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An Imaginary Tale: The Story of -1

By Paul J. Nahin

Fermat's Last Theorem: Unlocking the Secret of an Ancient Mathematical Problem

By Amir D. Azcel

Mathematics Of Life: Unlocking the Secrets of Existence

By Professor Ian Stewart

How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method

By George Polya

Out of the Shadow of a Giant: How Newton Stood on the Shoulders of Hooke and Halley

By John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin

Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars

By Patrick Moore

A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica

By F. Gary Stiles, Alexander F. Skutch, Dana Gardner

Frontiers of Science

By Andrew Scott

Symmetry and Beautiful Universe

By Leon M. Lederman, Christopher T. Hill

The Joy Of Physics

By Arthur W. Wiggins

Fred Hoyle's Universe

By Jane Gregory (, Lecturer in Science Communication and Science Policy, University College London)

The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Maths Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets

By Graham Farmelo

Here's Looking at Euclid: A Surprising Excursion Through the Astonishing World of Math

By Alex Bellos

Deep Simplicity: Chaos, Complexity and the Emergence of Life

By John Gribbin

The Infinite Cosmos: Questions from the frontiers of cosmology

By Joseph Silk (, Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxford)

The End of the Dinosaurs: Chicxulub Crater and Mass Extinctions

By Charles Frankel

A Most Incomprehensible Thing: Notes Towards a Very Gentle Introduction to the Mathematics of Relativity

By Peter Collier

Mathematics and Logic: Retrospect and Prospects

By Mark Kac

Bright Earth: The Invention of Colour

By Philip Ball

Maths on the Back of an Envelope: Clever ways to (roughly) calculate anything

By Rob Eastaway

Collins Birds by Behaviour

By Dominic Couzens, Philip Snow, Tony Disley

God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History

By Stephen Hawking

Six Degrees

By Duncan J Watts

Calculus Diaries

By Jennifer Ouellette

1001 Ideas that Changed the Way We Think

By Robert Arp

Insects (Collins Gem)

By Chinery, Michael, Gibbons, Bob

JR NATURE GUIDES WILD FLOWERS

Benin: An African Kingdom - Exploring the History, Geography, Culture and Environment of Benin Past and Present

By Cathy Midwinter

The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google

By Nicholas Carr

Confessions of a Menopausal Woman: Everything you want to know but are too afraid to ask...

By Andrea McLean