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Key Technologies for the 21st Century: A "Scientific American" Special Issue

By Scientific American

We Need to Talk About Kelvin

By Marcus Chown

The Wollemi Pine: The Incredible Discovery of a Living Fossil From the Age of the Dinosaurs

By James Woodford

Spitting Blood: The History of Tuberculosis

By Helen Bynum (Freelance historian)

How Long Is a Piece of String?

By Eastaway, Rob, Rob Eastaway, Jeremy Wyndham

The Private Life of the Brain

By Baroness Susan Greenfield

Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge

By Professor Edward O. Wilson

Who Was Dr. Charlotte Bach?

By Francis Wheen

How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

By Lisa Feldman Barrett

Elementary: The Periodic Table Explained

By James M. Russell

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

By Munroe, Randall

Big Data: Does Size Matter?

By Timandra Harkness

In the Blink of an Eye: How Vision Kick-started the Big Bang of Evolution

By Parker, Andrew

The Music of Life: Biology beyond genes

By Denis Noble (Emeritus Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology at the University of Oxford)

Heath Robinson

Colour and Vision: Through the Eyes of Nature: 2016

By Steve Parker

Seven Days That Divide the World: The Beginning According to Genesis and Science

By John C. Lennox

From Here to Infinity: Scientific Horizons

By Martin Rees

Why is Sex Fun?: Evolution of Human Sexuality

By Jared M. Diamond

AIQ: How artificial intelligence works and how we can harness its power for a better world

By Nick Polson, James Scott

The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe

By lynne mctaggart

In Our Own Image: Will artificial intelligence save or destroy us?

By George Zarkadakis

Being a Human: Adventures in 40,000 Years of Consciousness

By Charles Foster

Science Year by Year: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Discoveries That Changed the World

By DK, Robert Winston

Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood

By Oliver Sacks, Sacks, Oliver

Understanding Nanotechnology

By Scientifi Scientific American

The Happiness Hypothesis: Ten Ways to Find Happiness and Meaning in Life

By Jonathan Haidt

Panic Nation

By Stanley Feldman, Vincent Marks

A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life

By Heather Heying, Bret Weinstein

The Ultimate Mathematical Challenge: Over 365 puzzles to test your wits and excite your mind

By The UK Mathematics Trust