Science & Mathematics
Sensational
Ashley Ward
A smorgasbord of the senses from a professor of animal behaviour: how they work, why they're there, and what they mean for both human and animal…
The Book of Phobias and Manias
Kate Summerscale
A captivating A-Z compendium of our fears and obsessions by the bestselling author of The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
The Genetic Age
Matthew Cobb
How fifty years of genetic engineering have brought us to the brink of a profound and disturbing future, from Baillie Gifford-shortlisted scientist Ma…
Am I Normal?
Sarah Chaney
The riveting history of the strange science of the 'Normal', and the origins of an anxiety-ridden modern obsession
The Magick of Matter
Felix Flicker
A theoretical physics manual for modern wizards – an irreverent take on serious physics for popular science fans and sci-fi enthusiasts alike.
The Story of the Brain in 10½ Cells
Richard Wingate
Peer into a microscopic world – and fall in love with the beauty of the brain
Brainwashed
Daniel Pick
A brilliant and mind-bending exploration of brainwashing and thought control
Hybrid Humans
Harry Parker
A gripping, eye-opening account of how robotics, computing and AI might be about to alter our understanding of what it means to be human – from the be…
The Social Lives of Animals
Ashley Ward
Everything you ever wanted to know about how animals live together, and what that means for us
Something Out of Place
Eimear McBride
A blistering, galvanising essay from Eimear McBride, award-winning author of A Girl is a Half-formed Thing
The Family Firm
Emily Oster
Navigate the primary school years with best-selling author and one of the TIME's most influential people of 2022, Emily Oster
The Nation of Plants
Stefano Mancuso
This playful manifesto – presented for the plant nation by a leading neurobiologist – is an international bestseller
Brainscapes
Rebecca Schwarzlose
A trailblazing journey into the brain, showing how perception, thought, and action all depend on 'maps' etched into your gray matter – and h…
The Greywacke
Nick Davidson
The story of three 19th-century geologists whose fraternal rivalry ended up rewriting the history of our planet
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 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…