Science & Mathematics
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.