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  1. Physics

    From renewable energy to dark matter and quarks, Laura Kormos embarks on a search both for comprehensive introductions and specialised volumes that will satisfy all teaching levels

  2. Philosophy

    Striking a good balance between scholarly and accessible writing is tricky, believes Jane O’Grady. She applauds the texts that pitch it perfectly, giving students space to think for themselves

  3. Mathematics

    There is an art to writing a maths textbook that is also a good read. Noel-Ann Bradshaw picks out titles that aim to offer undergraduates engaging text as well as numbers and theorems

  4. Economics

    To build strong, successful economies, students need to know about alternative approaches to current models, says Victoria Bateman. Several titles could help to bring on the revolution

  5. Computer science

    Catering for varied tastes is a balance between giving people what they want and introducing them to new flavours. Harold Thimbleby enjoys the staples but craves something different

  6. Business and management

    A booming field of study boasts a wealth of textbooks that get bigger and glossier as they vie for attention with online resources. Huw Morris performs a cost-benefit analysis on this year’s list

  8. Odds and quads

    These miniature picture Bibles were created by two German sisters from Augsburg around 1690.

  9. Grant winners

    Action Medical ResearchResearch Project GrantsAward winner: Peter TaylorInstitution: University College LondonValue: £114,845Bacterial meningitis in newborn babies: harnessing the body’s natural...

  10. Campus round-up

    Creature comfortsAn animal-obsessed artist will step into character as “Mrs Panda Head” when she gives a live performance at a university show for aspiring artists. Mary Beth Quigley has created a...

  11. News in brief

    AustraliaMedia students try to keep it realAn Australian university launched an investigation after it emerged that students had been assigned to plant fake stories in a rival institution’s student...

  12. American Umpire by Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman

    Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman’s wholly engaging analysis of US history characterises the American republic’s role as that of an umpire in an evolving world order. This role involves not only a...

  13. Expect the unexpected

    Kerstin Hoge probes a view of the mind that takes aim at Chomsky and evolutionary psychology