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Astronomy in Minutes: 200 Key Concepts Explained in an Instant by Giles Sparrow
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.26What happens when a star dies? How many asteroids are in our solar system? Can galaxies collide? What is dark energy? Astronomy in Minutes answers all these questions and more as it condenses 200 key... -
The Art of the Cosmos: Visions from the Frontier of Deep-Space Exploration by Jim Bell 9781454946083
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £22.90Hundreds of deep space missions since the 1960s have captured stunning photographs of the cosmos. Many of these scientific images can also be classified as art. This book highlights more than 100... -
Brief Answers to the Big Questions: the final book from Stephen Hawking by Stephen Hawking 9781473695986 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £2.33THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A beautiful little book by a brilliant mind' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Effortlessly instructive, absorbing, up to the minute and - where it matters - witty' GUARDIANThe... -
The Moon: A celebration of our celestial neighbour by Royal Observatory Greenwich
RRP: £32.95Booksplease Price: £24.74Marking the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's 'small step' this beautiful book from Royal Museums Greenwich explores people's fascination with our only natural satellite. Immerse yourself in... -
Observing our Solar System: A beginner's guide by Tom Kerss
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.99The ideal gift for aspiring astronomers. The sights in our Solar System are dynamic reminders of our planet's position as part of a larger neighbourhood. Study the ever-changing face of... -
The Sky Atlas: The Greatest Maps, Myths and Discoveries of the Universe by Edward Brooke-Hitching 9781471178931
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £18.18'Beautiful ... endless, brilliant unforgettable stories' Cerys Matthews, BBC Radio 6'Combining myth and science, this breathtaking book [is] packed with stunning images' Daily MailAfter the enormous... -
The Northern Lights: The definitive guide to auroras by Tom Kerss
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £5.79The perfect gift for anyone with a desire to see the Northern Lights. Discover the incomparable beauty of the Northern Lights with this accessible guide for aspiring astronomers and... -
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 1: Space, Time and Motion by Sean Carroll 9780861546145
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £6.31THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Sean Carroll has achieved something I thought impossible: a bridge between popular science and the mathematical universe of working physicists. Magnificent!' ... -
Hannibal Lecter: A Life Brian Raftery 9781668070581
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.35Drawing from exclusive interviews and previously unseen archival materials, this one-of-its-kind biography of Hannibal Lecter documents the cannibal's journey from terrifying villain to unexpectedly... -
A Brief History of the Universe (and our place in it) Sarah Alam Malik 9781398539983
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.25We have always looked up at the sky and wondered.The desire to explore and understand what lies beyond us is at the heart of scientific discovery. Ever since the ancient Babylonians tracked celestial... -
A Brief History of the Universe (and our place in it) by Sarah Alam Malik 9781398539990
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.24We have always looked up at the sky and wondered.The desire to explore and understand what lies beyond us is at the heart of scientific discovery. Ever since the ancient Babylonians tracked celestial... -
10 Short Lessons in Space Travel by Paul Parsons
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.37'Extremely authoritative. The best book I have read on space travel since Arthur C. Clarke's classic, The Promise of Space.' Marcus ChownIn an era of rapidly developing technology and renewed... -
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How To Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake Steven Novella 9781473696426
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.26'A fantastic compendium of skeptical thinking and the perfect primer for anyone who wants to separate fact from fiction.' Richard Wiseman, author 59 Seconds'Thorough, informative, and enlightening..... -
How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog by Chad Orzel 9781851687794 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £2.36The international bestseller from the author of Breakfast with Einstein 'Elegantly approachable descriptions... with a refreshing emphasis on recent research. Highly satisfying.' Guardian Emmy... -
How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog by Chad Orzel 9781851687794
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.62The international bestseller from the author of Breakfast with Einstein Emmy is no ordinary dog. When adopted from the shelter by physics professor Chad Orzel, she becomes immediately fascinated... -
Diamonds Everywhere: Awe-inspiring astronomy discoveries by Tom Kerss 9780008636968
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £11.04Answers to the mysteries of the cosmos for inquiring minds. Explore the entire cosmos in 101 fascinating topics - from mind-blowing numbers, astonishing sights, to strange-but-true... -
Deep Space: The Furthest Reaches of Our Universe by Robert Harvey
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.25Travelling from the edge of our Solar System, through the Milky Way and to the outer edges of the observable universe, Deep Space is a spectacular photographic guide to galaxies, nebulae, supernova,... -
The Burning Answer: A User's Guide to the Solar Revolution Professor Keith Barnham 9781780225333
Booksplease Price: £21.69Our civilisation stands on the brink of catastrophe. Our thirst for energy has led to threats from global warming, nuclear disaster and conflict in oil-rich countries. We are running out of options... -
Turning to Stone by Marcia Bjornerud 9781472298492
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.50WINNER OF THE 2025 JOHN BURROUGHS MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED NATURAL HISTORY WRITING'Vast and arresting' SPECTATOR'A remarkably human take on the geological world' NEW STATESMANRocks are the record of... -
The Life Scientific: Explorers by Anna Buckley
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40The new book from the BBC Radio 4 hit series The Life ScientificInside the lives of the scientists who are exploring our world, our universe, our past, ourselves.Based on interviews broadcast on BBC... -
Moongazing: Beginner's guide to exploring the Moon by Royal Observatory Greenwich
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £5.79An in-depth guide for aspiring astronomers and Moon observers from the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Includes detailed Moon maps and covers the history of lunar observation and exploration, the... -
Rebel Star: Our Quest to Solve the Great Mysteries of the Sun Colin Stuart 9781789290431
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.35A fascinating and comprehensive guide to the sun - our home star - which remains the greatest mystery in the solar system, and why understanding it is pivotal to our future existence here on Earth.In... -
A Map of the Invisible: Journeys into Particle Physics by Jonathan Butterworth
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £6.78A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'A magnificent, compelling and insightful voyage to the frontier of knowledge from a great writer with a deep understanding.' Brian CoxWhat is the universe really made... -
British Television Intellectuals: Unusual Kinds of Star John Tulloch 9781835952153
RRP: £89.95Booksplease Price: £79.77This book explores for the first time the rise of one of Britain's least-recognised but most significant television genres. Working within the frame of public intellectual theory, it tells the story... -
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 2: Quanta and Fields by Sean Carroll 9780861546480
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £9.81THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Neat, and extremely simple: only a deep thinker such as Sean Carroll could introduce the complexity of Einstein's general relativity in such a luminous and... -
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 2: Quanta and Fields Sean Carroll 9780861549801
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.74THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Neat, and extremely simple: only a deep thinker such as Sean Carroll could introduce the complexity of Einstein's general relativity in such a luminous and... -
Columbus in Space: A Voyage of Discovery on the International Space Station by The European Space Agency
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.83In 2008, Europe's first space laboratory was launched to the International Space Station. Ten years later, the Columbus laboratory is still circling 400 km above our heads at 28,800 km/h, providing... -
How to Spacewalk: Step-by-Step with Shuttle Astronauts Kathryn Sullivan 9781529512137
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23An out-of-this-world guide to spacewalking for budding young astronauts and curious kids. With stunning NASA photos from the author's own space adventures, this accessible and friendly book will... -
The Sky at Night: Answers to Questions from Across the Universe by CBE, DSc, FRAS, Sir Patrick Moore 9781849903462 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £2.90Celebrating the 55th anniversary of The Sky at Night, this book collects and answers questions sent in by viewers. With sections on the solar system, the bizarre and unexplained, space missions, and... -
Rebel Star: Our Quest to Solve the Great Mysteries of the Sun by Colin Stuart 9781789290431 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £3.49A fascinating and comprehensive guide to the sun - our home star - which remains the greatest mystery in the solar system, and why understanding it is pivotal to our future existence here on Earth.In... -
Thinking Small and Large: How Microbes Made and Can Save Our World by Peter Forbes 9781837732067
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95'Brilliantly convincing'Stephen Greenblatt, Pulitzer Prize winner for The SwerveThe environmental crisis will not be solved by battery technology alone.Thinking Small and Large reveals the ingenuity... -
The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers by Bobby Seagull 9780753552803 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £5.86If you found maths lessons at school irrelevant and boring, that's because you didn't have a teacher like Bobby Seagull.***As seen on Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain*** Long before his... -
The Science of Can and Can't: A Physicist's Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals by Chiara Marletto
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95A young theoretical physicist's guide to how the radical new science of counterfactuals can reveal the full scope of our universeThere is a vast class of properties that science has so far almost... -
Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory by Leonard Susskind
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23The third volume in Leonard Susskind's one-of-a-kind physics series cracks open Einstein's special relativity and field theoryIn the first two books in his wildly popular The Theoretical Minimum... -
The Brain: Everything You Need to Know New Scientist 9781473629325
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £18.40Congratulations! You're the proud owner of the most complex information processing device in the known universe. The human brain comes equipped with all sorts of useful design features, but also many... -
The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World by Sarah Stewart Johnson
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.12As a new wave of interplanetary exploration unfolds, a talented young planetary scientist charts our centuries-old obsession with Mars.'Beautifully written, emotive - a love letter to a planet'... -
The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers Bobby Seagull 9780753552803
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.99If you found maths lessons at school irrelevant and boring, that's because you didn't have a teacher like Bobby Seagull.***As seen on Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain*** Long before his... -
Mars: A beginner’s guide to exploring the Red Planet Brendan Owens 9780008604325
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.83The perfect gift for anyone eager to learn more about the Red Planet Discover all you need to know about Mars - including the historic, cultural and scientific background and exploratory... -
Limitless: The Autobiography: The bestselling story of Britain's inspirational astronaut Tim Peake 9781787465961
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.15The inspirational autobiography of Britain's beloved astronaut Tim Peake, the #1 bestselling author of Hello, is this Planet Earth? and Ask an AstronautAs heard on BBC Radio 4 Desert Island... -
The Pocket Night Sky Gemini 9781802473087
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £6.06This pocket-sized guide to the night sky is your compact companion to the wonders above. Learn to spot constellations, identify whether a shining dot is a star or a planet and understand the changing...