The science of our slumber, from the different stages of sleep and how our sleeping patterns change throughout our lives, to what happens when things go wrong.

Richard Dawkins explores the wonder of flight. A book about flying – from the mythical Icarus, to the sadly extinct but magnificent bird Argentavis magnificens, to the British Airways pilots of today.

A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK TO READ

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'One of the foremost thinkers on the transformative impact of the technology revolution' - TONY BLAIR

'Original and hopeful . . . a unique guide to the great challenges of the digital age' - ANNE APPLEBAUM

'Lucid and persuasive' - NIALL FERGUSON

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The Digital Republic is the definitive guide to the great political question of our time: how can freedom and democracy survive in a world of powerful digital technologies?

Not long ago, t...

A reimagining of modern science and ancient mythology, and of what it means to be human.

An original, provocative and fascinating new theory by one of the world's leading neuroscientists about why the mind wanders - and when and why it's good for you' Daniel Gilbert

'A gentle and humane book that should be read by everyone interested in the human mind and the human brain' Andy Clark

Our brains are noisy. Certain regions are always grinding away at involuntary activities like daydreaming, worrying about the future and self-chatter, taking up to forty-seven percen...

Takes an in-depth look at how elements are discovered, why they matter and where they will take us, with a particular focus on the new 'superheavy' elements discovered very recently