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'I wish it was science fiction, but I know it's not.' Jaan Tallinn, co-founder of Skype
'If you read just one book that makes ...
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 ...
A root-and-branch rethinking of how history has shaped the science of genetics.
In 1900, almost no one had heard of Gregor Mendel. Ten years later ...
"Fascinating, terrifying..." - JJ Abrahams
'I have developed my own voice and I have written my own autobiography'- thus speaks code-davinci-002, the darkly creative and troubling ...
For post-High School
THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ALL THE GRANDCHILDREN
The third of three books
Book 1 - Primary School
Book 2 - Secondary School
Fun and ...
'A funny and beautifully written welcome to the enigmatic, weird and wonderful world of wasps' DAVE GOULSON, author of SILENT EARTH
There may be no ...
A visual compendium of botanical sketches, many specially photographed, providing a revealing insight into the immediate responses of artists encountering the glories of the plant ...
A tour of Mars in the human imagination, from ancient astrologers to modern explorers.
Mars and its secrets have fascinated and mystified humans since ancient ...
A remarkable investigation into the hominoids of Flores Island, their place on the evolutionary spectrum-and whether or not they still survive.
While doing fieldwork on ...
'Outstanding' Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry
The remarkable untold story of how a group of sixteen determined women used the power of ...
A beautifully illustrated guide to 75 of the most unique and fascinating mushrooms in the world, including interesting insight into their history, uses, and etymologies ...
An entertaining and enlightening history of irrational numbers, from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century.
The ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasn't until ...
How herbaria illuminate the past and future of plant science
Collections of preserved plant specimens, known as herbaria, have existed for nearly five centuries. These ...
In the next two decades, we'll see profound technological, social and cultural developments that will drive the same level of change as we have ...
Every animal on Earth begins life as a single cell. From this humble origin, the nascent creature embarks on a risky journey fraught with opportunities ...
