Popular science books

Journalist Torill Kornfeldt travelled the world to meet the scientists working to bring extinct animals back from...  Read More >>

The illegal killing of Cecil - a famous and magnificent black-maned Zimbabwean lion - by an American big-game hunter...  Read More >>

Animals in Irish Literature and Culture spans the early modern period to the present, exploring colonial, post-colonial,...  Read More >>

The female authors highlighted in this monograph represent a special breed of science writer, women who not only...  Read More >>

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A short popular science book about how the brain works  Read More >>

Now in paperback, the author of international psychological sensation Psy-Q takes us inside the minds of animals....  Read More >>

""Roberts uncovers the deep history of 10 familiar species with incredible wild pasts: dogs, apples and wheat; cattle,...  Read More >>

In essays like How to Fake Faking, and the title essay, The Other Left Side- the Phenomenon of Left and Right...  Read More >>

This collection unearths some of the most wonderful microscopic images of flowers, trees and grasses ever created.This...  Read More >>

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With a visual approach to the STEM subjects, this book makes science easy to understand and shows kids how things...  Read More >>

The Cold War saw scientists in East and West racing to create amazing new technologies, the like of which the world...  Read More >>

Der Ausstieg aus der Nutzung der Kernenergie in Deutschland wurde im Sommer 2011 im Eiltempo beschlossen. Es fehlt...  Read More >>

In this fascinating scientific tour of household objects, The One Show's resident scientist Marty Jopson explains...  Read More >>

With an introduction and commentary by the author, this book includes subjects ranging from evolution and Darwinian...  Read More >>

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How does it feel to orbit the earth ten times faster than a speeding bullet? What's it like to eat, sleep and go...  Read More >>

In 2016, scientist Rosaly Lopes and artist Michael Carroll teamed up as fellows of the National Science Foundation...  Read More >>

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This book advocates the importance and value of errors for the progress of scientific research! It compares natural...  Read More >>

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A study of the human organs, their 'character' and how we can optimise our health.  Read More >>

Design pervades our lives. Everything from drafting a PowerPoint presentation to planning a state-of-the-art bridge...  Read More >>

A James Beard Award–winner investigates the modern American supermarket to reveal how our food is sourced, sold,...  Read More >>