Reference Books

They call it “speedcubing” a mind-bending blur of quick twists and turns that solves Rubik’s Cube in times that have been clocked at less than 20 s...

No longer need you search through second-hand bookstores for a scarce, used copy of this grandfather of all anatomy books. It is here in this unabr...

100 Breakthroughs That Changed the WorldIn 1869 Dmitri Mendeleev presented the world with the Periodic Table. It contained 63 elements, many more t...

Here is the essential guide to philosophy, an authoritative yet fun reference book and timeline on the compilation of human knowledge. Both art and...

Here is the essential guide to the human brain, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines the three pounds of matter inside our he...

Here is the essential guide to physics, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines the foundations upon which all scientific knowle...

Here is the essential guide to biology, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines how we have uncovered the secrets of life—the mo...

This definitive guide takes the mystery out of appreciating, buying and selling gemstones. It covers everything from the romance and history of mor...

Get our your microscope and take a close-up look at a tiny world! This book by two award-winning science authors shows you how. Looking at little t...

Following the hugely successful The Science Book and The Math Book comes a richly illustrated chronology of physics, containing 250 short entries. ...

From Sterling's hugely popular Milestones series comes this stunningly illustrated book. What could be more fascinating than the workings of the hu...

Are we alone in the Universe? Where did the Moon come from? How do we know what stars are made of? Could there really be a future in asteroid minin...

Following his hugely successful The Math Book and The Physics Book, Clifford Pickover now chronicles the advancement of medicine in 250 entertainin...

By Nicolas Day and Ken Simpson. Since its first release in 1984, Simpson & Day's Field Guide to the Birds of Australia has established itself a...

Galaxy tells the rich scientific story of the evolution and our observation of galaxies.Written by an active researcher in the field, Galaxy: Mappi...

A beautifully illustrated presentation of 250 milestones in the history of our home planet, from celebrated geologist and planetary scientist Jim B...