Natural sciences

HOMEWORK HELPERS: CHEMISTRY is a user-friendly review book that will make every student - or parent trying to help their child - feel like he or she has a private Chemistry tutor. Concepts are explained in clear, easy-to-understand language and problems are worked out with step-by-step methods that are easy to follow.

HOMEWORK HELPERS: PHYSICS is the latest book in the popular series that has been designed to help students master the material and tackle the tests. It will help any student unravel the formulae that describe the world around him or her. Each lesson is written in clear, easy to understand language and supported with review questions.

The millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. Planning to ride a fire pole from the Moon back to Earth? The hardest part is sticking the landing. Hoping to cool the atmosphere by opening everyone's freezer door at the same time? Maybe it's time for a bri

A dire warning from DeepMind cofounder Mustafa Suleyman about the risks of fast-developing technologies like AI, DNA printers, and quantum computers, which could reshape global order. In The Coming Wave, Suleyman calls for urgent action to control these powerful tools to prevent global upheaval and potential disaster.

A practical companion to the international bestselling Dopamine Nation to offer readers a toolkit to overcoming addictive behaviours.

In pursuit of answers, Munroe runs computer simulations, pores over stacks of declassified military research memos, solves differential equations and consults everyone from astronauts to nuclear reactor operators. His responses are masterpieces of clarity and hilarity, complemented by comics. (They often predict the complete annihilation of humankind, or at least a really big explosion.) Welcom

Good Nature is a groundbreaking exploration that reveals how, if we bring nature more into our lives, it can help improve our health and well-being in so many unexpected ways. Oxford professor Kathy Willis has spent her career researching fossilised plants and plant matter - but when she stumbled across a study that showed that patients recovering from surgery improved faster jus