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.
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.