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An amusing history of crackpot ideas and why we love them A rollicking visual and narrative history of popular ideas, phenomena, and widely held beliefs disproven by science. The Bermuda...

How Curiosity, Exploration and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life A groundbreaking new understanding of happiness to help us build a fuller, more authentic life. We all want a good...

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases A very timely history of disease outbreaks, from the authors of Quackery: stories of outbreaks (and their patient zeros), plus chapters on...

Building the Computer That Defeated the World Chess Champion On May 11, 1997, millions worldwide heard news of a stunning victory, as a machine defeated the defending world chess champion,...

Practical immortality may be within our grasp, due to cutting-edge scientific research and amazing medical breakthroughs that are coming at an astonishing speed. In Chasing Life, prominent neurosurgeon and CNN...

Sexually transmitted diseases have been hidden players in our lives for the whole of human history, with roles in everything from World War II to the growth of the Internet...

Build a Better Brain at Any Age — As Seen in The Daily MailAn exciting new science-driven guide to protecting your mind from decline.Throughout our lives, we are always looking...

The story of COVID-19 and how global politics shape our health - from a world-leading expert and the pandemic's go-to science communicatorProfessor Devi Sridhar has risen to prominence for her...

Remodel Your Health from the Inside OutDo you want to feel happier, healthier, and younger?From impaired brain function to poor skin, weakened immunity to premature aging, your gut health affects...

A collection of the best science and nature writing published in North America in 2019, guest edited by New York Times best-selling author and ground-breaking physicist Dr. Michio Kaku.“Scientists and...

The Quest for a Theory of Everything The best-selling physicist returns with a thrilling account of the search for the 'god equation' This is the story of a quest —...

Want to know what your cat is really thinking and doing? In Kitty Language, animal illustrator Lili Chin explains everything you need to read your cat's body language. With sections...