After the huge national and international success of 'Longitude' and 'Gallileo's Daughter', Dava Sobel tells the human story of the nine planets of our solar system.
Ben Goldacre's wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists and evil pharmaceutical corporations.
El libro perfecto para descubrir, de forma entretenida y rigurosa, uno de los conceptos esenciales (pero menos conocidos) de la física contemporánea: la entropía.
Probably the UK s greatest living statistician TelegraphFrom the UK s statistical national treasure , a clever and data-driven guide to how we can live with risk and uncertaintyWe live in a world where uncertainty is inevitable.
The fantastic first book in the Sunday Times bestselling Science of Discworld seriesWhen a wizardly experiment goes adrift, the wizards of Unseen University find themselves with a pocket universe on their hands: Roundworld, where neither magic nor common sense seems to stand a chance against logic.
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST, OBSERVER, NEW SCIENTIST, BBC FOCUS, INDEPENDENT AND WASHINGTON POST 'A rollicking tour of the wildest physics.
Change the way you see the world - and our place in it'Absolutely enthralling' BILL BRYSON'Stunning' GUARDIAN'Beautifully written and meticulously researched .
**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **WITH A FOREWORD BY DR STACY SIMS'An essential guide for anyone seeking a calmer, more integrated approach to wellbeing' William W.
The quirky offspring of 'QI' and 'Freakonomics', 'Geekspeak' melds ingenious statistical analysis with edifying trivia to explain away some curious facts of life.
A Financial Times best book of 2025'This is the guide you've been waiting for'Steve Chen, co-founder, YouTube Masterfully reveals how to combine the rigour of data with the nuance of personal experience - and make better decisions in every aspect of life Annie Duke, author of Thinking in BetsYou Already Know reveals how to harness your intuition - your brain s natural blend of experience and data - to make smarter decisions and achieve more.
A New York Times and Sunday Times BestsellerWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award 2025Longlisted for the 2025 Financial Times & Schroders Business Book of the YearShortlisted for Foyles Non Fiction Book of the Year 2025An eye-opening account of the tech arms race shaping out planet, from an award-winning journalist and AI insider to the world of Sam Altman and OpenAIWhen longtime AI expert and journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were the good guys.
This new ebook from the author of 'The Music of the Primes' combines a personal insight into the mind of a working mathematician with the story of one of the biggest adventures in mathematics: the search for symmetry.
A masterpiece and a timeless document for those who want to see what science is all about: faith, focus, patience and hard work, Wim HofUnlock the secrets to your health and happiness with the power of the vagus nerveThe 200,000 fibres of the vagus nerve vibrate in tune with your health like the instruments of an orchestra.
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 award-winning content creator and 4 x cancer survivor Shell RoweWhat readers are saying:'I just flew through it and found it so comforting and simultaneously funny and uplifting.
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.
'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 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.
