Science

Three of the world’s most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it is transforming human society—and what this technology means for us all. An AI learned to win chess by making moves...

Learn about planets, stars and black holes in The Astronomy Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Astronomy in this overview guide to the subject,...

If you're a natural history buff, then you will find this deep dive into the lives of two scientific rivals and the impact of their discoveries intriguing. Roberts' dissection of how their schools of thought contributed to our views on evolution,...

The acclaimed author of modern classic Sapiens turns his attention to the power of information networks and their importance to human evolution in this insightful and entertaining tour de force. The phenomenal international and Sunday...

The definitive identification guide to more than 100 species of psychedelic mushrooms across the globe, from the author of Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms. “Full of clear, accurate information and sound advice, Psilocybin Mushrooms of...

Fully updated to reflect the tumultuous global upheavals of the past decade, Marshall's modern classic is the perfect primer for anyone wanting to understand geopolitics. The iconic bestseller Prisoners of Geography, updated with brand new...

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.The #1 New York Times and global bestseller from...

'I concluded that I was a substance whose whole essence or nature resides only in thinking, and which, in order to exist, has no need of place and is not dependent on any material thing.' Descartes's A Discourse on the Method of Correctly Conducting...

In twenty short books, Penguin Classics brings you the ideas that have changed the way we think and talk about the living Earth. Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary...

An acclaimed nutrition educator reveals how the foods you’re eating to get healthy might be making you sick. “Sally Norton’s well-researched book makes a truly important contribution to the literature in revealing just how much...

Through a chorus of voices from widows and orphans to rescue-workers and firefighters, the Nobel Laureate’s powerful and deeply humane oral history about Chernobyl reveals the full destruction and meaning of the catastrophe in breathtaking prose...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.From Wharton professor and author of the popular One Useful Thing Substack newsletter Ethan Mollick comes the definitive playbook for working, learning, and living in the new age of AISomething new entered our world...

An inclusive and essential new resource for reproductive health—including period problems, pelvic pain, menopause, fertility, sexual health, vaginal and urinary conditions, and overall wellbeing—from leading expert and fierce advocate Dr...

One of Freud's central achievements was to demonstrate how unacceptable thoughts and feelings are repressed into the unconscious, from where they continue to exert a decisive influence over our lives. This volume contains a key statement about evidence...

All human behaviors and traits, according to this 1923 study, derive from the complicated interactions of three elements of the the id, the ego, and the superego. The root of Sigmund Freud's approach to psychiatric treatment resides in bringing the...

From bestselling author and British astronaut Tim Peake, an inspirational human history of space travel, from the Apollo missions to our future forays to Mars. The Right Stuff for a new generation.PERFECT GIFT FOR FATHER'S DAY'This book is brilliant -...

'Study me reader, if you find delight in me...Come, O men, to see the miracles that such studies will disclose in nature.'Most of what we know about Leonardo da Vinci, we know because of his notebooks. Some 6,000 sheets of notes and drawings survive,...

"A considerable work of assimilative scholarship and common sense...races along merrily."—The Boston GlobeA lively biography of the high genius of the renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci.French writer Serge Bramly's classic work of biography portrays...

From the bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible, Michio Kaku's Parallel Worlds takes us to the frontiers of scientific knowledge to explain the extraordinary nature - and future - of our universe. Imagine a future where we are not alone - where...

A top behavioral geneticist argues DNA inherited from our parents at conception can predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses.This “modern classic” on genetics and nature vs. nurture is “one of the most direct and unapologetic...