Black holes are the universe's strangest and most fascinating objects. In A Brief History of Black Holes, Dr Becky explores the mysteries and realities of this misunderstood phenomenon - and that nearly everything you know about them is wrong.

Science is a serious business, right? Wrong.

Scientists have been participants in the best reality show of all time, with all the highs, lows, bust-ups, and strange personalities of any show on telly today. From Luke O'Neill - the science teacher you wish you'd had - this hugely accessible history of science reveals the human stories behind the biggest discoveries.

For example, we meet Charles Darwin as he weighs up the pros and cons of marrying his cousin: 'constant companion' vs 'less money...

Introduction to Probability Models: Thirteenth Edition is available in two manageable volumes: an Elementary edition appropriate for undergraduate use and an Advanced edition for graduate use. Together, and through their hallmark exercises and real examples, both versions offer a comprehensive foundation of this key subject with applications across engineering, computer science, management science, the physical and social sciences and operations research. Users will find comprehensive infor...

Dit boek is voor iedereen die op eenvoudige wijze de verbluffende fundamenten van ons buitengewone,

uitdijende heelal wil begrijpen. Ruimte is samengesteld uit tien boeiende, toegankelijke essays. Het leidt u snel door de sterrenstelsels, legt de mysteries uit van zwarte gaten, donkere materie en wat er bestond voor de Big Bang. Het presenteert bewijs of we echt alleen zijn in het heelal, belicht wat we nog steeds niet weten, en nog veel meer. Als je grote vragen hebt over de ruimte zal dit b...

A Brief History of Brains bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the evolutionary story of how the brain came to be.

Train your brain for emotional wellbeing: feel happier and more productive with 40 science-based brain workouts

The iconic series that started it all returns- accompanying an 8-part programme narrated by David Attenborough, Planet Earth III takes you closer than ever to the world's most fascinating animals and landscapes - and humanity's irrevocable impact upon them. There are over 100 billion planets in our galaxy. Only one is home to life. Ranging across seven dramatic habitats, from the depths of the ocean, to the scorching desert and into the to the darkest jungle, Planet Earth III showcases places...

Reis terug naar de prehistorische wereld en ontdek het leven van de meest fascinerende wezens ter wereld: dinosaurussen. Dr. Dean Lomax brengt deze wezens tot leven in tien korte hoofdstukken. Geschreven voor mensen die weinig tijd hebben maar wel nieuwsgierig zijn. Dean Lomax maakt grote ideeën eenvoudig toegankelijk en neemt lezers mee op reis om te ontdekken wat een dinosaurus een dinosaurus maakte, hoe ze evolueerden, waardoor ze uitstierven, en nog veel meer. Een perfect boek voor ieder...

A revisionist, completely accessible and radically inclusive history of maths

Mathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental truths, the stories we have been told about it are wrong. In The Secret Lives of Numbers, historian Kate Kitagawa and journalist Timothy Revell introduce readers to the mathematical boundary-smashers who have been erased by history because of their race, gender or nationality.

From the brilliant Arabic scholars of the ...

One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the science and philosophy of decision-making to mount a devastating case against free will, an argument with profound consequences

Robert Sapolsky’s Behave, his now classic account of why humans do good and why they do bad, pointed toward an unsettling conclusion: We may not grasp the precise marriage of nature and nurture that creates the physics and chemistry at the base of human behavior, but ...