A brilliant young neuroscientist explains how to preserve our minds indefinitely, enabling future generations to choose to revive usJust as surgeons once believed pain was good for their patients, some argue today that death brings meaning to life.
From the award-winning scientist who identified the bones of Richard III in a Leicester car park and led the project to sequence Hitler s genome, this is a book of extraordinary stories mysteries that were solved using the power of DNA.
The Trouble with Physics is a groundbreaking account of the state of modern physics: of how we got from Einstein and Relativity through quantum mechanics to the strange and bizarre predictions of string theory, full of unseen dimensions and multiple universes.
The heart-wrenchingly honest new book about life and death from forensic pathologist and bestselling author of UNNATURAL CAUSES, Dr Richard ShepherdA TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'Deeply insightful.
From the brilliant psychoanalyst behind Strictly Bipolar and What is Madness, a short and fascinating guide to the history of human sleep - and why we can't seem to sleep any moreOne in four adults sleeps badly.
'A funny and beautifully written welcome to the enigmatic, weird and wonderful world of wasps' DAVE GOULSON, author of SILENT EARTHThere may be no insect with a worse reputation than the wasp, and none guarding so many undiscovered wonders.
'BRILLIANTLY CLEAR AND CAPTIVATING PROSE' STEPHEN FRYA WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR 2023An award-winning mathematician explores the maths behind the games we love and why we love to play them.
Prepare to view the world through a new lens SPEED a groundbreaking exploration that challenges your perceptions of life s driving force, from the internationally bestselling author'There is no author whose books I look forward to more' Bill Gates There is perhaps no other academic who paints pictures with numbers like Smil GuardianIn a world that feels like it s moving faster than ever, Smil examines how our relentless pursuit of speed in areas such as production, travel and communication shapes not only our technological landscape but also our social and environmental realities.
Over 150 of the world's leading scientists and thinkers offer their choice of the ideas, strategies and arguments that will help all of us understand our world, and its future, better.
Mossy greens, conker browns, cream, chocolate and deepest black; add stripes, swirls and splotches and you have some of the most striking wildlife Britain has to offer.
The scientifically-proven practical plan to help reverse Alzheimer s and prevent cognitive decline from the international bestselling author of The End of Alzheimer's.
***INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***From the New York Times bestselling author of The End of Alzheimer s comes a revolutionary new approach to preserve brain health, for life.
For fans of Charles Duhigg and Nate Silver, a brilliant and buoyant investigation into the existence (or not) of streaks, from a rising star at the Wall Street Journal.
With a foreword by Richard Dawkins, and based on the BAFTA award-winning Channel 4 TV series, Inside Nature's Giants gets under the skin of the largest animals on the planet.
WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2011WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2011'Profound, eloquent and searching' SUNDAY TIMES'Essential reading' INDEPENDENT'Masterly' GUARDIAN'Extraordinary' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWAN OBSERVER BEST BOOK OF THE CENTURY SO FARRiveting, audacious and now more urgent than ever in this vast update, The Emperor of All Maladies is a masterpiece.
TEXT ONLY EBThe Sunday Times BestsellerA glorious insight into Britain over the last 150 years - its history, landscape and people - from the window of Britain's many and magnificent railway journeys.
A lucid and stimulating explanation of how the body's natural healing mechanisms work - and how they can be triggered in non-chemical ways via the 'placebo effect'.
