A vision of cosmic carnage from this invigorating astromagician. This time he squeezes into the eye of a black hole, slips beyond its horizon and then on into the dense, dense darkness where... read more
On the radical pre-Socratic philosopher and geometer who proposed (amongst other things) an early theory of evolution. By the author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Helgoland.
Subtle and slim volume of essays by a neurologist who champions the cross-fertilisation of different approaches - anatomical, electrical, chemical, etc.
Seeing stars at the enormity of the Milky Way and the length of our Christmas catalogue? A glorious anthology about space that ranges in time from the C12th BC to today, arranged chronologic... read more
A literary and psychoanalytical first cousin to the Bombay Laughing Club: a book about laughter and the unconscious, with philosophy, poetry, memoir and the tragi-comedy of clowns thrown in ... read more