Science

A thrilling, fact-packed journey of discovery through the body's immune system

The human body is like an exceedingly well-fortified castle, defended by billions of soldiers - some live for less than a day, others remember battles for decades, but all are essential in protecting us from disease. This ...

The place of electronics in the education of scientists and engineers is well established; the importance of electronics in communication, control, instrumentation, and data processing makes it imperative for everyone concerned with physical science to be knowledgeable about this pervasive subject. The ...

This volume contains nine invited review papers presented at the Tenth European Solid State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC) and the Fourth Symposium on Solid State Device Technology held concurrently at the University of York from 15 to 18 September 1980.
The development of semiconductor devices ...

Alzheimer's is the great global epidemic of our time, affecting millions worldwide. One in three of us will develop it. There are currently 850,000 people with the diagnosis in the UK alone. And as our populations age, scientists are working against the clock to find a cure. Neuroscientist Joseph Jebelli ...

Discover why the odds are better than you'd think in this mathematical tribute to the great coincidences of life

The weird and wonderful quest for unfathomably large numbers

Reveals the roots of our biodiversity crisis, why we failed to meet targets set over a decade ago, and what we must do now to protect and preserve nature's wonders

Superhuman is a fascinating, eye-opening and inspiring celebration of the best that the current human species has to offer.

The engrossing story of how a nerdy tree climber and the only girl at the science fair grew into an inspiring innovator and international leader.

Because learning the language of mathematics can be daunting, many people abandon the attempt as soon as they leave school, missing out on the beauty and mystery of the Empress of the Sciences. Now, Joel Levy opens new doors into this amazing world. By taking a historical perspective, he explains how ...

Instant Mathematics pulls together all the pivotal mathematical theories and discoveries into one concise volume.

Having penned hundreds of letters to his family over four decades, Freeman Dyson has framed them with the reflections made by a man now in his nineties. While maintaining that "the letters record the daily life of an ordinary scientist doing ordinary work," Dyson nonetheless has worked with many of the ...

Until the late 1960s, tens of thousands of children suffered crippling birth defects if their mothers had been exposed to rubella, popularly known as German measles, while pregnant; there was no vaccine and little understanding of how the disease devastated foetuses. The is story of a major breakthrough in cell biology.

The bug to save the millennium?

The second in a series of books in association with the Royal Institution on their world-renowned Christmas Lectures, this time exploring the secrets of the natural world - with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough.

Covering thinkers from Aristotle to Saussure and Chomsky, this title reveals the rules and beauty that underlie language, our most human skill.

An incredible illustrated tour through the cutting-edge of physics

A chilling and provocative scientific dissection of the psychopath's brain

An expose of pseudoscientific myths about our evolutionary past and how we should live today.