{"id":13924,"date":"2022-05-31T18:12:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T16:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/?p=44727"},"modified":"2022-05-31T18:24:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T16:24:36","slug":"73-best-science-books-you-need-to-read-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/73-best-science-books-you-need-to-read-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"73 best science books you need to read in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Sara Rigby\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 31 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>A good science book won\u2019t just teach you some interesting facts: it will help you to look at the world around you in a different way. Whether it\u2019s an archaeology book that helps you to re-evaluate humans\u2019 place in the natural world, or a cosmology book that takes you back to how it all began, you\u2019ll come out the other side with a brand new perspective.<\/p>\n<p>For those with a curious mind, science books are an invaluable resource for learning about subjects you have no idea about. From the more mainstream subjects like health, psychology and wildlife, to the more intense topics like <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/science\/quantum-physics\/&quot;\">quantum physics<\/a> and geometry, to the more light-hearted subjects like food science, there\u2019s sure to be plenty of new stuff to learn.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever your taste, there are new, brilliant science books being released every week. We\u2019ve picked our choice of the very best, so read on for plenty of inspiration to expand your personal library.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re in the mood for something specific, we also have plenty of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/tag\/reading-lists\/&quot;\">reading lists<\/a> on various subjects to help you choose.<\/p>\n<p>In no particular order, here are some of our very favourite science books.<\/p>\n<h2>The best science books to read in 2022<\/h2>\n<h3>The Joy of Science<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/The-Joy-of-Science-Jim-Al-Khalili-f8ade57.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C300&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/The-Joy-of-Science-Jim-Al-Khalili-f8ade57.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C300&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-120895\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/The-Joy-of-Science-Jim-Al-Khalili-f8ade57.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C300&quot;\" width=\"&quot;300&quot;\" height=\"&quot;300&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Jim Al-Khalili<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Jim Al-Khalili\u2019s latest offering, <em>The Joy of Science<\/em>, we are presented with eight lessons in how to lead a more rational life and see things as they really are. It\u2019s an easily digestible, pocket-sized guide in how to think more scientifically, and how this can benefit us in everyday life.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at things objectively can help break down social constructs and pre-existing beliefs, and the ideas at the heart of scientific method are deeply relevant as we try to navigate the complicated times that we live in.<\/p>\n<ul><li>Listen to Jim explain the origins of the Universe on the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/space\/instant-genius-podcast-the-big-bang-prof-jim-al-khalili\/&quot;\"><em>Science Focus Podcast<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" joy=\"\" of=\"\" science=\"\" not=\"\" manifesting=\"\" unlocking=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><h3>Insectpedia: A Brief Compendium of Insect Lore<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Insectpedia-Eric-R-Eaton-39a8ecf.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C300&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Insectpedia-Eric-R-Eaton-39a8ecf.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C300&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-120897\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Insectpedia-Eric-R-Eaton-39a8ecf.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C300&quot;\" width=\"&quot;300&quot;\" height=\"&quot;300&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>By Eric. R. Eaton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With hand-drawn illustrations, anecdotes, and curious facts about some of the most fascinating bug species on the planet, this pocket-friendly encyclopaedia is a delightful and entertaining collection of insect lore and storied history of entomology.<\/p>\n<p>From murder hornets and jumping beans to mole crickets and zombie lady-beetles,<em> Insectpedia <\/em>has a charming blend of insect facts and mythology. It\u2019s presented in an A-Z format, making it easy to pick up and read for only a few seconds to learn something new. This is an ideal book if you like to start conversations with, \u201cHey, did you know\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" a=\"\" brief=\"\" compendium=\"\" of=\"\" insect=\"\" lore=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><h3>Geopedia: A Brief Compendium of Geologic Curiosities<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Geopedia-Marcia-Bjornerud-86d5f30.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C300&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Geopedia-Marcia-Bjornerud-86d5f30.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C300&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-120896\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Geopedia-Marcia-Bjornerud-86d5f30.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C300&quot;\" width=\"&quot;300&quot;\" height=\"&quot;300&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>By Marcia Bjornerud<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Discover a treasure trove of bizarre and awe-inspiring geologic wonders that have captured our imagination over the millennia with <em>Geopedia: A Brief Compendium of Geologic Curiosities<\/em>. From areology (the study of the geology of Mars) to zircon (a mineral that can outlast almost all other materials on Earth), this is an engaging and entertaining lexicon on the diversity of rocks and our interactions with them.<\/p>\n<p>It covers mythology, geologic processes, and imports from diverse languages, all written with a healthy helping of humour and wit. This pocket-sized book is illustrated, and the hardback comes bound in real cloth, so it\u2019s ideal to toss in your bag and dip into on the go.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" a=\"\" brief=\"\" compendium=\"\" of=\"\" geologic=\"\" curiosities=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><h3>The Science of Can and Can\u2019t: A Physicist\u2019s Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/can-and-cant-5dfd54d.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C321&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/can-and-cant-5dfd54d.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C321&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-76986\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/can-and-cant-5dfd54d.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C321&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;321&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Chiara Marletto<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most laws of physics tell us what must happen. Throw a ball in the air and it will come back down. But physicist Chiara Marletto, a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, says that laws like this only tell us part of the story.<\/p>\n<p>The rest, she says, lie in \u2018counterfactuals\u2019: things that\u00a0<em>could<\/em> be. A notebook could be written in. There is no law of physics that tells us whether it will be \u2013 but we can\u2019t describe what it\u2019s for without talking about the possibility.<\/p>\n<p>Marletto believes that counterfactual properties like this could hold the key to solving some of the biggest problems in science, from the biology of life, to <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/future-technology\/artificial-intelligence-ai\/&quot;\">artificial intelligence<\/a>, to climate change.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" science=\"\" of=\"\" can=\"\" and=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/science\/podcast-could-counterfactuals-solve-the-biggest-problems-in-physics\/&quot;\">Listen to Chiara on the\u00a0<em>Science Focus Podcast<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>Project Hail Mary<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/project-hail-mary-36469e9.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C324&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/project-hail-mary-36469e9.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C324&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-76990\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/project-hail-mary-36469e9.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C324&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;324&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Andy Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An important memo to all fans of Andy Weir\u2019s debut novel\u00a0<i data-stringify-type=\"&quot;italic&quot;\">The Martian<\/i>\u00a0(and the Hollywood adaptation): read\u00a0<i data-stringify-type=\"&quot;italic&quot;\">Project Hail Mary.<\/i>\u00a0Now.<\/p>\n<p>While the premise of the new story sounds near identical to the author\u2019s earlier work \u2013 a lone man is forced to use his scientific cunning after he becomes stranded from Earth \u2013 the introduction of a mystery lifeforce, which we won\u2019t spoil here, blasts the plot in an unexpected direction.<\/p>\n<p>Significantly, the protagonist is no Mark Watney, the astronaut played by Matt Damon in <i data-stringify-type=\"&quot;italic&quot;\">The Martian<\/i>\u00a0movie, either. The main character is, well, he doesn\u2019t know what he is, waking from a coma next to two corpses, his memory banks empty. And if that\u2019s not enough to draw you in, we don\u2019t know what will.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" hail=\"\" mary=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/space\/building-a-base-on-the-moon-and-crafting-believable-sci-fi\/&quot;\">Listen to Andy on the <em>Science Focus Podcast<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/space\/andy-weir-is-there-life-after-mars\/&quot;\">Read an interview with Andy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>Foodology: A Food-lover\u2019s Guide to Digestive Health and Happiness<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/foodology-8efb624.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C297&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/foodology-8efb624.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C297&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-76987\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/foodology-8efb624.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C297&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;297&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Saliha Mahmood Ahmed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Foodology\u00a0<\/em>is part recipe book, part science book, all food. Gastroenterologist and food writer Saliha Mahmood Ahmed takes us on a tour of the digestive system, from the very first bite to\u2026 the other end. On the way, she also dives into why food makes us so happy and how a delicious smell can make our mouths water.<\/p>\n<p>On top of all of this, of course, are 50 recipes designed not just to be delicious, but to support your gut health.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" a=\"\" food-lover=\"\" guide=\"\" to=\"\" digestive=\"\" health=\"\" and=\"\" happiness=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><h3>Always On: Hope and Fear in the Social Smartphone Era<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/always-on-c7af0a7.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C321&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/always-on-c7af0a7.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C321&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-76983\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/always-on-c7af0a7.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C321&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;321&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Rory Cellan-Jones<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wake up. Check social media. Send a \u2018good morning\u2019 text. Check the weather app. Check the news\u2026 From the moment our alarm apps go off in the morning to when we finally log off Instagram at night, our smartphones are always by our sides.<\/p>\n<p>On the one hand, we can connect with more people than ever before and we have unlimited access to information. But on the other, these devices are encroaching on every aspect of our lives, giving tech companies more access to and more control over everything about us.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, the smartphone has arguably changed our lives more than almost any tool ever invented. In\u00a0<em>Always On<\/em>, Rory Cellan-Jones, the BBC\u2019s chief technology correspondent, explores whether this is cause for hope or fear.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" on:=\"\" hope=\"\" and=\"\" fear=\"\" in=\"\" the=\"\" social=\"\" smartphone=\"\" era=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><h3>Handmade: A Scientist\u2019s Search for Meaning through Making<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/handmade-22db10a.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C338&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/handmade-22db10a.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C338&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-76988\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/handmade-22db10a.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C338&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;338&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Anna Ploszajski<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scientists tend to think about materials in terms of quantities like their melting point, their density and how much pressure they can withstand. But humanity\u2019s earliest materials scientists didn\u2019t work in a lab measuring how much stress an object could withstand: they worked with their hands and made things.<\/p>\n<p>Anna Ploszajski, herself a materials scientist, goes back to these ancient roots to explore in a hands-on way. 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But it turns out that such a thing is possible, says psychologist Dr Christian Jarrett.<\/p>\n<p>Using genuine science, Jarrett explains how you really can alter your personality to your liking, whether that\u2019s becoming more extroverted or conscientious, or even learning to use the \u2018Dark Triad\u2019 \u2013 narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy \u2013 to your advantage.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" who=\"\" you=\"\" want:=\"\" unlocking=\"\" the=\"\" science=\"\" of=\"\" personality=\"\" change=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/books\/situation-selection-strategy\/&quot;\">Read an extract from\u00a0<em>Be Who You Want<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-personality-change-dr-christian-jarrett\/&quot;\">Listen to Christian on the <em>Instant Genius<\/em> podcast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>The Motherhood Complex: The Story of Our Changing Selves<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/motherhood-complex-fa079f0.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C322&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/motherhood-complex-fa079f0.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C322&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-76989\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/motherhood-complex-fa079f0.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C322&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;322&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Melissa Hogenboom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>People often say that becoming a parent is one of the best things someone can do. But we talk a lot less about how pregnancy and giving birth change the body.<\/p>\n<p>Science journalist Melissa Hogenboom takes on this topic in\u00a0<em>The Motherhood Complex<\/em>. She describes every aspect of the experience, from the psychological effect of your changing body to how pregnancy affects the brain.<\/p>\n<p>She also looks at the social side of parenting, drawing on her experience as a mother of two to explore how a parent\u2019s sense of self and relationship to the rest of the world are altered after they have a child.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" motherhood=\"\" complex:=\"\" the=\"\" story=\"\" of=\"\" our=\"\" changing=\"\" selves=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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Not only is it complicated, it often seems to have no value for the real world. When am I ever going to need to know how to draw an equilateral triangle using only a ruler and a pair of compasses?<\/p>\n<p>It turns out, though, that geometry really does have real-world uses. As Jordan Ellenberg explains in <em>Shape<\/em>, not only does geometry have uses in physics and artificial intelligence, it also pops up in finance, US politics and even poetry.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" the=\"\" hidden=\"\" geometry=\"\" of=\"\" absolutely=\"\" everything=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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Byrne explains all the ways in which swearing is good for us, from pain relief to team bonding, and reveals what cursing chimpanzees can tell us about the origin of dirty words.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" is=\"\" good=\"\" for=\"\" you=\"\" not=\"\" chinese=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><h3>Mysteries Of The Quantum Universe<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Mysteries-of-the-quantum-universe-Best-books-f0c9a04.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C273&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Mysteries-of-the-quantum-universe-Best-books-f0c9a04.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C273&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-98611\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Mysteries-of-the-quantum-universe-Best-books-f0c9a04.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C273&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;273&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Thibault Damour &amp; Mathieu Burniat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Billed as \u2018Tintin meets Brian Cox\u2019, this book performs the tricky task of making quantum physics accessible. Join Bob and his dog Rick on a journey through the world of the very small, talking atoms with Einstein and eating cr\u00eapes with Max Planck.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" of=\"\" the=\"\" quantum=\"\" universe=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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Both books of puzzles get you to find the connections, finish the sequences, defeat the Connecting Walls and decode the phrases with missing vowels.<\/p>\n<p>The puzzles are classics taken from the TV programme, arranged in increasing difficulty. Start with a warm-up from the first heat, and gradually work your way up to questions worthy of the final round.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" connect=\"\" quiz=\"\" book=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/books\/best-quiz-puzzle-books\/&quot;\">10 of the best quiz collections and puzzle books<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3 class=\"&quot;listicle__title\" heading-3=\"\">The Animals Among Us<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/The-animals-among-us-Best-books-232459a.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C321&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/The-animals-among-us-Best-books-232459a.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C321&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-98608\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/The-animals-among-us-Best-books-232459a.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C321&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;321&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>John Bradshaw<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why do we keep pets? Bradshaw argues that it goes beyond cuteness and companionship, and all the way back to an ancient connection in our shared past. Weaving together psychology and evolutionary science, the book will give pet owners a newfound appreciation for their furry friends.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" animals=\"\" among=\"\" us=\"\" book=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/nature\/why-we-love-pets\/&quot;\">Listen to John on the <em>Science Focus Podcast<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3 class=\"&quot;listicle__title\" heading-3=\"\">Beyond Infinity<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Beyond-infinity-Best-books-8615450.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C324&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Beyond-infinity-Best-books-8615450.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C324&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-98616\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Beyond-infinity-Best-books-8615450.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C324&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;324&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Eugenia Cheng<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It takes a talented writer to bring the concept of infinity to life, but Cheng\u2019s infectious enthusiasm makes maths a delight. Discover why some infinities are bigger than others, and why there\u2019s always room at an infinite hotel, even if it\u2019s full.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" infinity=\"\" book=\"\" eugenia=\"\" cheng=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><ul><li>Read an <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/science\/getting-lost-in-infinite-loops\/&quot;\">extract from <em>Beyond Infinity<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/science\/five-incredible-facts-about-infinity\/&quot;\">Five fascinating facts about infinity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3 class=\"&quot;listicle__title\" heading-3=\"\">Graphic Science: Seven Journeys of Discovery<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Graphic-science-Best-books-f28e25d.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C299&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Graphic-science-Best-books-f28e25d.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C299&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-98615\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Graphic-science-Best-books-f28e25d.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C299&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;299&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Darryl Cunningham<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With his crisp comic art, Cunningham tells the stories of seven scientists who history has rather overlooked. Mary Anning, Alfred Wegener, Fred Hoyle, Jocelyn Bell Burnell\u2026 they\u2019re names you may have heard of, but <em>Graphic Science<\/em> underlines the importance of their work.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" science:=\"\" seven=\"\" journeys=\"\" of=\"\" discovery=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><h3 class=\"&quot;listicle__title\" heading-3=\"\">Testosterone Rex<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Testosterone-rex-Best-books-b96f94a.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C337&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Testosterone-rex-Best-books-b96f94a.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C337&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-98623\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Testosterone-rex-Best-books-b96f94a.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C337&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;337&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Cordelia Fine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The winner of 2017\u2019s Royal Society books prize, Fine cuts through gender stereotypes with panache, dispelling the myth that testosterone creates a deep-rooted division between the sexes and discussing what this means for the society we live in.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" rex=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/maybe-its-time-to-rethink-what-we-know-about-sex\/&quot;\">Read an\u00a0 extract from <em>Testosterone Rex<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/whats-the-difference-between-men-and-women\/&quot;\">Read an interview with Cordelia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3 class=\"&quot;listicle__title\" heading-3=\"\">Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong \u2013 and the New Research That\u2019s Rewriting the Story<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Inferior-Best-books-46a8201.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C336&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Inferior-Best-books-46a8201.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C336&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-98596\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Inferior-Best-books-46a8201.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C336&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;336&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Angela Saini<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another book on our list tackling gender stereotypes, Saini discusses how centuries of science have painted a distorted picture of sex differences, the impact this has had on women in society, and how we\u2019re finally beginning to redress the balance.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" angela=\"\" saini=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/inequality-in-science\/&quot;\">Listen to Angela on the <em>Science Focus Podcast<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3 class=\"&quot;listicle__title\" heading-3=\"\">Other Minds<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Other-minds-Best-books-2fab179.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C322&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Other-minds-Best-books-2fab179.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C322&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-98595\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Other-minds-Best-books-2fab179.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C322&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;322&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Peter Godfrey-Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The octopus is essentially an alien species right here on Earth \u2013 a sentient being whose intelligence has evolved entirely independently from our own. Godfrey-Smith peers into the minds of these cephalopods, revealing what they can tell us about the nature of consciousness itself.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" minds=\"\" peter=\"\" godfrey-smith=\"\" not=\"\" metazoa=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/nature\/octopuses-playful-choosy-and-smarter-than-you-think\/&quot;\">Read an extract from <em>Other Minds<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3 class=\"&quot;listicle__title\" heading-3=\"\">Gastrophysics<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Gastrophysics-Best-books-74cbe47.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C321&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Gastrophysics-Best-books-74cbe47.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C321&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-98607\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Gastrophysics-Best-books-74cbe47.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C321&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;321&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Charles Spence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this breezy introduction to the new science of gastrophysics, Spence explains why our mealtimes are a truly multisensory experience. It turns out that everything from the background music to the colour and shape of our plates affects the taste of our food.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" charles=\"\" spence=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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Familiar names like <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/science\/marie-curie-facts\/&quot;\">Marie Curie<\/a> and <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/science\/ada-lovelace-biography-mathematician-computer-scientist-visionary\/&quot;\">Ada Lovelace<\/a> sit alongside lesser-known pioneers such as Maria Sibylla Merian, one of the first and more important entomologists.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" in=\"\" science=\"\" rachel=\"\" ignotofsky=\"\" not=\"\" puzzle=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/science\/women-in-science-50-fearless-pioneers-who-changed-the-world\/&quot;\">Read an extract from<em>\u00a0Women in Science<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3 class=\"&quot;listicle__title\" heading-3=\"\">Ask An Astronaut<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Ask-an-astronaut-Best-books-ae1fd38.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C322&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Ask-an-astronaut-Best-books-ae1fd38.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C322&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-98606\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Ask-an-astronaut-Best-books-ae1fd38.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C322&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;322&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Tim Peake<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Who better to describe life in space than someone who\u2019s walked the (space)walk? Tim pens answers to the public\u2019s burning questions, revealing what space smells like, how he enjoyed a cosmic cuppa, and what it felt like to return to Earth.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" an=\"\" astronaut=\"\" tim=\"\" peake=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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Kean\u2019s eye-opening guide to the science and history of our atmosphere takes in everything from radioactive pigs and spontaneous combustion to Julius Caesar\u2019s final moments and some unforgettable performance art at the Moulin Rouge.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" last=\"\" breath=\"\" sam=\"\" kean=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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We travel across centuries from Gutenberg\u2019s printing press to Tim Berners-Lee\u2019s World Wide Web, via Picasso, Einstein, Rosalind Franklin and more.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" of=\"\" nothing=\"\" daniel=\"\" locke=\"\" david=\"\" blandy=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><h3 class=\"&quot;listicle__title\" heading-3=\"\">Admissions<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Admissions-Best-books-ed4a770.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C321&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Admissions-Best-books-ed4a770.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C321&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-98614\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Admissions-Best-books-ed4a770.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C321&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;321&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Henry Marsh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following up 2014\u2019s much-lauded <em>Do No Harm<\/em> was never going to be easy, but this second part of Henry Marsh\u2019s memoir is an equally honest, human and beautifully written account of the ups and downs of his life as a brain surgeon.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" henry=\"\" marsh=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><h3 class=\"&quot;listicle__title\" heading-3=\"\">To Be A Machine<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/To-be-a-machine-Best-books-247ddf2.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C325&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/To-be-a-machine-Best-books-247ddf2.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C325&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-98630\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/To-be-a-machine-Best-books-247ddf2.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C325&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;325&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Mark O\u2019Connell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With shades of Jon Ronson and Louis Theroux, O\u2019Connell explores the world of transhumanism, meeting the cyborgs, utopians and futurists who hope to use technology to improve the human condition. It makes for an engrossing, witty and at times disturbing read.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" be=\"\" a=\"\" machine=\"\" mark=\"\" o=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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Its flaps and delicate lasercuts allow kids to explore the organs, systems and senses that keep us alive, while the accompanying text provides a nice introduction to human biology.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" h=\"\" jean-claude=\"\" druvert=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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Within three days, she was completely blind. Patient H69 documents her descent into darkness \u2013 and her subsequent recovery as, armed with scientific insight, she began to make sense of her unique condition.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" h69=\"\" vanessa=\"\" potter=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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With scientific rigour and a generous helping of expletives, Warner takes on the food fads one by one, and asks why we\u2019re so easily taken in by pseudoscience in the first place.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" angry=\"\" chef=\"\" anthony=\"\" warner=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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In <em>Nodding Off<\/em>, she explains the science of sleep and what happens if we don\u2019t get enough of it. She also offers important tips on how to improve our shut-eye, to help us feel better in our waking hours.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" off=\"\" alice=\"\" gregory=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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And you can\u2019t fix it. But don\u2019t stress, you\u2019ve got Ryan North\u2019s informative manual on how to rebuild civilisation from scratch. Get started with inventing language, and then over 400 pages build your way up to modern computers.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" to=\"\" invent=\"\" everything=\"\" ryan=\"\" north=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/future-technology\/this-is-how-to-invent-everything\/&quot;\">Listen to Ryan on the <em>Science Focus Podcast<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>Wonders: Spectacular Moments in Nature Photography<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Wonders-Best-books-a309cfc.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C172&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Wonders-Best-books-a309cfc.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C172&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-98629\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Wonders-Best-books-a309cfc.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C172&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;172&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Rhonda Rubinstein<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Wonders<\/em> features the award-winning images from the BigPicture Natural World Photography competition. Along with stunning photos, this science book explains the scientific phenomena and photography behind each shot.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" spectacular=\"\" moments=\"\" in=\"\" nature=\"\" photography=\"\" rhonda=\"\" rubinstein=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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Neuroscientist <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/author\/deanburnett\/&quot;\">Dean Burnett<\/a> combines cutting-edge research and views from all kinds of experts to explain where happiness comes from, and why we need it so much.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" happy=\"\" brain=\"\" dean=\"\" burnett=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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It\u2019s more fun than you ever thought you could have learning about quantum mechanics.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" random:=\"\" why=\"\" nobody=\"\" understands=\"\" quantum=\"\" mechanics=\"\" jeffrey=\"\" bub=\"\" tanya=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><h3>Brief Answers to the Big Questions<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Brief-answers-to-the-big-questions-Best-books-b1cbf35.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C336&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Brief-answers-to-the-big-questions-Best-books-b1cbf35.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C336&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-98612\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Brief-answers-to-the-big-questions-Best-books-b1cbf35.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C336&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;336&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Stephen Hawking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Published posthumously, Stephen Hawking\u2019s last book tackles some of the Universe\u2019s biggest questions. Is time travel possible? Is there other intelligent life in the Universe? How do we shape the future? And unlike <em>A Brief History Of Time<\/em>, this one is actually intelligible to the average armchair reader.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" answers=\"\" to=\"\" the=\"\" big=\"\" questions=\"\" stephen=\"\" hawking=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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In her book, which won the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2018, neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore draws on cutting-edge research to explain what\u2019s happening in the brains of teenagers, and what it can tell us about how we\u2019ve all developed.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" ourselves:=\"\" the=\"\" secret=\"\" life=\"\" of=\"\" teenage=\"\" brain=\"\" sarah-jayne=\"\" blakemore=\"\" not=\"\" audiobook=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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Against the backdrop of some of the world\u2019s best athletes trying to break the two-hour marathon mark, Alex Hutchinson explores new science around what defines our limits: is it our bodies, food, or pain? 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In <em>The Science Of Sin<\/em>, neurobiologist Jack Lewis talks us through why we do bad things, illuminates the neural battles between temptation and restraint, and helps us understand why we do the things we know we shouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" science=\"\" of=\"\" sin=\"\" jack=\"\" lewis=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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[].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><h3>Infinite Wonder: An Astronaut\u2019s Photographs from a Year in Space<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Infinite-wonder-Best-books-f9b661f.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C159&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Infinite-wonder-Best-books-f9b661f.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C159&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-98601\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Infinite-wonder-Best-books-f9b661f.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C159&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;159&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Scott Kelly<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Astronaut Scott Kelly had a year that photographers would envy. He circled the Earth 5,400 times, witnessing 10,944 sunrises and sunsets \u2013 about 16 per day. 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[].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><h3>The Weil Conjectures<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/The-weil-conjectures-Best-books-feac4a1.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C322&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/The-weil-conjectures-Best-books-feac4a1.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C322&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-98635\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/The-weil-conjectures-Best-books-feac4a1.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C322&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;322&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Karen Olsson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Andr\u00e9 and Simone Weil were brother and sister. One a renowned mathematician known for contributions to algebraic geometry and number theory, the other a famous philosopher and political activist. Maths and philosophy become entangled in this fascinating memoir of the two 20th-Century figures.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" weil=\"\" conjectures=\"\" karen=\"\" olsson=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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Tackling huge questions, myths and conundrums about our Universe is no easy task, but Carroll does so elegantly.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" deeply=\"\" hidden=\"\" sean=\"\" carroll=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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Katy Wiedemann\u2019s delicately drawn diagrams accompany Jennifer Paxton\u2019s detailed anatomical information for a learning experience that is quite unlike any other.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" jennifer=\"\" paxton=\"\" katy=\"\" wiedemann=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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In this engaging book, Kit Chapman opens our eyes to the way superheavy, unstable elements at the far reaches of the periodic table have changed our lives, and predicts what\u2019s next for nuclear science.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" kit=\"\" chapman=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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Perhaps most shocking is the sign of race science returning to modern conversations around genetics and political power.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" angela=\"\" saini=\"\" not=\"\" bulletproof=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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The future is much worse than we think, says David Wallace-Wells, who is deputy editor of <em>New York<\/em> magazine and a science writer. 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Essays discuss the past, present and future of the American space agency, and with over 400 images, illustrations and photographs, most not widely seen by the general public, this is a coffee table book that is a delight to pick up and peruse.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" nasa=\"\" archives:=\"\" years=\"\" in=\"\" space=\"\" piers=\"\" bizony=\"\" andrew=\"\" chaikin=\"\" roger=\"\" launius=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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From female participants missing from research studies, to health apps allowing users to track copper intake but not periods, the holes in our knowledge of women \u2013 called the \u2018gender data gap\u2019 by Criado Perez \u2013 has led to a history of discrimination.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" women=\"\" caroline=\"\" criado=\"\" perez=\"\" not=\"\" pill=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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It is a fascinating but complicated topic that necessarily involves bring together a lot of tricky ideas and concepts. Helen\u2019s book does exactly that, and in a brilliantly engaging way.<\/p>\n<p>I had the pleasure of doing a festival event online with Helen over the summer and it was a joy to explore some of the many weird, and often not so wonderful, ways we are altering species.<em> \u2013 Recommended by <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/author\/adamhart\/&quot;\">Dr Adam Hart<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" changing:=\"\" how=\"\" humans=\"\" are=\"\" altering=\"\" life=\"\" on=\"\" earth=\"\" helen=\"\" pilcher=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/nature\/10-weird-ways-humans-have-influenced-animal-evolution\/&quot;\">10 weird ways humans have influenced animal evolution<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>Is Free Speech Racist?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/free-speech-racist-fcd2b80.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C324&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/free-speech-racist-fcd2b80.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C324&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-67649\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/free-speech-racist-fcd2b80.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C324&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;324&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Gavan Titley <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a small but mighty book.<\/p>\n<p>Titley shows how racists have capitalised on free speech arguments to \u201creanimate racist discourses\u201d, and he soberly, succinctly skewers the claim that the big threat to free speech is from those who challenge racism, or any other kind of prejudice, including transphobia. <em>\u2013 Recommended by Angela Saini<\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" free=\"\" speech=\"\" racist=\"\" gavan=\"\" titley=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><h3>Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/stephen-hawking-75221e4-3.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C339&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/stephen-hawking-75221e4-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C339&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-68710\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/stephen-hawking-75221e4-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C339&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;339&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong> Leonard Mlodinow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This concise memoir of Stephen Hawking swapped back and forth between light-touch biography and personal recollections of a close friendship between Hawking and the author spanning the last fifteen years of Hawking\u2019s life. We think we know Hawking the great scientist but this book highlights the sheer ordinariness of the many daily routines that made up the unseen part of his life.<\/p>\n<p>The stories, told with humour and fondness, mean that I feel I now know Stephen Hawking a little better.<em> \u2013 Recommended by <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/author\/jimalkhalili\/&quot;\">Prof Jim Al-Khalili<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" hawking:=\"\" a=\"\" memoir=\"\" of=\"\" friendship=\"\" and=\"\" physics=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/science\/leonard-mlodinow-how-did-stephen-hawking-make-science-accessible\/&quot;\">Listen to Leonard on the <em>Science Focus Podcast<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/some-assembly-required-7499206.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C329&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/some-assembly-required-7499206.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C329&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-67641\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/some-assembly-required-7499206.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C329&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;329&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Neil Shubin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Neil Shubin\u2019s book is one that completely changed my understanding of evolution. I understood how small changes evolved \u2013 gradually changing colour or brains getting bigger. But it wasn\u2019t until I read this book that I could finally get my head around how the really big changes happened, like moving from the ocean to land or learning to fly.<\/p>\n<p>The things I learned from this book stayed with me \u2013 I\u2019m still dropping facts into conversation. <em>\u2013 Recommended by <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/author\/sararigby\/&quot;\">Sara Rigby<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" assembly=\"\" required=\"\" neil=\"\" shubin=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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As a person struggling with postnatal mental health challenges myself, reading someone else\u2019s difficulties in print made me feel less alone. A scary number of parents suffer with similar issues but it\u2019s rarely spoken about, especially in such an open way.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m so sorry about what Laura went through, but am very grateful to her for sharing her story as it gives me, and I\u2019m sure others, hope, that we can get through it. \u2013 <em>Recommended by <a href=\"\/\/www.romatheengineer.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Roma Agrawal<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" have=\"\" i=\"\" done=\"\" laura=\"\" dockrill=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><h3>Horizon<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/horizon-0c89646.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C321&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/horizon-0c89646.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C321&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-68719\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/horizon-0c89646.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C321&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;321&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Barry Lopez<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been dying to read Barry Lopez\u2019s <em>Horizon<\/em>, the long-awaited full-length follow up to his 1986 <em>Arctic Dreams<\/em>, but for various reasons I saved it until the paperback release in 2020, and I\u2019m so glad I did.<\/p>\n<p>This was the perfect 2020 book. With Lopez as my guide, I escaped on six long, inspiring journeys \u2014 from the Kenyan desert to Antarctica \u2014 that made me gasp, cry, smile and think very differently about the world. My copy is full of notes and scribbles and I know I\u2019ll be returning to Lopez\u2019s magnificent prose and challenging ideas for years to come. \u2013\u00a0<em>Recommended by<\/em> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/author\/helenscales\/&quot;\"><em>Dr Helen Scales<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" barry=\"\" lopez=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><h3>Spoon-Fed: Why Almost Everything We\u2019ve Been Told about Food is Wrong<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/spoon-fed-large-b21a71a.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C323&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/spoon-fed-large-b21a71a.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C323&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-68717\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/spoon-fed-large-b21a71a.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C323&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;323&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Tim Spector<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t go shopping when you\u2019re hungry. That\u2019s really the only rule I have when it comes to food. But, as I get older, my body is telling me I might need to make a few changes. The trouble is, it seems the more we understand about how food affects our health and mood, the more complicated it is to decide what we ought to put in our bodies.<\/p>\n<p>Prof Tim Spector\u2019s book is an easy-to-digest guide to all the controversies in the world of diet and nutrition right now. Do diets ever work? Should we all be eating less salt? Are carbs the devil\u2019s work?<\/p>\n<p>Without ever shying away from the complicated science, Spector\u2019s book satisfyingly arrives at some simple advice that would probably improve most diets. In short: listen to your body and eat diversely. It\u2019s a breezy read, and I\u2019ll be honest, probably the first book about food I\u2019ve read cover-to-cover that that didn\u2019t have a recipe in it. <em>\u2013 Recommended by <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/author\/danielbennett\/&quot;\">Daniel Bennett<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" why=\"\" almost=\"\" everything=\"\" we=\"\" been=\"\" told=\"\" about=\"\" food=\"\" is=\"\" wrong=\"\" not=\"\" dutch=\"\" audiobook=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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Her writing is lyrical, insightful and poignant, and her enthusiasm is infectious. Highly recommended. \u2013 <em>Recommended by<\/em> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/author\/helenpilcher\/&quot;\"><em>Dr Helen Pilcher<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" rebecca=\"\" wragg=\"\" sykes=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/prehistoric\/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-neanderthals-podcast\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Listen to Rebecca on the\u00a0<em>History Extra Podcast<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/did-neanderthals-have-a-society\/&quot;\">Did Neanderthals have a society?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>The Gynae Geek: Your No-Nonsense Guide to \u2018Down-There\u2019 Healthcare<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/gynae-geek-ccd78f0.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C317&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/gynae-geek-ccd78f0.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C317&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-68770\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/gynae-geek-ccd78f0.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C317&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;317&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Dr Anita Mitra<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve followed Dr Anita Mitra, aka <a href=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/gynaegeek\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">The Gynae Geek, on Instagram<\/a> for a while and always loved her accessible approach to female health. This year, I decided to treat myself to a copy of her paperback book. I have a science-based education and work at <em>BBC Science Focus<\/em>, so like to think that I have a pretty good grasp of anatomy and biology, but like many people of my age, my school sex education was abysmal.<\/p>\n<p>This book not only gave no-nonsense, non-judgmental advice about \u2018down there\u2019 but also left me absolutely gob-smacked by some facts about the female reproductive system. Did you know, for example, that the Fallopian tubes are mobile, and one tube can pick up an egg from the opposite ovary? Nope, neither did I!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also a wonderful form of support for anyone who is worried about pregnancy, polycystic ovary syndrome, endometriosis or other gynaecological concerns, and can either put your mind to rest or help you decide if you need to reach out to a healthcare professional. \u2013 <em>Recommended by<\/em> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/author\/alicelipscombesouthwell\/&quot;\"><em>Alice Lipscombe-Southwell<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" gynae=\"\" geek=\"\" anita=\"\" mitra=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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[].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/nature\/how-clever-are-bears\/&quot;\">Read an extract from <em>A Libertarian Walks Into A Bear<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>A Perfect Planet: Our One in a Billion World Revealed<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/perfect-planet-79b3720.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C281&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/perfect-planet-79b3720.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C281&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-67642\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/perfect-planet-79b3720.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C281&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;281&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Huw Cordey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Published to accompany Sir David Attenborough\u2019s latest five-part series due to air on BBC One in the New Year, this is a book brimming with spectacular photography and great behind-the-scenes details. Each chapter covers a major topic; the Sun, weather, the oceans, volcanoes and humans, and tells the story of how the combination of these five ingredients somehow coalesced to form our perfect planet.<\/p>\n<p>It has all the major bases covered, too. Crocodiles trying to catch birds? Check. Crazy scientist standing next to an erupting volcano? Check. Cryogenic frogs that freeze their blood and later come back to life? Check!<\/p>\n<p>A short review like this (especially in the hands of an untrained picture editor) can\u2019t really do a book justice, but if you love wildlife and appreciate great photography then this is the book you want. <em>\u2013 <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/author\/jamescutmore\/&quot;\">James Cutmore<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" perfect=\"\" planet=\"\" huw=\"\" cordey=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/nature\/in-pictures-sir-david-attenboroughs-new-series-a-perfect-planet\/&quot;\">In pictures: Sir David Attenborough\u2019s new series <em>A Perfect Planet<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>Cosmic Clouds 3-D: Where Stars Are Born<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/CosmicCloudsCover-ae3f33f.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C276&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/CosmicCloudsCover-ae3f33f.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C276&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-69002\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/CosmicCloudsCover-ae3f33f.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C276&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;276&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>David Eicher and Brian May<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Legendary Queen guitarist Brian May brings us the first book to show cosmic clouds of gas and dust \u2013 nebulae \u2013 in 3D.<\/p>\n<p>I often think the beauty of the night sky is epic enough to rival the revered art that hangs in major galleries around the world. Now this gorgeous book allows us to see them like never before. <em>\u2013 Recommended by <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/author\/colinstuart\/&quot;\">Colin Stuart<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" clouds=\"\" brian=\"\" may=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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There\u2019s a lifetime\u2019s worth of knowledge and research to dig into here but thanks to Nutt\u2019s direct, no nonsense writing style the book also serves as a masterclass in science communication. <em>\u2013 Recommended by <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/author\/jasongoodyer\/&quot;\">Jason Goodyer<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" without=\"\" the=\"\" hot=\"\" air=\"\" david=\"\" nutt=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... 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I\u2019ve also, for the first time, realised just how momentous it is to be sending people into space. Having never known a time when this hasn\u2019t happened, it\u2019s taken me a while to get it into perspective!<\/p>\n<p>So, this diary of what it is like to go through astronaut training for a 200-day mission to the International Space Station crossed my desk at exactly the right time. ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti writes with honesty. Her prose is simple and down to Earth, which increased my empathy for her story. \u2013 <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/author\/stuartclarke\/&quot;\"><em>Dr Stuart Clark<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" of=\"\" an=\"\" apprentice=\"\" astronaut=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><h3>The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/ash-and-elm-07e5eea.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C323&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/ash-and-elm-07e5eea.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C323&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-68723\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/ash-and-elm-07e5eea.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C323&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;323&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Neil Price<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This spectacular book is more than traditional history, as many of its surprising \u2013 often strange \u2013 revelations about Viking life come not from texts, but archaeology.<\/p>\n<p>Price guides us through their vast world, studding his grand narrative with extraordinary details: isotopic identification of Scandinavian skeletons in Russia, silk caps from York and Lincoln probably from the same Byzantine bale, and a candle burning until the air inside a burial chamber ran out. \u2013 <em>Recommended by<\/em> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/author\/beckywraggsykes\/&quot;\"><em>Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" children=\"\" of=\"\" ash=\"\" and=\"\" elm=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><h3>How to Argue with a Racist<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/argue-with-racists-18352db.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C343&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/argue-with-racists-18352db.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C343&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-68716\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/argue-with-racists-18352db.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C343&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;343&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Adam Rutherford<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Given the renewed examination of race relations sparked by the tragic death of George Floyd, <em>How to Argue with a Racist<\/em> is doubtlessly one of the most important reads of 2020. But it\u2019s arguably the most interesting too: debunking racial pseudoscience, geneticist and author Adam Rutherford expertly explains how all humans (including white supremacists) share African and Chinese ancestors \u2013 and how, biologically, race is near impossible to define.<\/p>\n<p>As a bonus, it also demonstrates the many flaws of your ancestry DNA test results, and why most Brits are related to Edward III. Engaging and thought-provoking throughout. \u2013 <em>Recommended by<\/em> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/author\/thomasling\/&quot;\"><em>Thomas Ling<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" to=\"\" argue=\"\" with=\"\" a=\"\" racist=\"\" adam=\"\" rutherford=\"\" not=\"\" humans=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/adam-rutherford-can-science-ever-be-rid-of-racism\/&quot;\">Listen to Adam on the <em>Science Focus Podcast<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>The Little Book of Cosmology<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/little-book-cosmology-d43185d.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C325&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/little-book-cosmology-d43185d.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C325&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-68714\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/little-book-cosmology-d43185d.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C325&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;325&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Lyman Page <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lyman Page is a professor of astronomy at the Princeton University in New Jersey and his principal area of research has for decades been the heat afterglow of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/space\/what-was-before-the-big-bang-everything-you-need-to-know\/&quot;\">the Big Bang<\/a>. Incredibly, it is still around us today, greatly cooled by cosmic expansion in the past 13.82 billion years and accounting for a whopping 99.9 per cent of the photons, or particles of light, in the Universe.<\/p>\n<p>I thought this would be just another book by an academic jumping on the popular science bandwagon and short-changing the public with something pretty ordinary. But nothing could be further from the truth.<\/p>\n<p>This ranks alongside Steven Weinberg\u2019s <em>The First Three Minutes<\/em> as the best book on cosmology I have read. A compact treasure-trove of cosmic insights to be read, mulled over, and read again. \u2013 <em>Recommended by<\/em> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/author\/marcuschown\/&quot;\"><em>Marcus Chown<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" little=\"\" book=\"\" of=\"\" cosmology=\"\" lyman=\"\" page=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/space\/the-six-numbers-that-define-the-entire-universe\/&quot;\">Read an extract from <em>The Little Book of Cosmology<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>Waste: One Woman\u2019s Fight Against America\u2019s Dirty Secret<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/waste_final-a9dda0d.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C315&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/waste_final-a9dda0d.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C315&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-68732\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/waste_final-a9dda0d.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C315&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;315&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Catherine Colman Flowers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The introduction of the sewage system was one of the revolutionary inventions that changed the world.<\/p>\n<p>This book is a reminder that basic waste sanitation is vital for public health, and is a wake-up call that climate change and rising sea levels will inevitably hit the underprivileged hardest. \u2013 <em>Recommended by<\/em> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/author\/jheniosman\/&quot;\"><em>Jheni Osman<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" one=\"\" woman=\"\" fight=\"\" against=\"\" america=\"\" dirty=\"\" secret=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><h3>Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us about Life, Love and Relationships<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/Explaining-Humans-7c5ae24.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C338&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/Explaining-Humans-7c5ae24.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C338&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-68718\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/Explaining-Humans-7c5ae24.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=210%2C338&quot;\" width=\"&quot;210&quot;\" height=\"&quot;338&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><strong>Dr Camilla Pang<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you want to understand how light refracts, or how proteins in the body work, read this book. If you want to make better decisions, or understand how to form fruitful friendship groups, read this book.<\/p>\n<p>It came as no shock to me when\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/news\/neurodiverse-scientists-guide-to-life-love-and-relationships-wins-2020-royal-society-science-book-prize\/&quot;\"><em>Explaining Humans\u00a0<\/em>was chosen as The Royal Society\u2019s science book of the year<\/a> in 2020. This book changed my life in many ways. It brought to light aspects of society that I didn\u2019t even know I hadn\u2019t understood, until now. It enabled me to begin unpicking <em>my\u00a0<\/em>reasons for doing things a certain way, to start questioning my own routines and \u2018rules\u2019 for life. <em>\u2013 Recommended by <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/author\/amybarrett\/&quot;\">Amy Barrett<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link-list&quot;\"><li data-type=\"&quot;in-text&quot;\" class=\"&quot;monetizer-in-text-link&quot;\" data-config=\"'{&quot;nameKeywords&quot;:\" humans=\"\" camilla=\"\" pang=\"\" data-text=\"&quot;&lt;b&gt;Buy\" now=\"\" from=\"\" and=\"\"> <\/li>\n<\/ul><script><![CDATA[ (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text\/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = \"\/\/sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\/widget\/intext\/app.bundle.js\"; s.onload = function () { new inText({ domain: \"sciencefocus.com\/pricecomparison\", shopId: 1306, geolocation: true, }); }; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); \/\/trim whitespace from li to flag empty items (twig seems to strip out closing if you remove the space..... [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.monetizer-in-text-link'), function(textLink) { textLink.innerHTML = textLink.innerHTML.trim(); }); })();\n]]><\/script><ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/camilla-pang-how-can-science-guide-my-life\/&quot;\">Listen to Camilla on the <em>Science Focus Podcast<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Science book reading lists<\/h2>\n<p>We reckon this is a fine selection of books to read, but there are plenty more that are well worth your time from the annals of history. If you\u2019re looking for a little inspiration, here are a few more of our book recommendations to mull over:<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/books\/best-books-2020\/&quot;\">28 of the best non-fiction and fiction books we read in 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/books\/best-wildlife-nature-books\/&quot;\">20 of the best wildlife books and nature writing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/books\/best-maths-books\/&quot;\">16 of the best maths books<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/books\/best-physics-books-jim-al-khalili\/&quot;\">5 best physics books, according to Jim Al-Khalili<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/books\/best-artificial-intelligence-books\/&quot;\">AI: 5 of the best must-read artificial intelligence books<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/books\/best-race-science-books\/&quot;\">5 race science books you must read<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/science\/best-science-books-for-kids\/&quot;\">Science books for kids: 5 books for budding scientists<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Are you excited to read any of the books on this list? Let us know what you think of our pick of the best science books out this month by messaging us on <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/sciencefocus&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/sciencefocus&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Facebook<\/a>, tag us in a picture of you reading any of the books on <a href=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Instagram<\/a>, and join the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/books\/the-science-focus-book-club\/&quot;\"><em>Science Focus<\/em> Book Club<\/a> for a community of other science book lovers.<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sara Rigby Published: Tuesday, 31 May 2022 at 12:00 am A good science book won\u2019t just teach you some interesting facts: it will help you to look at the world around you in a different way. 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