Mathematics & Science

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...

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 Fascinating, occasionally chilling and very readable -- Rhys Blakely ― The Times Detailed and deeply researched ... striking ... complex -...

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...

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...

A journey through 55 alternative realities, parallel worlds and possible futures.It's lucky you're here. But for a series of incredible coincidence...

The atom. The Big Bang. DNA. Natural selection. All ideas that have revolutionised science - and that were dismissed out of hand when they first ap...

Do something amazing and learn a new skill thanks to the Little Ways to Live a Big Life books! The beginning of the 20th century heralded a scien...

Exam Board: Edexcel Level & Subject: AS Maths First teaching: September 2008 First exams: June 2009 Endorsed by Edexcel ...

WOMAN explores the essence of what it means to be female. In mapping the inner woman - from organs to orgasms - Natalie Angier presents an extraord...

A Sunday Times bestseller How long is 'now'? The short answer is 'somewhere between 2 and 3 seconds'. The long answer involves an incredible journ...

Since the dawn of humanity, men have attempted to divine the nature of the heavens. The first astronomers mapped the movement of the seasons and us...

Stephen Hawking is the world-famous physicist with a cameo in "The Simpsons on his CV", but outside his academic field his work is little understoo...

SELECTED AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2018 BY THE DAILY MAIL In 2016, with the addition of four final elements - nihonium, moscovium, tennessine a...

What do scientists actually do? Is science "value-free"? How has science evolved through history? Where is science leading us? "Introducing Philoso...

'A meticulous guide not only to the vagina but to changing perceptions of womanhood' OBSERVER 'An empowering and enlightening book' IRISH TIMES Th...

'A dazzling chronicle, a bracing challenge to modernity's smug assumptions' - Bryce Christensen, Booklist 'O what a world of profit and delight Of...

This book offers a largely chronological illustrated guide to how the chemical elements were discovered over the past three millennia. It provides ...

The full story of how our relationship with light shapes our health, productivity and mood. 'A sparkling and illuminating study, one of those rare...

Product Description Infinity is a profoundly counter-intuitive and brain-twisting subject that has inspired some great thinkers - and provoked and...

A readily understandable exploration of how figures are badly reported or deliberately misrepresented everywhere from political arguments and brief...

In Why It’s Not All Rocket Science , Robert Cave examines 100 extraordinary projects, theories and experiments that have been conducted in the ...

Product Description Introduced by Jim Al-Khalili Could you surf down an erupting volcano? Why do zebras have stripes? Are you breathing the sam...

Science tells us grand things about the universe: how fast light travels, and why stones fall to earth. But scientific endeavour goes far beyond th...

Immerse yourself in the breathtaking world of 'Frozen Light,' where the intricate beauty of sculpted crystals and gemstones comes to life through o...

From the bestselling author of Gratitude and On the Move, a final volume of essays that showcase Oliver Sacks's broad range of interests - from his...

In 1859, Charles Darwin shocked the world with a radical theory - evolution by natural selection. One hundred and fifty years later, his theory sti...

"Introducing Genetics" takes readers on a journey through this new science to the discovery of DNA and the heart of the human gene map. In everyday...

The story of how our ancestors made the first tentative steps towards becoming human, how we lost our fur but gained language, fire and tools, and ...

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