Science & Mathematics
Eugenia Cheng makes complex maths accessible in How to Bake Pi and Is Maths Real?, while Kit Chapman explores the history of early chemistry in the Royal Society Prize-winner The Age of Alchemy. Spanning a range of topics including physics, biology, astronomy and statistics, our Science & Mathematics books are ideal for curious readers who want to understand the world around them.
Brainscapes
Rebecca Schwarzlose
A trailblazing journey through the maps etched into your brain, and how everything depends on them
Resistance
Val McDermid
A gritty, dark tale of infectious disease gone wrong – the timely graphic novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Val McDermid
The Greywacke
Nick Davidson
The story of three 19th-century geologists whose fraternal rivalry ended up rewriting the history of our planet
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…
Genesis
Guido Tonelli
A visionary scientific account of the seven 'days' of creation, from a lead player in the hunt for the Higgs boson
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
How to Spend a Trillion Dollars
Rowan Hooper
A compelling thought experiment that will lead to hours of fruitful debate
Words Fail Us
Jonty Claypole
A lifelong stutterer dismantles the cult of fluency and champions the creative powers of inarticulacy
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
How Bad Are Bananas?
Mike Berners-Lee
BRAND NEW EDITION OF BESTSELLING GREEN GUIDETen years on from first publication, a new edition of this invaluable and entertaining guide that shows ju…
The Idea of the Brain
Matthew Cobb
A monumental, sweeping journey from the ancient roots of neurology to the most astonishing recent research, which Henry Marsh (Admissions) called an…
Something Doesn’t Add Up
Paul Goodwin
An entertaining journey through the ways in which we fool ourselves with numbers
The Rules of Contagion
Adam Kucharski
The bestselling – and hugely timely – guide to the science of contagion, revised and updated to address Covid-19
What We Need to Do Now
Chris Goodall
A manifesto for groups around the world that are seeking urgent action on climate breakdown and other threats
A Scheme of Heaven
Alexander Boxer
'A delightful and utterly fascinating work of intellectual history.' Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking with Einstein
Reef Life
Callum Roberts
Compulsory reading for scuba divers and armchair divers alike, Roberts tells at times hilarious stories of the ups and downs of reef research
Escape from Earth
Fraser MacDonald
Lies, spies, sex-magic and socialism: the secret history of the first American rocket in space