has written more than 100 books and contributed to many more, covering everything from axolotls to zoroastrianism. Hi...

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...

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...

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

Exam Board: AQA Level: A-Level Level 3 Subject: Maths First teaching: September 2014 First exams: June 2016 Suitable for the 2020 autumn and 2021 s...

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 ...

A revelatory and vibrant story of measurement which will make you look at the world around you anew. 'A wildly ambitious book by a formidably tale...

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...

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 ...

In this entertaining and accessible exploration of love, Oxford anthropologist Dr Anna Machin dives into the science behind the myriad types of lov...

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