Science
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Hacking the Code of Life
Nessa Carey
Read more ▸ Order ▸In 2018 the world woke up to gene editing with a storm of controversy over...
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Here Comes the Sun
Professor Steve Jones
Read more ▸ Order ▸Our sun drives the weather, forms the landscape, feeds and fuels – but sometimes destroys...
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Borrowed Time: The Science of How and Why We Age
Sue Armstrong
Read more ▸ Order ▸The ageing of the world population is one of the most important issues facing humanity...
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The Man Who Wasn’t There: Tales from the Edge of the Self
Anil Ananthaswamy
Read more ▸ Order ▸Reveals the mind boggling neuroscience connecting brain, body, mind, and society, by examining a range...
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How to Grow a Human
Philip Ball
Read more ▸ Order ▸A cutting-edge examination of what it means to be human and to have a ‘self’...
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Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias
Pragya Agarwal
Read more ▸ Order ▸Have you ever been told to smile more, been teased about your accent, or had...
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Galaxies: Inside the Universe’s Star Cities
David Eicher
Read more ▸ Order ▸Have you ever wanted to explore the Milky Way?_x000D_nAre you curious about how black holes...
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Alex’s Adventures in Numberland
Alex Bellos
Read more ▸ Order ▸A tenth anniversary edition of the iconic book about the wonderful world of maths Sunday...
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Making Evil: The Science Behind Humanity’s Dark Side
Dr Julia Shaw
Read more ▸ Order ▸Are you evil?
In Making Evil, Julia Shaw uses a mix of science, popular culture and real-life...
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Outbreaks and Epidemics
Meera Senthilingam
Read more ▸ Order ▸A compelling and disquieting journey through the history and science of epidemics.
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The Science of Sin
Jack Lewis
Read more ▸ Order ▸Why We Do The Things We Know We Shouldn’t
It can often seem that we are...
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It Was Snowing Butterflies
Charles Darwin
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‘The vessel drove before her bows two billows of liquid phosphorus’ A...