Books
Robert Winston has written dozens of books for adults and children, spanning fertility and medicine, popular science, the history of science and more.
The STEAM Team Explains
The STEAM Team characters explain more than 100 key science concepts in a simple, fun way – covering science, technology, engineering, art and maths for young readers.
Home Activity Lab
A new edition packed with exciting hands-on experiments and activities for budding scientists to try at home, from rubber-band planets to balloon-powered cars.
Ask a Scientist
This fun and friendly science book poses 100 real-life questions from kids on every aspect of science, inspired by the many questions posed by Robert’s grandchildren and school children he has met.
Science Squad Explains
A colourful, fact-packed book explaining more than 100 key STEAM concepts, using illustrated characters representing science, technology, engineering, art and maths.
Inventors
The towering achievements of more than 50 inventors, from Lizzie Magie (Monopoly) to Ismail al-Jazari and 13-year-old Maasai inventor Richard Turere.
Science Squad
A bright, illustrated book for ages 5–7 breaking STEAM subjects into fun, understandable chunks.
My Amazing Body Machine
A journey through human anatomy via incredible papercraft artworks by Owen Gildersleeve.
The Skeleton Book
Computer-generated artworks reveal how amazing our internal scaffold is, with a pull-out life-size skeleton poster. Ages 8–13.
Home Lab
28 brilliant experiments for budding scientists, with a foreword by Professor Robert Winston.
Utterly Amazing Human Body
An eye-catching pop-up book teaching kids how the body works through pop-ups, pull-outs, flaps and sliders.
Superhuman Encyclopedia
Steve Parker and Robert Winston explain the extraordinary processes behind the ordinary human body.
Utterly Amazing Science
A pop-up, interactive science book: launch a rocket, peer inside a brain, see an atom pop up, plus try-at-home experiments.
Science Year by Year
A fascinating look at our heritage of invention, from Marie Curie and Einstein to Darwin, with illustrated timelines.
That's Life
Meet the animals, plants, fungi and bacteria that sustain life on Earth, introducing the six main kingdoms of life.
Science Experiments
Hands-on experiments from balloon rockets to metal detectors. Winner of the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize 2012.
What Goes On in My Head?
An introduction to the brain: what its parts do, why sleep matters, plus brainteasers to test memory and reasoning.
Bad Ideas? An arresting history of our inventions
Traces the history of our attempts at self-improvement and questions their value, from weaponry to medicine.
Evolution Revolution
The story of evolutionary science and how Darwin’s theories changed the world.
It's Elementary!
An amazing look at the stuff that stuff is made of. Chemistry, but not as you know it.
A Child Against All Odds
A hard-hitting, often controversial look at the scientific, social and ethical background of our struggle to control reproduction.
Body
A jaw-dropping tour of anatomy with acetate pages and an interactive CD showing the body in 3D.
The Story of God
Examines the relationship between science and religion across time, from early ancestors to modern faith.
What Makes Me Me?
An award-winning journey exploring our minds and bodies. Junior Aventis Prize Winner.
Human
The complete story of our species, from biology to beliefs, led by Robert Winston.
The Human Mind
A journey into the workings of the mind, showing how emotions and personality result from genes and environment.
The IVF Revolution
A guide to the practice and ethics of assisted fertility techniques, including egg donation and embryo freezing.
Making Babies
Accompanying a six-part BBC1 series, an examination of the human, ethical and emotional issues arising from IVF.