What If: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe
The XKCD creator’s replies, peppered with his iconic stick-man illustrations.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
A whistlestop tour of how our species came
out on top, and what the future holds.
The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being: Evolution and the Making of Us
Alice Roberts
Exploring the sequence of events that turn a single egg into a human body.
50 Years of Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Natural History Museum , Rosamund Kidman Cox
A compilation of the most jaw-dropping images from the competition.
The Copernicus Complex: Our Cosmic Significance in a Universe of Planets and Probabilities
Caleb Scharf
Planet Earth might not be unique but, Scharf argues, it can still be significant.
The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us
Diane Ackerman
How we are shaping the Earth’s future
for better or worse.
The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science
Armand Marie Leroi
A look at some of the great Greek’s most startling, yet often overlooked, ideas.
The Myth of Mirror Neurons: The Real Neuroscience of Communication and Cognition
Gregory Hickok
Tearing down a recent “pet theory” of science in search of alternative explanations.
Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One’s Looking)
Christian Rudder
Lifting the lid on human nature in the era of big data.
Colin the Cloud
Clare Nasir, Adam Stanway
The enigmatic bundle of water vapour will introduce kids to meteorological wonders, including the jet stream.
