Popular Science
and stations through aerospace history.
Oxford University Press
Discordance: The Troubled History of the Hubble Constant Jim Baggott
23rd October, hb, £20, 9780192864062
The speed of the expansion of the universe is governed by the Hubble constant. Discordance relates its troubled 100-year history.
Positive Tipping Points Tim Lenton 4th September, hb, £20, 9780198875789
Identifies the positive tipping points that can help us avoid the worst of climate change and shows how we can all play a part.
Penguin
Music As Medicine Daniel Levitin 15th January, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781804940341
World-leading neuroscientist and internationally bestselling author explains the extraordinary power that music has to improve health.
Princeton University Press
The Essential Einstein Albert Einstein, Diana Kormos Buchwald (ed), Tilman Sauer (ed)
12th August, hb, eb, £30, 9780691131108
Ultimate collection of Einstein’s public writings on everything from religion and art to pacifism and the atomic bomb.
Virtual You Peter Coveney, Roger Highfield, Venki Ramakrishnan
18th November, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780691223421
The visionary science behind the digital human twins that will enhance our health and our future.
Top Ten Ideas of Physics Anthony Zee 12th August, hb, eb, £28, 9780691225807
The 10 biggest ideas in theoretical physics that have withstood the test of time.
Seven Decades Michael D Gurven 16th September, hb, eb, £30, 9780691231990
Anthropologist uncovers new evidence for the evolutionary origins of
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human longevity and explains why growing old is an opportunity, not a burden.
The Mathematical Radio Paul J Nahin, Andrew Simoson
16th September, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780691235332
How a modern radio works, told through mathematics, history and selected puzzles.
The World as We Know it Peter Dear 6th January, hb, eb, £30, 9780691235844
From the author of Revolutionizing the Sciences a monumental historical account of how of we came to see the world through the lens of science.
Wound Man Jack Hartnell 19th August, hb, eb, £35, 9780691243481
Illustrated history of an enigmatic surgical diagram.
Everything Evolves Mark Vellend 14th October, hb, eb, £25, 9780691253404
The science of evolution explains how everything came to be, from bacteria and blue whales to cell phones, cities and artificial intelligence.
The Weirdness of the World
Eric Schwitzgebel 4th November, pb, eb, £17.99, 9780691255408
Philosophical explanations of our fundamental realities are often bizarre. Here’s why that is a good thing.
Back to the Moon Joseph Silk 23rd September, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780691277585
A scientist’s inspiring vision of our return to the moon as humanity’s next step in space exploration.
Profile Books
The Meteorites Helen Gordon 6th November, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781800815353
Gordon, author of Notes from Deep Time, explains the impact of celestial bodies on life on earth.
Into the Dream Lab Michelle Carr 4th September, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781805220282
Dream engineer’s guide to the science of dreaming and nightmares and the astonishing impact the dreaming brain has on one’s waking life.
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-Fiction Reaktion Books
Myriad, Microscopic and Marvellous: The World of Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Geertje Dekkers
1st August, hb, eb, £20, 9781836390978
The hidden, minuscule worlds of pioneering Dutch microbiologist.
Our Bodies, Our Planet Marcus Hall 1st September, hb, eb, £20, 9781836391074
Eye-opening account of parasitism, something that is fundamental to life and human history.
Royal Society of Chemistry
The Polymer Revolution Peter JT Morris 31st October, pb, eb, £23.99, 9781782628279
Overview of the lives of polymer scientists shows how polymers have had an impact on the world around us.
Nature’s Amazing Chemistry Michael Freemantle
19th August, hb, eb, £19.99, 9781837674749
Essays and personal reflections on some animal, vegetable and mineral chemicals that have fascinated the author during his career as a chemist, chemistry teacher and science writer.
Food and Us Seamus Higgins 14th November, hb, eb, £19.99, 9781837677368
Exploring our extraordinary food journey over the past three million years and the evolution of food production, this book covers the interplay between eating habits and genetic and physical makeup.
Simon & Schuster Audio
The Collective Edge Colin M Fisher 28th August, audiofile, £18.99, 9781398539556
The surprising science of group dynamics promises to forever change how readers of this book live and work. Fisher skillfully weaves together the latest science with vivid storytelling.
The Origin of Language Madeleine Beekman 14th August, audiofile, £21.99, 9781398548459
Beekman makes the case that human language evolved to solve an
100,000 Birthdays Cynthia Rogerson 16th October, pb, £10.99, 9781914399435
Witty, whimsical celebration of life’s improbable journey, from the universe’s birth to the present. Blending memoir, science and wonder, it marvels at the beauty and strangeness of existence.
Springer International
Engineering Mathematics With Matlab Applications Vol 1: Fundamentals Hasan Kurtaran
10th November, hb, eb, £89.99, 9783031818684
Comprehensive approach for engineering mathematics emphasising fundamental concepts.
Eclipsed Suns, the Solar Corona and Exoplanets Pierre Lena, Serge Koutchmy, Stephen N Lyle, John Leibacher 10th October, pb, eb, £32.99, 9783031921988 Testifies to the horizons of science and the unprecedented emotions it can bring to us all.
existential problem for our ancestors— caring for extremely premature infants.
Simon & Schuster
The Secret Life of the Universe Nathalie A Cabrol
14th August, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781398531321
One of the world’s leading astrobiologists takes the reader on an awe- inspiring journey across the cosmos to investigate some of humanity’s most profound questions.
The Collective Edge Colin M Fisher 28th August, hb, eb, £22, 9781398533448
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The Origin of Language Madeleine Beekman 14th August, hb, eb, £25, 9781398548428
Details above. Sparsile Books
A must-read for every eclipse chaser and fan of true scientific adventures.
Text Publishing
Carbon Paul Hawken 28th August, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781922268808
Intriguing exploration of life through the lens of carbon, the most versatile element on the planet, by New York Times bestselling author.
The History Press
Physics Around the Clock Michael Banks 11th September, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781803995823
The physics behind everyday life—how to brew the perfect coffee, how to rid the garden of snails and what physics reveals about love and relationships.
23rd September, hb, eb, £24, 9780520413740
Alexandre follows Silicon Valley’s personalities and networks to capture the way its denizens live, think and innovate and how they shape the very code and conduct of business itself.
University of Chicago Press
The Pale Blue Data Point Jon Willis 30th October, hb, eb, £21, 9780226822402
Astronomer conjures up alien worlds and unthought-of biological possibilities as he speculates on what life might look like on other planets by extrapolating from what we can see on Earth.
Decoding the Hand Alison Bashford 5th November, hb, eb, £28, 9780226831152
Surprising and unlikely story of palmistry, from occultists to the very foundations of modern science and medicine.
A Sense of Space John Edward Huth 13th November, hb, eb, £26, 9780226844428
Misread Signals Dermot Turing 21st August, hb, eb, £22, 9781803997933
The story of the female codebreakers who have been airbrushed from the official records told for the first time.
Breaking the Glass Ceiling of Science Stella Butler
13th November, hb, eb, £17.99, 9781803999593
Eleven women pioneers who excelled at science, overcame prejudice and made significant discoveries along the way.
Torva
Robin Hood Maths Noah Giansiracusa 7th August, hb, eb, £22, 9781911709794
Big companies are using maths to take from the poor and give to the rich. Giansiracusa shows how to beat the system using simple hacks anyone can learn.
University of California Press
Tech: When Silicon Valley Remakes the World Olivier Alexandre
From global navigation to natal charts to memory palaces and beyond a journey through humanity’s visualisation of new spaces.
University of Toronto Press
The Smartification of Everything
Masha Gugganig (ed), Kelly Bronson (ed), Vincent Mirza (ed)
25th August, pb, £27.99, 9781487556723
Concerned with the ubiquitous notion of smartness, this collection advances an interdisciplinary conversation on the dominant perception of emergent technologies as being able to resolve social, environmental and cultural problems.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
The Only Cure: Freud and the Neuroscience of Mental Healing Mark Solms
22nd January, hb, eb, £25, 9781399623377
Pioneering neuro- psychologist reveals how science is proving Freud correct and explores what this might mean for our mental healthcare systems and our lives.
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