In ?Humans Are Doomed To Go Extinct', an article in Scientific American published in November 2021, veteran Nature editor Dr Henry Gee predicted that Homo sapiens is on a rapid one-way ride to extinction. The article provoked media coverage and comment around the world. In The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire, Gee expands the themes of his much-discussed article to book length, charting both the rise as well as the fall of humans.

After 10,000 years of exponential growth, the rat...

A contemporary approach to behavioural statistics.

Nolan and Heinzen offer an introduction to the basics of statistics that is uniquely suited for behavioural science students. This edition provides coverage anchored to real-world stories, a highly visual approach to presenting data, helpful mathematical support, and useful step-by-step examples. Focusing on emerging trends that are redefining contemporary behavioural statistics, this text helps students get to grips with a challenging subjec...

'RIDICULOUS, DELIGHTFUL AND, DAMN IT, EDUCATIONAL' Sunday Times, Books of the Year. Welcome to the world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and the million-selling What If? and Thing Explainer

The instant New York Times bestseller that went on to inspire Professor Brian Cox

A rediscovery of Darwin the botanist and his theories on insectivorous and climbing plants.

Bestselling author Marcus Chown explains the one thing you need to know to understand some of the most important and mind-blowing concepts of the twenty-first century in twenty-one accessible and engaging chapters.

The author describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. This title is about his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us.

'One of the best books yet written on data and algorithms. . .deserves a place on the bestseller charts.' (The Times) You are accused of a crime.

Who would you rather determined your fate - a human or an algorithm?An algorithm is more consistent and less prone to error of judgement. Yet a human can look you in the eye before passing sentence. Welcome to the age of the algorithm, the story of a not-too-distant future where machines rule supreme, making important decisions - in healthcare, tran...

Wetenschapsjournaliste Lynne McTaggart beschrijft het verhaal van een groep wetenschappers die per ongeluk het Zero Point Field (nulpuntveld) ontdekten, een oceaan van microscopische vibraties die alles met alles in het universum blijken te verbinden als een soort onzichtbaar netwerk. Het Veld gaat verder dan het werk van Fritjof Capra en stelt een plausibele wetenschappelijke theorie voor die alles verklaart, van de werking van DNA en communicatie tussen cellen tot homeopathie en ESP. Het Ve...

De moderne natuurwetenschap lijkt in een groot aantal vakjes en specialismen te zijn opgedeeld. &#39;Wat is hierin schijn en wat is werkelijkheid? Hoe scherp zijn de grenzen tussen biologie, scheikunde en natuurkunde en waar liggen ze?<br/>

In dit boek onderwerpt Magnus Pyke de grenzen die tussen de natuurwetenschappen getrokken worden, aan een kritisch onderzoek. Hij laat zien hoe groot de onderlinge afhankelijkheid is en hoe een ontdekking op het ene terrein het andere be&#239...