Science
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Gravitational Waves
Brian Clegg
Read more ▸ Order ▸How Einstein’s spacetime ripples reveal the secrets of the universe
On 14 September 2015, after 50...
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The Graphene Revolution
Brian Clegg
Read more ▸ Order ▸The weird science of the ultra-thin
In 2003, Russian physicists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov found...
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Destination Mars
Andrew May
Read more ▸ Order ▸The Story of our Quest to Conquer the Red Planet
Mars is back. Suddenly everyone –...
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Cosmic Impact
Andrew May
Read more ▸ Order ▸Understanding the Threat to Earth from Asteroids and Comets
As end-of-the-world scenarios go, an apocalyptic collision...
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CERN and the Higgs Boson
James Gillies
Read more ▸ Order ▸The Global Quest for the Building Blocks of Reality
The Higgs boson is the rock star...
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Artificial Intelligence
Yorick Wilks
Read more ▸ Order ▸Modern Magic or Dangerous Future?
Artificial intelligence has long been a mainstay of science fiction and...
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Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Brian Clegg
Read more ▸ Order ▸All the matter and light we can see in the universe makes up a trivial...
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The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data
David Spiegelhalter
Read more ▸ Order ▸Statistics has played a leading role in our scientific understanding of the world for centuries,...
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Boom!
Bob Berman
Read more ▸ Order ▸Staff Pick
For a book about extreme, destructive forces, this is not as grim a prospect...
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The Planet Factory
Elizabeth Tasker
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An engaging exploration of planetary formation, the Solar System and the myriad unlikely and...
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Fallout
Fred Pearce
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This tour through the sites and legacy of nuclear power is not exactly picaresque...
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
Steve Brusatte
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You can never be too old for a book about dinosaurs, but here is a...