THE BOOKSELLER BUYER’S GUIDE | PUBLISHERS’ AUTUMN TITLES
POPULAR SCIENCE
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
FASHION, FAITH, AND FANTASY IN THE NEW PHYSICS OF THE UNIVERSE ROGER PENROSE September, hb, £19.95, 9780691119793 A world leading physicist questions the most
fashionable ideas in the field, including string theory. E
WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSE: AN ASTROPHYSICAL TOUR NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON; MICHAEL A STRAUSS; J RICHARD GOTT October, hb, £29.95, 9780691157245 A personal tour of the cosmos in the company of three of today’s leading astrophysicists. E
HOW MEN AGE: WHAT EVOLUTION REVEALS ABOUT MALE HEALTH AND MORTALITY RICHARD G BRIBIESCAS September, hb, £19.95, 9780691160634
A lively and informative look at male aging through the lens of evolution. E
DEEP LIFE: THE HUNT FOR THE HIDDEN BIOLOGY OF EARTH, MARS, AND BEYOND TULLIS C ONSTOTT November, hb, £24.95, 9780691096445 The quest for subsurface life on Earth and other planets.
THE POWER OF NETWORKS: SIX PRINCIPLES THAT CONNECT OUR LIVES CHRISTOPHER G BRINTON; MUNG CHIANG November, hb, £22.95, 9780691170718 An accessible illustrated introduction to the networks we use every day.
HOW EVOLUTION SHAPES OUR LIVES: ESSAYS ON BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY JONATHAN B LOSOS; RICHARD E LENSKI EDS July, pbo, £24.95, 9780691170398
An authoritative exploration of why understanding evolution is crucial to human life today.
PROFILE BOOKS
ALIENS: SCIENCE FROM THE OTHER SIDE JIM AL-KHALILI
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November, tpb, £7.99, 9781781256817 A collection of writing on aliens and extra-terrestrial life from the galaxy’s best scientific thinkers. E
CALCULATING THE COSMOS: HOW MATHEMATICS UNVEILS THE UNIVERSE IAN STEWART September, hb, £20, 9781781254318 One of the world’s great mathematicians explores the origins, history and future of the universe. E
HOW THE ZEBRA GOT ITS STRIPES: DARWINIAN JUST SO STORIES LÉO GRASSET October, hb, £9.99, 9781781256282
Just So stories retold in the light of evolution by France’s brightest young natural scientist E
WE DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY MARK STEVENSON August, tpb, £12.99, 9781781253007
Fifteen innovators breaking the rules to make our world and systems better. E
SEX BY NUMBERS: WHAT STATISTICS CAN TELL US ABOUT SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR DAVID SPIEGELHALTER August, pb, £8.99, 9781781253304 Everything you ever wanted to know about sex. And statistics—now available in paperback. E
QUADRILLE
FUN SCIENCE: A GUIDE TO LIFE, THE UNIVERSE & WHY SCIENCE IS SO AWESOME CHARLIE MCDONNELL October, hb, £14.99, 9781849498029 Entertaining guide to science for the internet generation; brilliantly explained by vlogger star, Charlie McDonnell. E
QUERCUS BOOKS
THE PARTICLE ZOO GAVIN HESKETH September, hb, £14.99, 9781784298678 The search for the fundamental nature of reality. E
THE SEARCH FOR EARTH’S TWIN: EXTRA-SOLAR
PLANETS AND STRANGE NEW WORLDS STUART CLARK July, hb, £20, 9781848665828 The story of man’s epic quest to find another Earth-like planet. E
50 ASTRONOMY IDEAS YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW GILES SPARROW July, hb, £11.99, 9781784296100 The 50 key concepts of astronomy, fully explained and illustrated. E
50 SCIENCE IDEAS YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW PAUL PARSONS; GAIL DIXON July, hb, £11.99, 9781784296148 The key concepts of science explained in 50 insightful essays. E
THE INTIMATE UNIVERSE: HOW THE STARS ARE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK MAREK KUKULA August, pb, £8.99, 9781784291174 The cosmos is closer and more connected to your life than you think. E
REAKTION BOOKS
LIVING BY NUMBERS: IN DEFENCE OF QUANTITY STEVEN CONNOR September, hb, £15, 9781780236469 Explores the fascinating ways in which we live in, and by, a world of numbers. E
SATELLITE: INNOVATION IN ORBIT DOUG MILLARD November, hb, £16, 9781780236599 Deconstructs the satellite as a cultural, political and technological artefact. E
FOOD CONTROVERSIES SERIES WHAT’S SO CONTROVERSIAL ABOUT GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD? JOHN TEMPLE LANG July, pbo, £9.95, 9781780236681 For those who care about where their food comes from and how it is produced. E
LIQUID CRYSTALS: THE SCIENCE AND ART OF A FLUID FORM ESTHER LESLIE October, hb, £25, 9781780236452
Recounts the unheralded but hugely significant emergence and applications of this unique matter. E
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
BEYOND BLURED LINES: RAPE CULTURE IN POPULAR MEDIA NICKIE D PHILLIPS November, hb, £24.95, 9781442246270 Traces ways that sexual violence is collectively processed, mediated, negotiated, and contested by exploring public reactions. E
SCRIBE
RISE OF THE MACHINES: THE LOST HISTORY OF CYBERNETICS THOMAS RID August, hb, £20, 9781925228649
A sweeping exploration of man’s relationship with machines and a dazzling history of cybernetics. E
HEART: THE INSIDE STORY OF OUR BODY’S MOST IMPORTANT ORGAN JOHANNES HINRICH VON BORSTEL; DAVID SHAW TR October, pbo, £14.99, 9781925228809 A lively and informative exploration of all aspects of the heart. E
THE BIOLOGY OF DESIRE: WHY ADDICTION IS NOT A DISEASE MARC LEWIS July, mmpb, £9.99, 9781925228779 A neuroscientist explains how addiction happens and what we can do to overcome it. E
THE NAKED SURGEON: THE POWER AND PERIL OF TRANSPARENCY IN MEDICINE SAMER NASHEF October, mmpb, £8.99, 9781925228694
Samer Nashef unclothes his profession in this revealing book about the surgeon’s craft. E
SOUVENIR PRESS
BEYOND WORDS: WHAT ANIMALS THINK AND FEEL CARL SAFINA September, hb, £20, 9780285643468 A view of animal behaviour that challenges the boundary between humans and nonhuman animals. E
SPRINGER
A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MILKY WAY CRISTINA CHIAPPINI September, pb, £18.99, 9781461457572 This book will provide an overview of how astronomers have attempted to uncover our Galaxy’s past. E
STAMPING THE EARTH FROM SPACE RENATO DICATI October, hb, £33.99, 9783319207551 This unique book presents a historical and philatelic survey of Earth exploration from space. E
THE GREAT CANOE IN THE SKY: STARLORE AND ASTRONOMY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC STEPHEN ROBERT CHADWICK September, hb, £23.99, 9783319226224 This book explores what peoples of the South Pacific see when they look up. E
TO MARS AND BEYOND, FAST! HOW PLASMA PROPULSION WILL REVOLUTIONIZE SPACE EXPLORATION ERIK SEEDHOUSE November, pb, £23.99, 9783319229171 The Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket, or VASIMR, is a leading contender for making “Mars in a month” a possibility. E
WOMBS WITH A VIEW: ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE GRAVID UTERUS FROM THE RENAISSANCE THROUGH THE NINETEENTH CENTURY LAWRENCE D LONGO July, hb, £33.99, 9783319235660 The volume provides an archive of some of the most beautiful illustrations ever made. E
SPACE TELESCOPES: CAPTURING THE RAYS OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM NEIL ENGLISH September, pb, £23.99, 9783319278124 This book describes the instruments themselves—and what they were designed to discover about the Solar System. E
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