Science & Mathematics

Everybody Hertz
Richard Mainwaring
A voyage of discovery through the vibrations that move us, whether we can hear them or not

The Elephant in the Classroom
Jo Boaler
A REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION OF THE ORIGINAL BESTSELLERWhy do millions struggle with mathematics, and what can be done to change that for the next ge…

Move!
Caroline F Williams
Exercise changes the brain. But which exercises have what effect? Time to get up to speed with the cutting-edge science of the mind-body connection an…

Genesis
Guido Tonelli
A visionary scientific account of the seven 'days' of creation, from a lead player in the hunt for the Higgs boson

How to Build a Human
Emma Byrne
Here is what science knows about childhood, so you can use the scientific method – be calm, be curious, be creative – to understand your human child i…

Tickets for the Ark
Rebecca Nesbit
A popular science title about conservation. What should we conserve and why in this age of extinctions? Who should get tickets for the ark?

Notes from Deep Time
Helen Gordon
The Earth writes its own story in the landscape. A novelist sets out on a journey to piece it together

The Hidden Spring
Mark Solms
A revolutionary new explanation for sentience from the neuroscientist who discovered how the brain dreams

Words Fail Us
Jonty Claypole
A lifelong stutterer dismantles the cult of fluency and champions the creative powers of inarticulacy

Dark and Magical Places
Christopher Kemp
Lose yourself in this extraordinary account of how we navigate the world

Recovery
Gavin Francis
A short, uplifting account of hope and healing by the author of Adventures in Human Being

How to Spend a Trillion Dollars
Rowan Hooper
A compelling thought experiment that will lead to hours of fruitful debate

The Colour Code
Paul Simpson
A kaleidoscopic compendium of stories that will change the way you see colour – every bit as much as that infamous blue/gold dress on Twitter

Intensive Care
Gavin Francis
On the pandemic's forgotten front lines, a doctor cares for his community – from care homes to homeless shelters, islands to the inner city

Escape from Earth
Fraser MacDonald
Lies, spies, sex-magic and socialism: the secret history of the first American rocket in space

Reef Life
Callum Roberts
A life working on coral reefs by Britain's foremost marine scientist and pioneering conservationist

Resistance
Val McDermid
A gritty, dark tale of infectious disease gone wrong – the timely graphic novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Val McDermid

The Idea of the Brain
Matthew Cobb
A monumental, sweeping journey from the ancient roots of neurology to the most astonishing recent research

Something Doesn’t Add Up
Paul Goodwin
A tour of the stupidest, most self-defeating, self-blinding ways in which supposedly clever people use maths in everyday life