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Behave - The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Robert M. Sapolsky holds degrees from Harvard and Rockefeller Universities and is currently a Professor of Biology and Neurology at Stanf...

The Man from the Future - The Visionary Life of John von Neumann

A FINANCIAL TIMES AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR An exhilarating new biography of John von Neumann: the lost genius who invented our world 'A s...

Numbers Don't Lie - 71 Things You Need to Know About the World

'My favourite author has done it again. Numbers Don't Lie is by far his most accessible book to date, and I highly recommend it to anyone...

The Moral Landscape

An explosive book now in paperback, that calls an end to religion's monopoly on morality. 'Sam Harris breathes intellectual fire into an ...

The Quantum Universe - Everything That Can Happen Does Happen

Brian Cox (Author) Brian Cox is a Professor of Particle Physics and Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Manches...

Moonwalking with Einstein - The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

Joshua Foer studied evolutionary biology at Yale University and is now a freelance science journalist, writing for National Geographic an...

Bad Science

Collection of articles from the hugely popular "Guardian" column of the same name, by turns hilarious, satirical, informative and, where ...

Peak - How all of us can achieve extraordinary things

Deliberate practice: your path to extraordinary performance In Peak, psychologist Anders Ericsson, whose research inspired the famous "10...

Blue Mind - How Water Makes You Happier, More Connected and Better at What You Do

Why are we drawn to the ocean each summer? Why does being near water set our minds and bodies at ease? In Blue Mind, Wallace J. Nichols r...

Life on the Edge - The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology

Professor Jim Al-Khalili, OBE is an academic, author and broadcaster. He is a leading theoretical physicist based at the University of Su...

The Bonobo and the Atheist - In Search of Humanism Among the Primates

For many years, de Waal has observed chimpanzees soothe distressed neighbors and bonobos share their food. Now he delivers fascinating fr...

Principia: The Authoritative Translation - Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

In his monumental 1687 work Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, known familiarly as the Principia, Isaac Newton laid out in mat...

The Creativity Code - How AI is Learning to Write, Paint and Think

Mathematician and author of "The Order Of Time" Marcus du Sautoy explores how recent developments in AI and machine learning could mean t...

Quantum Supremacy - How Quantum Computers will Unlock the Mysteries of Science - and Address Humanity's Biggest Challenges

An exhilarating guide to the astonishing future of quantum computing, from the international bestselling physicist The runaway success of...

This Is Your Mind On Plants - Opium-Caffeine-Mescaline

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR NEW NETFLIX SERIES, HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND 'It's a trip - engrossing, eye-opening, mind altering' New Stat...

Deep Learning

An accessible introduction to the artificial intelligence technology that enables computer vision, speech recognition, machine translatio...

To Save Everything, Click Here - Technology, Solutionism, and the Urge to Fix Problems that Don't Exist

Our gadgets are getting smarter. Technology can log what we buy, customize what we consume and enable us to save and share every aspect o...

The Demon in the Machine - How Hidden Webs of Information Are Finally Solving the Mystery of Life

As advances in biology and artificial intelligence complicate the question of what constitutes sentient life, "The Demon In The Machine" ...

Stuff Matters - The Strange Stories of the Marvellous Materials that Shape Our Man-made World

A Financial Times Master of Science and chosen by The Times as one of the 100 most influential scientists in the UK, Mark Miodownik is Pr...

Material World - A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK *An Economist, Financial Times, Times and New Statesman Book of the Year* Shortl...

Living Planet - The Web of Life on Earth

The Sunday Times Bestseller A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough's seminal biography of our world, The Living Pla...

Lingo

Welcome to Europe as you've never known it before, seen through the peculiarities of its languages and dialects. Combining linguistics an...

Calling Bullshit - The Art of Scepticism in a Data-Driven World

'A necessary book for our times. But also just great fun' Saul Perlmutter, Nobel Laureate The world is awash in bullshit, and we're drown...

Einstein - His Life and Universe

The definitive, internationally bestselling biography of Albert Einstein from the author of The Innovators, Steve Jobs and Benjamin Frank...

Science - Vintage Minis

Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, La...

The Secret of Life - Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix

Biologist James Watson and physicist Francis Crick's 1953 revelation about the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtual...

To Be a Machine - Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death.

An exploration of transhumanism, the philosophical and technological movement that is working on an update of the human machine. From tec...

Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut

'I read a lot of writings by astronauts in my research for Orbital, but this was my go-to. It's written with clarity, generosity, humour,...

Origins - How the Earth Shaped Human History

The author of "The Knowledge" indicates the links between the rhythms and changes of the natural world and human history and culture, exp...

Einstein's Unfinished Revolution - The Search for What Lies Beyond the Quantum

A new theory of reality going beyond quantum mechanics and following the models of nature. Accessible to specialist and general readership.

The Knowledge Machine - How an Unreasonable Idea Created Modern Science

Rich with tales of discovery from Galileo to general relativity, a stimulating and timely analysis of how science works and why we need i...

Life in the Balance - A Doctor's Stories of Intensive Care

'A remarkably honest memoir of a life spent pulling people back from death' - Adam KayIn these stories, Dr Jim Down brings us to the very...

My Brief History

'His clarity, wit and determination are evident, his understand and good humour moving' New Scientist My Brief History recounts Stephen H...

To Explain the World - The Discovery of Modern Science

Steven Weinberg has won the Nobel Prize in Physics, the National Medal of Science, the Lewis Thomas Prize for the Scientist as Poet and n...

Size - How It Explains the World

'There is no author whose books I look forward to more' Bill Gates The New York Times bestselling author returns with a mind-opening expl...

War Doctor - Surgery on the Front Line

For more than twenty-five years, David Nott has taken unpaid leave from his job as a general and vascular surgeon with the NHS to volunte...

Blue Machine - How the Ocean Shapes Our World

WINNER OF THE 2024 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION FINANCIAL TIMES 2023 HIGHLIGHT 'Helen Czerski weaves together physics and biology, h...

A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth - 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Chapters

Winner of the Royal Society Science Book. 'Exhilaratingly whizzes through billions of years . . . Gee is a marvellously engaging writer' ...

Time Travel - A History

Best Books of 2016 BOSTON GLOBE * THE ATLANTIC From the acclaimed bestselling author of The Information and Chaos comes this enthralling ...

Science Fictions - Exposing Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype in Science

'Required reading for everyone' Adam Rutherford Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2021 Medicine, education, psychology...

Physics: A Very Short Introduction - A Very Short Introduction

Physics encompasses all levels of nature from the subatomic to the cosmic, and underlies much of the technology around us. From modern qu...

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe - How To Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake

An entertaining and many-faceted guide to staying skeptical in the age of misinformation. Combines the accessible nature of "The Art Of T...

Horizons - A Global History of Science

'Superb' Sunday Times 'Revolutionary' Alice Roberts 'Hugely important' Jim Al-Khalili _______________ A radical retelling of the history ...

Napoleon's Buttons - How 17 Molecules Changed History

Napoleon's Buttons is the fascinating account of seventeen groups of molecules that have greatly influenced the course of history. These ...

Soonish - Ten Emerging Technologies That Will Improve and/or Ruin Everything

Dr. Kelly Weinersmith (Author) Dr. Kelly Weinersmith is Adjunct Faculty in the BioSciences Department at Rice University. Kelly's researc...

Anaerobic Reactors: Biological Wastewater Treatment Volume 4 - Biological Wastewater Treatment Volume 4

Anaerobic Reactors is the fourth volume in the Biological Wastewater Treatment series. The fundamentals of anaerobic treatment are presen...

The Better Half - On the Genetic Superiority of Women

An award-winning physician and scientist makes the game-changing case that genetic females are stronger than males at every stage of life...

An investigation of arsenic, lead, and mercury in sediment in the international Rio Grande/Rio Bravo watershed - Using a geographic information system

Master's Thesis from the year 1998 in the subject Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas School of Public Health, language: Engl...

Playing with Reality - How Games Shape Our World

'A dopamine hit on every page' Marcus du Sautoy A sweeping intellectual history of games and their importance to human progress. We play ...

The Darkness Manifesto - Why the world needs the night

** An FT Book of the Year and Winner of the Penn Libraries Book Prize for Sustainability** The Darkness Manifesto urges us to cherish dar...

It's a Gas - The Magnificent and Elusive Elements that Expand Our World

'A delight' Dara O Briain'A witty, smart writer who has a great talent' Bill GatesWhy are most gases invisible, odourless and tasteless? ...

Into the Dark - What darkness is and why it matters

Can you remember the first time you encountered true darkness? The kind that remains as black and inky whether your eyes are open or clos...

Yawns Freeze Your Brain - Fun and Interesting Facts From Science, History, Life and The Universe

Ideal gift and stocking filler for boys and men from bestselling author.

Not Just for the Boys - Why We Need More Women in Science

Why are girls discouraged from doing science? Why do so many promising women leave science in early and mid-career? Why do women not pros...

Psychedelic Apes - From parallel universes to atomic dinosaurs - the weirdest theories of science and history

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Elephant's on Acid comes a collection of the wackiest theories from science and history. What...

CBD Oil For Pain Relief

People who have used CBD Oil traditionally used it for a large number of years to take care of numerous kinds of pains, however the medic...

Robot Alchemy: Androids, Cyborgs, and the Magic of Artificial Life

Testosterone - The Story of the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us

*** RECOMMENDED AS ONE OF THE TIMES' BEST SCIENCE BOOKS OF 2021 'With all the talk about testosterone in sex, sports and politics, we nee...

The Matter of Everything - A History of Discovery

BLACKWELLS' BOTM | A 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: NEW SCIENTIST * WATERSTONES * SUNDAY TIMES 'A splendid idea, vividly carried out: I enjoy...

One in a Billion - The Story of Nic Volker and the Dawn of Genomic Medicine

“A riveting scientific detective story” (The Washington Post) by two Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists who chronicle a young Wisconsin b...