Science

Take an illustrated tour of the most surprising and fascinating recent scientific breakthroughs with acclaimed New Scientist and BBC contributor Colin Barras.

How did the atom bomb help save the elephant? Can we hide information in the fabric of time? Will real-life invisibility cloaks one day save ...

Instant Science pulls together all the pivotal scientific knowledge and thought into one concise volume.

Philosopher Daniel Milo offers a vigorous critique of the quasi-monopoly that Darwin's natural selection has on our idea of the natural world. In popular thought, Darwinism has even acquired the trappings of an ethical system, focused on optimization, competition, and innovation. Yet in nature, imperfect creatures often have the evolutionary edge.

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'Roundly debunks racism's core lie - that inequality is ...

What if we could do the impossible and remove gender from the equation?

The anti-diet diet book by University of Cambridge geneticist, Dr Giles Yeo.

Get swept up in the beauty of our universe with this collection of spectacular images taken by today's most powerful telescopes and orbiting probes. These breathtaking photographs both enthrall and inform as they reveal the many wonders of outer space. Moving from the planets in our own solar system, ...

A distinguished scholar urges scientists and religious thinkers to become colleagues rather than adversaries in areas where their fields overlap

A vivid and captivating narrative about how modern science broke free of ancient philosophy, and how theoretical physics is returning to its unscientific roots In the early seventeenth century Galileo broke free from the hold of ancient Platonic and Aristotelian philosophy. He drastically changed the ...

One of the world's leading anthropologists assesses the work of the founder of structural anthropology

Scientists agree that over last century the earth has become warmer. But do we really know why this has happened? This book explains, an interplay of the clouds, the Sun and cosmic rays - sub-atomic particles from exploded stars - which seems to have more effect on the climate than manmade carbon dioxide.

Covering the history, key discoveries, inventions and people, this illustrated science encyclopedia reveals the story of scientific progress from the invention of the wheel to 21st-century climate solutions, including coverage from ancient Greek geometry and quantum physics to the worldwide web.

Why our human brains are awesome, and how we left our cousins, the great apes, behind: a tale of neurons and calories, and cooking.Humans are awesome. Our brains are gigantic, seven times larger than they should be for the size of our bodies. The human brain uses 25% of all the energy the body requires ...

A trailblazing journey through the maps etched into your brain, and how everything depends on them.

Switched on Science is a brand new scheme that offers all of the support and resources that you'll need to teach the new science curriculum. Packed full of hands-on experiments, creative investigations and new approaches to traditional topics, the series offers teachers original ways in which to run ...

The How It Works Book Of The Elements covers all known elements on the planet in the order in which they appear in the periodic table. From lanthanoids to actinoids, alkali metals to transition metals, halogens to noble gases – you can find all you need to know about the universe’s building blocks ...

Lose yourself in this extraordinary account of how we navigate the world.

A voyage of discovery through the vibrations that move us, whether we can hear them or not.

Peer into a microscopic world - and fall in love with the beauty of the brain

A popular science title about conservation. What should we conserve and why in this age of extinctions? Who should get tickets for the ark?