Mathematics & Science

'[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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

Epigenetics is the most exciting field in biology today, developing our understanding of how and why we inherit certain traits, develop diseases an...

Right now, more people are risking their lives for their sports then ever before in history. As Thomas Pynchon once put it in Gravity's Rainbow, 'i...

The story of the most significant biological breakthrough of the century - the discovery of the structure of DNA. 'It is a strange model and embod...

About the Author James M. Russell has a philosophy degree from the University of Cambridge, a post-graduate qualification in critical theory, and ...

"Stylish, witty and insightful" -The Wall Street Journal "Makes us look at ourselves and the human mind in a series of fascinating ways" - New Sci...

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...

* * * 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 ...

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. -- ...

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 ...

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

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...

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

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...

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, ...

A fully updated edition of one of the most original accounts of evolution ever written, featuring new fractal diagrams, six new 'tales' and the lat...

Otherlands is an epic, exhilarating journey into deep time, showing us the Earth as it used to exist and the spectacular worlds that were here befo...

About the Author Colin Stuart is an astronomy author and speaker who has talked to half a million people about the universe. His books have sold m...

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...

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK An original and revelatory journey through the three-billion-year history of slime - a substance upon which we and ...

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

Geoffrey West's research centres on a quest to find unifying principles and patterns connecting everything, from cells and ecosystems to cities, so...

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...

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...