*THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*. For her entire adult life, Oprah Winfrey has struggled with her weight. She never thought in her lifetime, medicines would provide hope, health, and healing for people like her. But as her conversations with Dr... Zobraziť viac
What is life? This is among the most difficult open problems in science, right up there with the nature of consciousness and the existence of matter. All the definitions we have fall short. Physicist and astrobiologist Sara Imari Walker argues that... Zobraziť viac
We find ourselves in a time of great social upheaval. People are testing the boundaries of just about everything related to sex and gender. Biological sex, long thought to be a simple binary, is now being understood as a spectrum. Gender is being... Zobraziť viac
Can physics change your life? It already has. In The Art of Physics, Zahaan Bharmal explains eight ideas from physics that have transformed his view of everyday life and will do the same for you. Far from being abstract, he argues, physics can help us... Zobraziť viac
The first book of nuclear environmentalism - a groundbreaking exploration of how to harness nuclear power to build a sustainable and prosperous future for all. What if climate change isn't an environmental challenge, but an energy challenge?In this... Zobraziť viac
A superbly written work of narrative non-fiction by an exciting new talent, The Anti-Catastrophe League is a brilliant study of the people and their teams who are trying to save the world.Our species has a unique genius for self-imperilment... Zobraziť viac
We’re told that what men and women desire from relationship is different – he’s looking for novelty, she’s looking for commitment; he’s concerned with looks, she’s concerned with status. We’re told that we live in a hierarchy of romantic inequality... Zobraziť viac
'Gripping and essential reading' - TIM SPECTOR'Strips away the lies to show what's really happening in the world' - OLIVER BULLOUGH'Totally compelling' - ELIZABETH KOLBERTPlastic is everywhere in our daily lives. But the companies making it - oil and... Zobraziť viac
***A Strong Words 2023 Book of the Year***'A highly enjoyable and serendipitous read!' - Rob Eastaway, bestselling co-author of Headscratchers: The New Scientist Puzzle BookDid you know:-Only around 100 people have ever lived... Zobraziť viac
From the author of the groundbreaking, international bestseller The Female Brain comes this eagerly awaited follow-up. Did you know that the male brain... *is a lean, mean problem-solving machine that uses analytical brain structures, not emotional... Zobraziť viac
A Science Book of the Year in The Telegraph'Timely and wide-ranging . . .ambitious in its scope' – New Scientist'One of the best books on technology and culture I have read' – Matthew D'Ancona, The New European'Powerful, profound and completely... Zobraziť viac
Is AI going to take over the world? Have scientists created an artificial lifeform that can think on its own? Is it going to replace all our jobs? Are we about to enter an age where computers are better than humans at everything?... Zobraziť viac
Unless you are floating naked through space, you are right now in direct contact with multiple manufactured products, be it furniture, technology, clothing, and or even food. The processes by which these things appear in our lives are virtually... Zobraziť viac
A rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion of artificial intelligence. Machine-learning systems are making life-altering decisions for us: approving mortgage loans, determining... Zobraziť viac
From the winner of the 2022 Royal Society Science Book Prize, a thrilling and thought-provoking account of the rise and fall of humankind. For the first time in over ten millennia, the rate of human population growth is slowing down... Zobraziť viac
IT'S NOT YOU. IT'S YOUR BIOLOGY. Modern society is plagued by health epidemics: obesity, record levels of loneliness, increasing mental health problems and various forms of addiction. From the outside, all these issues might seem unrelated... Zobraziť viac
What is space? What is time? Where did the universe come from? The answers to mankind's most enduring questions may lie in science's greatest enigma: black holes. A black hole is a region of space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light... Zobraziť viac
'Thank you, Nahid, for your gentle guidance and your beautiful way with words' Melissa Hemsley'Nahid is a wizard at unwinding and relaxing' Sara Pascoe'A useful and sustaining book' Cathy RentzenbrinkLEARN HOW TO PHYSICALLY RELEASE STRESS FROM YOUR... Zobraziť viac
In his final book, the late Henry Kissinger joins forces with two leading technologists to mount a profound exploration of the epochal challenges and opportunities presented by the revolution in Artificial Intelligence... Zobraziť viac
‘One of Britain’s top weight-loss experts’ This MorningFor years we’ve been told that successful weight loss is a simple matter of willpower and calorie control. But this argument fails to take into account how our brains and bodies respond to food –... Zobraziť viac
