Science

Many people have written biographies of Charles Darwin, but the story of his family and roots in Shrewsbury is little known. This book, containing original research, fills that gap. The key player is Charles' father, Dr Robert Darwin, a larger-than-life...

How does it feel to confront a pandemic from the inside, one patient at a time? To bridge the gulf between a perilously unwell patient in quarantine and their distraught family outside? To be uncertain whether the protective equipment you wear fits the...

A Financial Times and Scientific American Best Book of the Year.A story of alchemy in Bohemian Paris, where two scientific outcasts discovered a fundamental distinction between natural and synthetic chemicals that inaugurated an enduring scientific...

Summer 1939. War is coming. The British believe that, through ingenuity and scientific prowess, they alone have a war-winning weapon: radar. They are wrong. The Germans have it too. They believe that their unique maritime history means their pilots have...

A New York Times Notable Book.As late as 1999, women who succeeded in science were called “exceptional” as if it were unusual for them to be so bright. They were exceptional, not because they could succeed at science but because of all they...

The Man Who Knew Infinity is the true story of a friendship between Srinivasa Ramanujan and G.H. Hardy that forever changed mathematics. In 1913, a young unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G H Hardy, begging the pre-eminent English...

Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award."What a fun escape! Reminds me of math books I read when I was coming of age." —Neil deGrasse TysonAn "exhilarating" (Steven Strogatz) tour through the fundamental mathematical...

A new history of mathematics focusing on the marginalized voices who propelled the discipline, spanning six continents and thousands of years of untold stories. "A book to make you love math." —Financial Times Mathematics shapes almost everything...

A “vivid, wide-ranging, and delightful guide” (bestselling author Tim Harford) for understanding how and why predictions go wrong, with practical tips to give you a better chance of getting them right How can you be 100 percent sure you...

Empowering and illuminating, The Ten Equations That Rule the World shows how math really can change your life.Is there a secret formula for getting rich? For going viral? For deciding how long to stick with your current job, Netflix series, or even...

One of the world’s most creative mathematicians offers a new way to look at math—focusing on questions, not answers. Where do we learn math: From rules in a textbook? From logic and deduction? Not really, according to mathematician Eugenia...

An eye-opening investigation into the history of diabetes research and treatment by the award-winning journalist and best-selling author of Why We Get Fat • "[Gary] Taubes’s meticulous, science-based work makes him the Bryan Stevenson of...

New York Times Bestseller. Discover the critical link between your brain and the food you eat and change the way your brain ages, in this cutting-edge, practical guide to eliminating brain fog, optimizing brain health, and achieving peak mental...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A potent exploration of the power of blockchains to reshape the future of the internet—and how that affects us all—from influential technology entrepreneur and startup investor Chris Dixon“A must for...

Now a Wall Street Journal bestseller. Learn a new talent, stay relevant, reinvent yourself, and adapt to whatever the workplace throws your way. Ultralearning offers nine principles to master hard skills quickly. This is the essential guide to...

Take charge of your own aging process with science-based strategies and advice from the bestselling author of The Pegan Diet. The best time to start is now!THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Dr. Mark Hyman presents the definitive guide to...

Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson’s New York Timesbestselling and critically acclaimed The Innovators is a “riveting, propulsive, and at times deeply moving” (The Atlantic) story of the people who...

The bestselling author of Think Again and Originals explores how we can help others and ourselves grow past our supposed limits. This is yet another thought-provoking and wildly entertaining outing from a leading expert on the...

Walter Isaacson, highly accomplished biographer of iconic figures like Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein, takes on one of the most interesting and polarizing figures of the modern age.#1 New York Times bestseller.From the author of Steve...

A gifted historian with an eye for the unexpected connection, Peter Frankopan’s new work is a wholly unique and provocative lesson in the intertwined dependencies of nature and humans throughout history, highlighting in vivid relief why climate...