A provocative account of the astounding new answers to the most basic philosophical questions: where did the universe come from and how will it end?

A popular psychology title from a respected social psychologist that argues how diversity has been important throughout the development of civilisation and why it is vital for our future.

From the bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia.

At the beginning of this century enormous progress had been made in genetics. The Human Genome Project finished sequencing human DNA. It seemed it was only a matter of time until we had all the answers to the secrets of life on this planet.

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The bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia.

An highly original account of psychology through the discipline's great practitioners ( Freud, Jung etc) and their thoughts. It functions both as narrative and by extension a sophisticated self-help book. To be compared with Sarah Bakewell's How to Live and Alain de Botton's The Consolations of Philosophy

Are we alone in the Universe, or are there as many planets supporting life as there are stars in the sky?

The provocative exploration of how social media is changing human behaviour and how we can use it to humanity's advantage

What is psychology? When did it begin? Where did it come from? How does psychology compare with related subjects such as psychiatry and psychotherapy? To what extent is it scientific? This book aims to answer these questions and more, explaining the subject. It describes the "schools" of thought and the sections within psychology.

Welcome to the wonderful world of graphene, the thinnest substance known to science