Science & Nature

Andrew Hodges

Alan Turing. Film Tie-In

The official book behind the eight-time Oscar-nominated film, The Imitation Game , which stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira KnightleyThe official book behind the eight-time Oscar-nominated film, The Imi…

Simon Singh

The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets

From bestselling author of Fermat's Last Theorem, a must have for number lovers and Simpsons fans. Some have seen philosophy embedded in episodes of The Simpsons; others have detected elements of psycholo…

Eric Schmidt

The New Digital Age

The must-read book for anyone concerned about the present and the futureThis is a book that defines both the nature of the new world which the internet is creating; and its challenges. It describes a tech…

Barbara G. Tabachnick

Using Multivariate Statistics

This text takes a practical approach to multivariate data analysis, with an introduction to the most commonly encountered statistical and multivariate techniques. Using Multivariate Statistics provides pr…

George Dyson

Turing's Cathedral

An unusual, wonderful, even visionary account of the early years of computersThe remarkable, human story of the birth of modern computing. Dyson vividly recreates the intense experimentation, incredible m…

Richard Dawkins

The Greatest Show on Earth

Das 21. Jahrhundert: Religiöse Gegner der Evolutionstheorie ziehen in den Kampf - Dawkins hält dagegen und präsentiert die unwiderlegbaren Beweise für Darwins Theorien. Nach dem Riesenerfolg von 'The God …

Dava Sobel

Longitude

The tenth anniversary edition of the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. With a new F…

Richard P. Feynman

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman

A portrait of the Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965, we see the wisdom, humour and curiosity of Richard Feynman through a series of conversations with his friend Ralph Leighton.Winner of the N…

Andrew Brent

Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine

Highly Commended in the Public Health category of the BMA Book Awards 2014. The new edition of this unique handbook continues to provide an accessible and comprehensive, signs-and-symptoms based source o…

Lawrence M. Krauss

A Universe from Nothing

Shares provocative and revelatory answers to such philosophical conundrums as the origins of the universe and how it will end, offering scientific explanations about the immense process through which life…

Leonard Susskind

The Black Hole War

At the beginning of the 21 st century, physics is being driven to very unfamiliar territory--the domain of the incredibly small and the incredibly heavy. The new world is a world in which both quantum mec…

Douglas Adams

Last Chance to See

After years of reflecting on the absurdities of life on other planets, Douglas Adams teamed up with zoologist Mark Carwardine to find out what was happening to life on this one. Together they lead us on a…

Charles R. Darwin

On the Origin of Species

A special anniversary edition with a cover by controversial artist Damien Hirst This landmark work of scientific and philosophical thought sets forth Charles Darwin?s pioneering theory of evolution and t…

K. F. Riley

Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering

The third edition of this highly acclaimed undergraduate textbook is suitable for teaching all the mathematics for an undergraduate course in any of the physical sciences. As well as lucid descriptions of…

Richard Hartley

Multiple View Geometry in Computer Vision

A basic problem in computer vision is to understand the structure of a real world scene given several images of it. Techniques used in the book for solving this are taken from projective geometry and phot…

Debora MacKenzie

Covid-19

Catherine Carver

Immune

The human body is like an exceedingly well-fortified castle, defended by billions of soldiers - some live for less than a day, others remember battles for decades, but all are essential in protecting us f…

Eva Meijer

Animal Languages

A fascinating and philosophical exploration of animal intelligence and the way animals communicate with each other, and us.

David Darling

Weirdest Maths

The third book in the "Weird Maths" series, by a young genius and his professor, as they delve into the rich and strange world of mathematics. Follows on from "Weird Maths" and "Weirder Maths".