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Like it or not, our lives are dominated by mathematics. Our daily diet of news regales us with statistical forecasts, opinion...

Ours is the age of global warming. Rising sea levels, extreme weather, forest fires. Dire warnings are everywhere, so why has it...

New islands are being built at an unprecedented rate whether for tourism or territorial ambition, while many islands are...

When is the last time you were stung by a wasp? Or were followed by a cloud of midges? Or saw a butterfly? All these normal...

From the bestselling author of Who Owns England?, a mesmerising chronicle of our forgotten rainforests – and an inspiring...

This is not a book of facts; it’s a book of ‘facts’. Should you finish it believing we became the planet’s dominant species...

In this compelling journey through twenty-six countries, Simon Mundy traces how the struggle to respond to the climate crisis is...

The traces of much of human history - and that which preceded it - lie beneath the ocean surface; broken up, dispersed, often...

How did a piece of gold foil completely change our understanding of atoms?
What part did a hot air balloon play in the discovery...

The Trespasser's Companion is a rallying cry for greater public access to nature and a gently seditious guide to how to get it:...

The Book of Trespass. Crossing the Lines that Divide Us

Holding her first grandchild in her arms in 2003, Mary Robinson was struck by the uncertainty of the world he had been born into....

At the scale of atoms and molecules, things quite often like to stick together. But these tiny interactions don't just matter at...

Did you know the link between carbon dioxide and global warming was first suggested in the 1850s? Climate change books are...

Explore the science innovations as you have never seen them with this visual guide.

From the humble beginnings of science,...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Elephant's on Acid comes a collection of the wackiest theories from science and...

Two Groundbreaking Scientists and Their Conflicting Visions of the Future of Our Planet

In forty years, the population of the...

Filled with incident, discovery, and revelation, Dutch Light is a vivid account of Christiaan Huygens's remarkable life and...

From revolution on Twitter to romance on Tinder, we live in a world constructed of code - and coders are the ones who built it...

For billions of years, Earth was an inhospitably alien place - covered with churning seas, slowly crafting its landscape by way...

Forest celebrates the diverse ways in which trees and forests are as magnificent, economically relevant and profoundly enchanting...

Hedgerows are one of the richest sources of wildlife in Britain. They have evolved over centuries (18th and 19th centuries...

The most important investigation of genetic science since The Selfish Gene, from the author of the critically acclaimed and...

Lowther... , Crossman...

The CfE Maths series covers all the Experiences and Outcomes within the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence for Maths at Second,...

We are at a pivotal moment in the fight against climate change – with the ultimate opportunity to reassess what society values...

Think like you’ve got nine brains, feel like you’ve got three hearts, and hug as though you have eight arms.
Wisdom begins in...

Britain's gardens are a vast, living landscape and the home to hundreds of species of birds. Learn to pay attention to these...

There may be no insect with a worse reputation than the wasp, and none guarding so many undiscovered wonders.
Where bees and...

In this extraordinary journey through twenty-six countries, Simon Mundy meets the people on the front lines of the climate...

The distinctive white-tailed sea eagle was driven to extinction in Britain more than 200 years ago, but this immense predator is...