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A Guide to Autism and ADHD New to the world of AuDHD? You’re probably familiar with autism or with ADHD by now: an increase of information online has helped more...

In an age where our attention is pulled in so many different directions and it feels almost impossible to properly engage with anything, how do we truly notice what we...

Simple Tools for Complex Everyday Problems How to develop the thinking tools and techniques to understand the maths of modern life When we learn about abstract mathematical concepts - from...

Stories from the Earth From the sacred stones of Stonehenge to the rose red city of Petra, from towering mountains to the smallest grains of sand, rocks have had a...

A vital investigation into how disposability has transformed our lives and why we've been unable to kick our plastic habit by Wall Street Journal reporter Saabira Chaudhuri. Over the past...

At first glance, the concept of equality in maths seems unambiguous. Denoted by two parallel lines, the equals sign looks elegant, simple and entirely black and white.But between those two...

In this frank, funny and meticulous book, a leading social scientist lays out the striking facts we know about racism, how we have uncovered them, and how we can start...

What a Neurologist’s Patients Taught Him About the Brain What makes us who we are? Is it our background that creates our identities? Or our families, where we lived, how...

A Survival Guide to our Superpowered Future An urgent book on generative artificial intelligence exploring the risk and benefits looming in this seminal moment The debut of ChatGPT on November...

Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going A blueprint for a better future that offers a unified theory of human behavior, culture, and society. Playing on...

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 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 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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

On Health, Empathy, and Our Shared Destinies A leader in the fields of animal ethics and neurology, Dr. Aysha Akhtar examines the rich human-animal connection and how interspecies empathy enriches...

Forensic psychiatrist Dr Sohom Das diagnoses, treats and rehabilitates mentally ill offenders — or the 'criminally insane' — in prisons and secure hospitals, many of whom have committed serious violence,...

The ultimate guide to living a stress-free life*As featured on the Deliciously Ella podcast in March 2019*Are you ready to stop feeling constantly stressed and become the best version of...

Anil Seth's radical new theory of consciousness challenges our understanding of perception and reality, doing for brain science what Dawkins did for evolutionary biology.Consciousness is the great unsolved mystery in...

Reduce stress, anxiety and depression and future-proof your brain'A practical manual for your brain.' — Dr Megan Rossi, author of Eat Yourself HealthyA groundbreaking science-based guide to protecting your brain...

A fascinating exploration of an unexpected advantage that humans will have over our incoming robot masters: we're actually good at maths There's so much talk about the threat posed by...

An empowering guide to help you live your best life by reframing anxious thoughts from clinical psychologist Dr Michael Dunbar, founder of Instagram @myeasytherapyYou can live the bold, exciting life...

How Accelerating Technology Is Leaving Us Behind and What to Do About It A revelatory model explaining how exponential technology is eroding our societies We are entering the exponential age....

Truth, murder and the birth of the lie detectorHenry Wilkens burst through the doors of the emergency room covered in his wife’s blood. But was he a grieving husband, or...

This is a makeover for more than just your wardrobe, it's about improving your overall well-beingYour days of screaming 'I have nothing to wear' while clawing your way out of...

The stunning Sunday Times bestseller that will transform the way you perceive the world — from Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of I Contain Multitudes. **SUNDAY TIMES and NEW...

The Dark History and Troubling Present of EugenicsHow did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years? Why does eugenics still loom large in...

How Tiny Inventions Make Our World Work Shard engineer Roma Agrawal deconstructs our most complex inventions into seven fundamental objects: the nail, spring, wheel, lens, magnet, string and pump. 'Delightful' TIM...

A food-lover's guide to digestive health and happinessThe book will take you on a joint culinary and scientific journey through the gut. It is an unapologetic celebration of what I...

Hanna Flint speaks from the heart in Strong Female Character, a personal and incisive reflection on how cinema has been the key to understanding herself and the world we live...

An urgent exploration of how the gendering of emotions came about, and what we can do to change these damaging stereotypes, by award-winning behavioural and data scientist Dr Prayga Agarwal...

Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice A doctor and an economist explore the hidden links between health and structural injustices, and set out a radical vision for a fairer...

THE JOURNEY OF THE PIONEERS OF IMMUNOLOGY FROM SMALLPOX TO COVID-19 In December 2019 a new virus emerged, one that caused a global pandemic. Millions were infected. In the recesses...

‘By thinking about gendered inequality as rooted in something unalterable within us, we fail to see it for what it is: something more fragile that has had to be constantly...

The Return of Race Science Financial Times Book of the Year Telegraph Top 50 Books of the Year Guardian Book of the Year New Statesman Book of the Year Where...