The sixth title in the bestselling Collins Guide series, this book covers the fungi of the British Isles, with considerable...

A journey around the British Isles discovering the extraordinary lives of these secretive mammals. The Atlantic grey seal is globally...

Welcome, fellow humans (and others), to the the world of FUN SCIENCE! I'm Charlie, also known across the internet as...

Consider that an elephant will not grow a seventh set of teeth, even though wearing down the sixth will condemn...

Thinking Better is a celebration of the art of the short cut - and an encouragement to all of us,...

Condensed matter physics is what happens when atoms cluster together to make something of a size we can understand, something...

Our senses are at the heart of how we navigate the world. Whittling this high-powered and deliciously varied palette down...

For fans of Ed Yong, Brian Cox and Carl Zimmer: a dazzling scientific and cultural adventure through our ideas about...

In our hyper-modern world, we are bombarded with more facts, stats and information than ever before. So, what can we...

With award-winning science writer Brian Clegg as your deep space guide, step on board the starship Endurance and marvel at...

A comprehensive, beautifully packaged reference guide to the systems used to measure just about anything you can think of.

A journey through the evolving cosmos, considering how human survival will depend on otherworldly perspectives. In David Whitehouse's most ambitious...

There are more than 100 billion brain cells in our heads, and every single one represents a fragment of thought...

'Powerful, purposeful and persuasive ... This book is transformative. We must read, mark and learn, fast' Michael Morpurgo 'A call...

Humans are the dominant species on the planet. But how did we get here? Human Origins takes the reader on...

A tour of the stupidest, most self-defeating, self-blinding ways in which supposedly clever people use maths in everyday life. Some...