A fascinating and up-to-date tour of the workings of the universe that suggest the possibility of journeying back and forth through time.

For more than five years, Adam Hart-Davis travelled the length and breadth of Britain, bringing to life in his TV series, "Local Heroes", pioneers of science, invention and technology. This book presents 100 of the best stories: ingenious or odd, different or daft, but always entertaining.

Popular science master John Gribbin tackles the very biggest question modern science has to answer.

Popular science master John Gribbin tackles the very biggest question modern science has to answer.

A beautifully illustrated, full-colour guide to one of science's most infamously impenetrable subjects.

From Rubik's cubes to Godel's incompleteness theorem, everything mathematical explained, with colour illustrations, in half a minute.

A beautifully illustrated, full-colour guide to one of science's most infamously impenetrable subjects.

4.6 billion years of the story of life on Earth, in 52,000 words. Brief, brilliant and entirely gripping.

This is the first mainstream book to tackle the growing phenomenon of eco-anxiety. Written by a psychoanalyst, with a foreword from Greenpeace's Ed Gillespie, this book offers emotional tools and strategies to ease anxiety by taking positive action on a personal and community level.

The best writing from the Pulitzer Prize-winning nature writer, with a foreword by Geoff Dyer.

A stunning collection of space travel stories from science broadcaster, Dallas Campbell

The much-acclaimed biography of Ada Lovelace, reissued to tie-in with the bicentenary of her birth in 2015.

Featuring images of the `first programme' and Lovelace's correspondence, alongside mathematical models, and contemporary illustrations, this book shows how Ada Lovelace, with astonishing prescience, explored key mathematical questions to understand the principles behind modern computing.

Explore the science of biomimicry: full of fascinating natural facts, ingenious ideas and a glimpse into the future of human innovation.

Oliver Sacks meets Bear Grylls in this unique voyage around the human body, from the prize-winning author of Empire Antarctica. Now available in paperback.

Tells the story from Africa's greatest living conservationist. This book covers a typical day for the author that involves rescuing baby elephants from poachers; finding homes for orphan elephants, all the while campaigning the ever-present threat of poaching for the ivory trade.

Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like? Many think that the first truly smart robots will be brain emulations or "ems." Robin Hanson draws on decades of expertise in economics, physics, and computer science to paint a detailed picture of this next great era in human (and machine) evolution - the age of em.