Nouran Alexander Tawfiq January 1, 2001 by Satellite Publishing

NewScientist In this latest bumper collection of questions and answers from the popular "Last Word" column:- Why does Weetabix cling like cement?- What is earwax for?- Why are there only...

Joel Garreau Taking us behind the scenes with today's foremost researchers and pioneers, Garreau reveals that the super powers of our comic-book heroes already exist, or are in development in...

Susanne Foitzik and Olaf Fritsche Beneath our feet, a fascinating drama unfolds: Ants are waging war and staging rebellions, growing fungi as crops and raising aphids as livestock, making vaccines...

Walter Isaacson How did Einstein's mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story...

Elli H Radinger In this unforgettable book, wolf expert and naturalist Elli Radinger draws on her 25 years of first-hand experience among the wolves of Yellowstone National Park to tell...

Carl L Hart   High Price is the harrowing and inspiring memoir of neuroscientist Carl Hart, a man who grew up in one of Miami's toughest neighborhoods and, determined to...

Paul R Ehrlich Why do we behave the way we do? Biologist Paul Ehrlich suggests that although people share a common genetic code, these genes "do not shout commands at...

Paul Gilidng It's time to stop just worrying about climate change, says Paul Gilding. Instead, we need to brace for impact, because global crisis is no longer avoidable; we have...

Mario Livio Throughout history, thinkers from mathematicians to theologians have pondered the mysterious relationship between numbers and the nature of reality. In this fascinating book, Mario Livio tells the tale...

Nicholas Harris With a fact-filled text, the reader is taken on a guided tour in 13 steps from the centre of the atom to the edge of the universe; then,...

Henry Marsh What is it like to be a brain surgeon? How does it feel to hold someone's life in your hands, to cut into the stuff that creates thought,...