The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly
‘Locked-in syndrome: paralysed from head to toe, the patient, his mind intact, is imprisoned inside his own body, unable to speak or move. In my case, blinking my left eyelid is my only means of communication.’
Neurosciences
What We Cannot Know: Explorations at the Edge of Knowledge: Unabridged edition
Britain’s most famous mathematician takes us to the edge of knowledge to show us what we cannot know.
What We Cannot Know: Explorations at the Edge of Knowledge
‘Brilliant and fascinating. No one is better at making the recondite accessible and exciting’ Bill Bryson
Britain’s most famous mathematician takes us to the edge of knowledge to show us what we cannot know.
The New IQ: Use Your Working Memory to Think Stronger, Smarter, Faster
Working memory is the smart new way to improve your performance – whether studying for exams or looking to make progress in your career.
The New IQ: Use Your Working Memory to Think Stronger, Smarter, Faster
IQ tests, which measure our ability to retain information, are out-dated. In the digital era, the new IQ is not about retaining knowledge, but managing it.
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk-taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust
Now shortlisted for the 2012 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award and the Wellcome Trust Book Prize, The Hour Between Dog and Wolf is a resonant exploration of economic behaviour and its consequences.
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk-taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust
Now shortlisted for the 2012 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award and the Wellcome Trust Book Prize, The Hour Between Dog and Wolf is a resonant exploration of economic behaviour and its consequences.
Aging with Grace: The Nun Study and the science of old age. How we can all live longer, healthier and more vital lives.
AGING WITH GRACE reveals the cutting-edge research that has transformed scientists’ understanding of healthy aging and shows what everyone can do to help prevent Alzheimer’s disease.
Sex, Drugs and Chocolate: The Science of Pleasure
Is pleasure selfish and are we selfish to pursue it, scientifically speaking?
Nature via Nurture: Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human: Large type edition
Acclaimed author Matt Ridley’s thrilling follow-up to his bestseller ‘Genome’. Armed with the extraordinary new discoveries about our genes, Ridley turns his attention to the nature versus nurture debate to bring the first popular account of the roots of human behaviour.
Phantoms in the Brain: Human Nature and the Architecture of the Mind
‘Phantoms in The Brain’ takes a revolutionary new approach to theories of the brain, from one of the world’s leading experimental neurologists.
Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: Why Intelligence Increases When You Think Less
‘Learning to loaf’ – this books explores the ways of knowing that require more time, the ways we have unlearned or ignore, but that are crucial to our complete mental development.