Science & Engineering

Digitally Curious - By Andrew Grill

An easy-to-follow and incisive discussion of current and future technologies, as well as how leading companies are deploying them. The ideal resource if you're looking for a simple and straightforward explanation of how new and upcoming tech and digital trends will impact you at work and in broader society.

The Projected Multiverse - By David Lane 

How virtual reality technology is a progressive tool for understanding the mystery of consciousness.

The Jewel Box - By TimBlackburn

Every morning, ecologist Tim Blackburn is inspired by the diversity contained within the moth trap he runs on the roof of his London flat. With names like the Dingy Footman, Jersey Tiger, Pale Mottled Willow, and Uncertain, and at least 140,000 identified species, moths are fascinating in their own right.

The Bell’s Book - By William K. Lawrence 

If you woke up with a broken smile and a twisted face. This book is a guide to getting through it.

Flying Forwards, Facing Backwards - By Jim Walls

Jim Walls guides you through his forty-year RAF career that started as a Boy Entrant at RAF Cosford, then as an air radar tradesman, before specializing as an air electronics operator (AEOp) in the Nimrod MR1, and later as an air electronics officer (AEO) who flew in Nimrod R1s and Vulcan B2s. 

In the Name of Sharks - By François Sarano

This book breaks through the barrier of prejudice and pays homage to sharks true nature. Representing a last vestige of wildness, their populations are nevertheless under threat—like so many species, they have been hunted and exploited by humans. Sarano argues for a change of mindset in which we lose ourselves in the world of the other, so that each living entity, human and non-human, can take their rightful place in the broader global ecosystem.

The Shortcut - By Nello Cristianini 

An influential scientist in the field of artificial intelligence explains its fundamental concepts and how it is changing culture and society. This book contains important practical advice about how we should approach AI in the future without promoting exaggerated hypes or fears.

How to Kill an Asteroid - By Robin George Andrews

There are approximately 25,000 "city killer" asteroids in near-Earth orbit—and most are yet to be found. Award-winning science journalist Robin George Andrew tells the story of the planetary defence movement, and introduces the international team of scientists and engineers now working to protect Earth.

Surveillance - By David Lyon

Surveillance permeates every aspect of our lives today. This audiobook investigates how surveillance makes people visible, how it grew to its present size and prevalence, how it came to rely on technologies of data-handling, and how it developed its own cultural features. Throughout, David Lyon also considers the ethics of surveillance, and explores its potential in prompting political struggles.

Uncovering Dinosaur Behaviour - By David Hone 

Today, with the discovery of new specimens and the development of new and cutting-edge techniques, palaeontologists are making major advances in reconstructing how dinosaurs lived and acted. This audiobook is an invaluable reference for anyone interested in these amazing creatures.

Born of Ice and Fire - By Graham Shields

More than half a billion years ago, our world was completely covered by glaciers, a "Snowball Earth" that persisted for millions of years. Incredibly, this unimaginable cold led to the remarkable diversification of life on earth known as the Cambrian explosion. With a geologist's eye and a knack for storytelling, Graham Shields explores when and how such inhospitable conditions enabled animals to evolve, radiate, and diversify into our earliest ancestors.