Science books

Discover our best-rated science books with the New Statesman’s expert reviews. From scientific histories to in-depth examinations and essays.

Leah Hazard’s new book shows how this complex, life-giving muscle has been maligned and misunderstood.

By Sophie McBain

Also featuring Pegasus by Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud and Sensational by Ashley Ward.

By Oscar Williams, Tom Gatti, Ellen Peirson-Hagger and Michael Prodger

Justin Gregg’s witty exploration of animal intelligence is a useful guide – but there is more to human life than…

By John Gray

Siddharta Mukherjee’s new study of how cells work reveals the complexities of the human body – and the science that…

By Henry Marsh

New Statesman writers and guests choose their favourite reading of the year.

By New Statesman

Keith Fisher’s A Pipeline Runs Through It charts how oil revolutionised transport and war, and continues to shape today’s geopolitics.

By Brendan Simms

The New Statesman’s selection of essential recent releases.

By New Statesman

Staving off climate change will entail not only a technological revolution but transforming our relations with the natural world.

By Rowan Williams