Popular science
The Little Book of the Elements
Jack Challoner
Format: Hard Cover
This little book unlocks each element's colourful history and highlights astonishing facts.
Beginners
Tom Vanderbilt
Format: Paperback
Discover why learning Is good for us and how to develop a 'Beginner's Mindset'.
Essential Science
Brian Clegg
Format: Hard Cover
Essential Science aims to be the most detailed, accessible and authoritative book of its kind. Each of the 34 discoveries is broken down into seven essential elements to aid comprehension and inform the reader about what really matters.
Numb and Number
William Hartston
Format: Hard Cover
An entertaining exploration of the misuse of mathematics in our everyday lives that shows how we can combat the rising tide of misinformation.
Contagion
Richard Gunderman
Format: Paperback
Written by a leading medical practitioner, author and academic, Contagion offers powerful insights into how pandemics begin, how they spread and how societies, both ancient and modern, have coped.
How Bad Are Bananas?
Mike Berners-Lee
Format: Paperback
Ten years on from first publication, a new edition of this invaluable and entertaining guide that shows just what effect everything has on carbon emissions, from a Google search to a plastic bag, from a flight to a volcano.
Beneath the Night
Stuart Clark
Format: Hard Cover
A history of humanity, told through our relationship with the night sky.
Along Came a Llama
Ruth Janette Ruck
Format: Hard Cover
My Family and Other Animals meets The Secret Life of Cows: this rediscovered gem of a memoir tells the charming tale of how a baby llama transformed a Welsh farming family forever.
Seven Pillars of Science
John Gribbin
Format: Hard Cover
The seven fundamental - and surprising - scientific truths of our existence.
Wings Over Water
Jonathan Glancey
The thrilling story of the Schneider Trophy, a series of glamorous air races that captivated both sides of the Atlantic and became a driver and celebration of speed and engineering prowess.
