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A world-class scientist shares an expert insider view of how real medical science happens, and how teams of brilliant people tackled some of the worst diseases in the world. We...

What won’t we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth? Well, just imagine a time when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When liquefied...

An Economy of Gifts and Abundance From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, an inspiring vision of how to reorient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity and community'This book will...

What do you need to know to prosper as a people for 65,000 years or more? The First Knowledges series provides a deep understanding of the expertise, wisdom and ingenuity...

The Elegant Maths Behind Modern AI A rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion of artificial intelligenceMachine-learning systems are making life-altering...

The Holographic Unity of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind Explores the interplay between ancient wisdom and modern cosmology Is the universe inert and empty space, or is it some way responsive...

New Thinking on Grit, Strength, and Growth After Trauma FROM THE AUTHOR OF RAGE BECOMES HER, A POWERFUL ARGUMENT FOR COMMUNAL RESILIENCE BASED ON IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE HISTORY, SOCIAL...

What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can't, and How to Tell the Difference From two of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI, what you need to know about AI...

Where Stereotypes and Prejudices Come From - and the Science- Backed Method to Unravel Them For readers of Caste, Sapiens, and The Dawn of Everything, a page-turning deep-dive into how bias is learned-plus a...

The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change Nuclear power is a dangerous distraction from the urgent task of decarbonizing our energy systems. The climate crisis has...

The Surprising Science Of Human Goodness Cynicism is making us sick; Stanford psychologist Dr Jamil Zaki has the cure - a 'ray of light for dark days' (Adam Grant, #1 New...

How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023A NEW SCIENTIST BEST BOOK OF 2023WINNER OF THE LA TIMES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023 BOOK...

How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing) The first book on the AI transformation of education, its implications for parenting, and harnessing its power for goodWhether...

How Quantum Computers will Unlock the Mysteries of Science - and Address Humanity's Biggest Challenges An exhilarating guide to the astonishing future of quantum computing, from the international bestselling physicistThe...

How to Think Like a Scientist, Learn How to Fail and Embrace the Unknown What can we learn about ourselves if we think like scientists? A scientist's journey from observation...

How Stories, Statistics and Studies Exploit Our Biases - And What We Can Do About It A ground-breaking book that reveals why our human biases affect the way we receive...

A poetic and intimate essay collection on the lives of plants and their entanglement with our human worldsA seed slips beyond a garden wall. A seaweed drifts through an ocean....

Know and care for your body with this information-packed guide to gut health and wellbeingBecome body literate with Gut- An Owner's Guide, the next book in The Body Literacy Library, an enlightening...

Debunk the Myths and Discover What Goes into Your Beauty Routine Accessible, illustrated beauty and skincare expertise from Instagram's cosmetic chemist Dr Michelle Wong a.k.a Lab Muffin Beauty ScienceWill eating...

The expert guide to a happier and healthier feline What does a cat need besides food, a comfortable home and access to veterinary care? Play! This practical guide from leading...

An expert in nutrition and the gut reveals what inflammation is, why it lies behind many modern diseases and what we can all do to help combat itInflammation has traditionally...

An interrogation of ecotourism, a celebration of animals and an impassioned call for the need to protect our natural world Thirty years ago, two trips to iconic destinations, Africa and...

A Revolutionary Guide to Controlling Your Anxiety When it comes to fighting anxiety, you have more control than you think- the power is at the end of your fork. We're...

Climate change is not only about the exhaustion of the planet, it's about the exhaustion of so many of us, our lives, our worlds, even our minds. So, what is...

Explore the relationship between environmental sustainability and human behaviourUnveil the obscured world of air pollution as you embark on a compelling journey with Ian. In this gripping book, each chapter...

The Science of Memory and How it Shapes Us A radical reexamination of memory by pioneering neuroscientist and internationally-renowned memory researcher, Charan Ranganath. We talk about memory as a record...

The New Science of Ageing and the Quest for Immortality 'A thrilling ride through the science of ageing and death. A must-read.' - STEPHEN FRY Would you want to live forever?...

Realizing a New Possibility in One Generation One of Inc.com's 6 New Leadership Books You Need to Read This Fall “Daring . . . This visionary guide calls for a...

Every day, we are granted the power to travel at high speeds, fly, see in the dark, summon water from distant mountains and electricity from the sun. The systems that...

The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness A spellbinding look at the philosophical and moral implications of animal dreaming Are humans the only dreamers on Earth? What goes on in the...

From the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene, the stunning odyssey of the cell - the key to life and ourselves**Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize...

A Brain Surgeon's Reflections on Life, Loss and Survival Acclaimed neuroscientist and bestselling author, Rahul Jandial, provides an honest account of the valuable lessons we can learn from humanity at...

Drawing on centuries of history and science, a prize-winning journalist upends our assumptions about migration revealing it not to be the story of our time, but an ancient, essential response...

How the genetic era will change the worldA vision of the future where the latest Silicon Valley tech meets cutting-edge genetics. Decoding the World is a buddy adventure about the...

Take a dive into the deep and discover what it is about water that seduces us, heals us and brings us together. Join writer and swimmer Bonnie Tsui as she...

A Guide To Pandemic Psychology For all the horrifying statistics of the number infected by Covid-19, multiply by a factor of 20 to approximate how many worldwide are suffering stress,...

Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic and How to Prepare for the Next One Frontline Covid-19 health journalist, Dr. Sanjay Gupta has had insider access to the unfolding pandemic, including exclusive...

The True Power of Women and the Science That Shows It Are women more nurturing than men? Are men more promiscuous than women? Are males the naturally dominant sex? And...

In our small corner of the universe, we know how some matter behaves most of the time and what even less of it looks like, and we have some good...

Unravelling unconscious biasUncovers the science behind our 'unintentional' biases using real world stories underpinned by scientific theories and research.For the first time, behavioural and data scientist, activist and writer Dr...

How It Works and How It Could Change the World The everything-you-need-to-know WIRED guide to quantum computing Quantum computing has been hailed as a technological game-changer. But what precisely is...

Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day From the constant pull of technology to the 24-hour news cycle to the overwhelming demands of work, our ability...

An illustrated guide for truly understanding your cat Japan's leading cat doctor tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about feline behaviour Cats are so mysterious. What makes them climb...

What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth and Power An exuberant work of popular history: why something as seemingly mundane as an address can save lives or serve the...

A Gripping History For the first time, this quirky and engaging history reveals the secrets of one of our most ancient social gestures. Strangers do it, friends do it, politicians...

Adventures at the Frontier of Birth, Food, Sex & Death What if we could have babies without bearing children, eat meat without killing animals, have a perfect sexual relationship without...

You've got questions: about space, time, gravity, and the odds of meeting your older self inside a wormhole. All the answers you need are right here. As a species, we...

How viruses emerge to cause pandemics, how our immune system combats them, and how diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies work. Throughout history, humans have contended with pandemics. History is...

How proteins, machine learning and molecular chemistry can teach us about human behaviour WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2020 How do we understand the people...

In the bestselling tradition of Stuff Matters and The Disappearing Spoon — a clever and engaging look at materials, the innovations they made possible, and how these technologies changed us....