'Highly readable, subtle and thought-provoking scientific history' ScotsmanIn this penetrating work, Pyenson and Pyenson identify that major advances in science stem from changes in three distinct areas of society: the social institutions that promote science, the sensibilities of scientists themselves and the goal of the scientific enterprise.
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'.
From the author of The Music of the Primes and Finding Moonshine comes a short, lively book on five mathematical problems that just refuse be solved - and on how many everyday problems can be solved by maths.
From the author of You Are Awesome: Find Your Confidence and Dare to be Brilliant at (Almost) AnythingEssential reading for an astounding summer of sport; If you've ever wondered what makes a champion, Bounce has the answer.
Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, Richard Holmes's dazzling portrait of the age of great scientific discovery is a groundbreaking achievement.
As seen on “60 Minutes”: a “brilliant and sobering” (Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal) look at the history and human costs of pandemic outbreaksThe World Economic Forum #1 book to read for context on the coronavirus outbreak"Well-written, highly entertaining and relevant.
The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius.
Based on exciting discoveries in mathematics, genetics, psychology and sociology, 'Connected' is an innovative and fascinating exploration of how social networks operate.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2025A GUARDIAN & TELEGRAPH BEST SCIENCE BOOK 2025WATERSTONES BEST POPULAR SCIENCE BOOK 2025'A vital and important book' David Olusoga From an award-winning historian of race, science and empire, a path-breaking and poignant history of extinction as a scientific idea, an imperial legacy and a political choiceAnyone alive today is among a tiny fraction of the once living: over 90% of species that ever existed are now extinct.
The ideas behind Ethereum in the words of its founder, describing a radical vision for more than a digital currency-reinventing organisations, economics, and democracy itself in the age of the internet.
One of the government's former behavioural scientists reveals how you can do what you want, whilst everybody tries to influence you into doing what they want.
60 Vibrant and Versatile Vodka CocktailsVodka is the perfect spirit that can turn almost any combination of mixer, juice and garnish into a bold and boozy beverage.
Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson, bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time-war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, race, and tribalism-in a way that stimulates a deeper sense of unity for us all.
'Full of wonder and forensic intelligence' Isabella Tree, author of WildingA moving account of Madagascar told by a researcher who has spent over fifty years investigating the mysteries of this remarkable island.
In Cosmic Evolution Theory, Yousef Arrasheed presents a bold and unified vision of existence—one that moves beyond traditional cosmology and into a deeper philosophical and structural understanding of reality.
To prove the exact severity of modern climate change, scientists must know exactly what the Earth's atmosphere was made of hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten stand lange vor einem Dilemma: Entweder man forschte gründlich und verlor Jahre in Bibliotheken - oder man arbeitete schnell und riskierte die Qualität.
Desde que, transportada por el tornado de la inter-, multi- y transdisciplinariedad, la psicología política del desarrollo aterrizó en el quizás-no-tan maravilloso País de Oz, los cuentos de hadas ya no son lo que eran.
¿Qué está pasando en las sociedades actuales para que ser ancianos, como los de antaño, sea algo incorrecto, para que los jóvenes ya no tengan tiempo de ser jóvenes y para que la fragilidad y los defectos sean identificados como disfunciones?
