Brian Clegg

Dice World: Science and Life in a Random Universe

by Brian Clegg

For centuries scientists believed that the universe was a vast machine – with enough detail, you could predict exactly what would happen. Admittedly real life wasn’t like that. But only, they argued, because...

A Brief History of Infinity: The Quest to Think the Unthinkable

by Brian Clegg

'Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the street to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space.' Douglas...

Creativity and Innovation for Managers

by Brian Clegg

Creativity and Innovation for Managers will appeal to any manager responsible for getting more out of a business. Creative thinking, creative problem solving and creative idea generation have become essential...

The Chameleon Manager

by Brian Clegg

Today's managers are faced with many conflicting demands and situations. This book provides practical ways of achieving the impossible:

*How can you be a generalist and a specialist?

*An individual expert and...

Gravity

by Brian Clegg

A history of gravity, and a study of its importance and relevance to our lives, as well as its influence on other areas of science.   Physicists will tell you that four forces control the universe. Of these,...

The God Effect

by Brian Clegg

The phenomenon that Einstein thought too spooky and strange to be true

What is entanglement? It's a connection between quantum particles, the building blocks of the universe. Once two particles are entangled,...

How to Build a Time Machine

by Brian Clegg

A pop science look at time travel technology, from Einstein to Ronald Mallett to present day experiments. Forget fiction: time travel is real.

In How to Build a Time Machine, Brian Clegg provides an understanding...

Light Years

by Brian Clegg

This is the story of the greatest puzzle in our universe: what is light? Light Years is an engaging survey of everything we know of the universe's most enigmatic phenomenon and the remarkable people who have...

Instant Egghead Guide

by Brian Clegg & Scientific American

Scientific American's daily Sixty-Second Science podcast was such an unexpected success, with millions of downloads, that a spin-off site was created around the concept of bite-sized science. This new series...

Before the Big Bang

by Brian Clegg

According to a recent survey, the most popular question about science from the general public was: what came before the Big Bang? We all know on some level what the Big Bang is, but we don’t know how it became...

Armageddon Science

by Brian Clegg

An exploration of the terrifying threats to our world that fill today’s headlines:  from global warming epidemic to the threat of nuclear weapons and the risk posed by the leading edge devices like the Large...

Inflight Science: A Guide to the World from Your Airplane Window

by Brian Clegg

There are few times that science is so immediate as when you're in a plane.  Acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg shows how you stay up there – but that’s only the beginning.  Inflight Science explains...

Getting Science: The Teacher's Guide to Exciting and Painless Primary School Science

by Brian Clegg

Science is rightly a fundamental part of primary school education, but that doesn't make it easy to teach - especially for teachers without a science background. This straight talking book from an experienced...

The Universe Inside You: The Extreme Science of the Human Body from Quantum Theory to the Mysteries of the Brain

by Brian Clegg

Fascinating facts and mind-boggling science of the human body. Built from the debris of exploding stars that floated through space for billions of years, home to a zoo of tiny aliens, and controlled by a brain...