Popular science books

On July 1, 1959, at Ypsilanti State Hospital in Michigan, the social psychologist Milton Rokeach brought together...  Read More >>

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Reveals why our faith in scientific certainty is a dangerous illusion, and how only by embracing science's inherent...  Read More >>

How Understanding Flocks, Schools and Colonies Can Make Us Better at Communicating, Decision Making and Getting...  Read More >>

Spend a summer exploring the Martian Arctic-something that has taken nearly the entirety of human knowledge to achieve....  Read More >>

“Remarkably upbeat, and imbued with wit, wisdom and a palpable sense of awe over our universe.”—Tucson Weekly  Read More >>

How the ordering of the sensible world continues to suggest a reality that no notes or letters can fully transcribe....  Read More >>

Draws on advanced research, the cultural history of memory and the techniques of 'mental athletes' to transform...  Read More >>

This book is a joint biography of William and Lawrence Bragg, who reshaped science in the twentieth century with...  Read More >>

This book asks whether evolution can help us to understand human behaviour and explores diverse evolutionary methods...  Read More >>

Two crackerjack science journalists from NPR look at why some things (and some people!) drive us crazy It happens...  Read More >>

Climate change may well be the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced. Temperatures in some regions of the world...  Read More >>

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The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without...  Read More >>

Presenting an educational way to explore the wonders of the world of science, this title poses and answers 2,200...  Read More >>

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The perfect companion to any flight - a guide to the science from your window  Read More >>

This reader-friendly, richly illustrated book provides an engaging overview of quantum physics, from ""big ideas""...  Read More >>

Roberto Piazza says: “Physics should be made simple enough to be amusing, but not so trivial as to spoil the fun.”...  Read More >>

“You can keep the internet. You can keep the computer and the mobile phone. In the bicycle humanity has its most...  Read More >>

A completely fresh-and urgently needed-approach to all our food problems, both global and individual.  Read More >>

Master of popular science Len Fisher is back again, to shed new light on how we can predict catastrophe and avoid...  Read More >>

The book gives readers a delightfully illustrated introduction to the world of colors. Packed with full-color images,...  Read More >>