đ The wonders of the world, explained (or at least explored).
From black holes to backyard ecosystems, these books unpack the hows and whys of the universeâcurious minds welcome, lab coats optional..
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âThere are words that are so familiar they obscure rather than illuminate the thing they mean, and âlearningâ is such a word. It seems so ordinary, everyone does it. Actually itâs more of a black box, which Dehaene cracks open to reveal the awesome secrets...
Recommended for viewing on a colour tablet. In Wonders of the Solar System â the book of the acclaimed BBC TV series â Professor Brian Cox will take us on a journey of discovery where alien worlds from your imagination become places we can see, feel and visit. The...
Repackaged with a new afterword, this "valuable and entertaining" (New York Times Book Review) book explores how scientists are adapting nature's best ideas to solve tough 21st century problems. Biomimicry is rapidly transforming life on earth. Biomimics study...
"What if?" questions stimulate people to think in new ways, to refresh old ideas, and to make new discoveries. In What If the Earth Had Two Moons, Neil Comins leads us on a fascinating ten-world journey as we explore what our planet would be like under alternative...
Covering 13.8 billion years in some 100 pages, a concise, wryly intelligent history of everything, from the Big Bang to the advent of human civilization.With wonder, wit, and flairâand in record time and spaceâgeophysicist David Bercovici explains how everything came...
Absolutely Small presents (and demystifies) the world of quantum science like no book before.Physics is a complex, daunting topic, but it is also deeply satisfying?even thrilling. When liberated from its mathematical underpinnings, physics suddenly becomes accessible...
An Architectural Record Notable BookA fascinating, thought-provoking journey into our built environmentModern humans are an indoor species. We spend 90 percent of our time inside, shuttling between homes and offices, schools and stores, restaurants and gyms. And yet,...
âMasterful. The Anthropocene Reviewed is a beautiful, timely book about the human conditionâand a timeless reminder to pay attention to your attention.â âAdam Grant, #1 bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast Re:Thinking Instant #1 bestseller! A...
A "lively, intelligent and persuasive" history of how humans developed language and conversationâand what might happen now that computers and artificial intelligence are catching up. (The Times)Trevor Cox has been described by The Observer as "a David Attenborough of...
"This brilliant book is a virtual Voyage of the Beagle! Carl Zimmer shows, with the benefit of a hundred and fifty years of hindsight, how right Darwin was." âSteve Jones, author of Darwin's GhostDarwin's The Origin of Species was breathtakingâbeautifully written,...