Science & Mathematics
13 Things That Don't Make Sense
Michael Brooks
'Brooks is an exemplary science writer … This is the sort of science book one always hopes for. Learned, but easy to read. Packed with detail,…
Life Ascending
Nick Lane
WINNER OF THE 2010 ROYAL SOCIETY PRIZE FOR SCIENCE BOOKS'If Charles Darwin sprang from his grave, I would give him this fine book to bring him up…
Snoop
Sam Gosling
A fascinating book about what our everyday actions and possessions really say about us.
The Tiger That Isn't
Andrew Dilnot
A painless introduction to the maths of the real world by the team who created and present the hugely popular BBC Radio 4 series More or Less.
Think Like A Maths Genius
Michael Shermer
How to calculate almost anything in your head – and how to do maths for people who don't do maths
Zero
Charles Seife
A NEW YORK TIMES Notable Book on a perennially fascinating subject: the idea of ZERO
Scars of Evolution
Elaine Morgan
Elaine Morgan's book questions the accepted science around human evolution.
The Trachtenberg Speed System of Basic Mathematics
Jakow Trachtenberg
Do high-speed, complicated arithmetic in your head using the Trachtenberg Speed System.