Books by Nick Lund

The natural history of Earth, told in biography form. Told in a lively, illustrated biography form to deliver its cutting-edge science in the most compelling way, here is the story of Earth, from the chaotic Hadean eon with its huge oceans of molten rock to today's Cenozoic era, aka the Age of Mammals (and that includes us humans). Learn about the Great Oxygenation Event. Meet some of the planet's wildest life-forms, like Megatherium-a sloth as big as an elephant. Watch the continents separate, crash together, and reform. Get an eyewitness view of Earth's major mass extinction events, including the asteroid strike that doomed the dinosaurs. And catch up on the basics, like why the sky is blue and how glaciers shape the land. It's the ultimate biography of the best home in the galaxy. Fully illustrated and packed with facts!

This accessible and engaging account looks at how non-human animals process information from their environment.

Introduces the main psychological research on attention and the methods that have been used to study it.

This textbook provides a clear overview of this area of cognitive psychology which encompasses both language and thought. Focusing on goal-directed thinking and decision making, Nick Lund looks at the relationship between our grasp of language and our problem-solving abilities.