Why do human beings behave as they do?We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over the other?więcej »
It is the driest, flattest, hottest, most desiccated, infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents and still Australia teems with life – a large portion of it quite d...więcej »
This is Stephen Hawking's updated, expanded and illustrated edition of his celebrated work which includes the most recent developments in the field, many of which were forecast by him.A...więcej »
The friendly animal characters in this fun workbook will help children understand the value of each digit in a number (place value) and provide practice in adding and subtracting 2-digit and 3-digi...więcej »
A must-have for Alexander von Humboldt fans and botanic enthusiasts, this gorgeous collection of frameable posters of his studies is filled with natural wonders and meticulous detail.Mo...więcej »
Packed with appealing activities, this colourful workbook will help children develop their times tables knowledge, focusing on the 7, 9, 11 and 12 times tables.więcej »
This book introduces the reader to the niceties of samples (random or stratified random), averages (mean, median or modal), errors (probable, standard or unintentional), graphs, indexes and other t...więcej »
This chromatic catalogue of the natural world pairs individual colour swatches with examples from the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms to create a beautiful and comprehensive colour reference...więcej »
What makes a bridge wobble when it's not meant to? Billions of dollars mysteriously vanish into thin air? A building rock when its resonant frequency matches a gym class leaping to Snap's 1990 hit ...więcej »
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also ...więcej »
To solve the seemingly-insurmountable climate crisis, we have to take collective action, drive societal change and accelerate the net zero economy using a plan of speed and scale. And we have to st...więcej »
The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolutionary biology. Nanotechnology and nuclear weapons. All bear the fingerprints of one remarkable man: ...więcej »
We got ourselves into this. Here's how we can get ourselves out.We know the problem: the amount of biodiversity loss, the scale of waste and pollution, the amount of greenhouse gas we p...więcej »
We were an army of shadows, of ghosts, walking as if to the beat of some dark psychic mechanism'The Cuban Revolution changed the course of the twentieth century. Following years of brut...więcej »
Now in four convenient volumes, Fields Virology remains the most authoritative reference in this fast-changing field, providing definitive coverage of virology, including virus biology as well as r...więcej »
'I couldn't imagine a better guidebook for making sense of a tragic and momentous time in our lives. Covid by Numbers is comprehensive yet concise, impeccably clear and always humane' Tim Harfordwięcej »
RENEGADES: Born in the USA chronicles the conversation Obama and Springsteen began in Spotify’s podcast of the same name, which is the most listened-to podcast globally on the Spotify platform. Dur...więcej »
Explore the laws and theories of physics in this accessible introduction to the forces that shape our Universe, our planet, and our everyday lives.Using a bold, graphic-led approach The...więcej »
This sumptuous book is the product of a longstanding collaboration between renowned flower artist Makoto Azuma and botanical photographer Shunsuke Shiinoki. Working together, they have selected hun...więcej »
For billions of years, Earth was an inhospitably alien place – covered with churning seas, slowly crafting its landscape by way of incessant volcanic eruptions, the atmosphere in a constant s...więcej »