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ⓘ About Brian Clegg
Brian Clegg is a published author from the United Kingdom who specializes in books that are all about science. He has written science based books such as The Reality Frame and Are Numbers Real?, and has also written murder mystery novels in the fictional genre. He has written tons of scientific books, such as Inflight Science, Before the Big Bang, The God Effect, Ecologic, Before the Big Bang, A Brief History of Infinity, The Universe Inside You, Build Your Own Time Machine, Gravity, Extra Sensory, Dark Matter and Dark Energy, and Dice World, which made the longlist for the 2014 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. Brian was born in Rochdale, Lancashire, in the United Kingdom.
All Book Series by Brian Clegg
The Effective Primary Classroom
Series opener · book 1 of 70 · published 1994 Co-authored · Shirley Billington
Crash Course in Managing People
Book 13 of 70 · published 2002 Co-authored · Paul Birch
An Introduction to Sustainable Business Practices
Book 44 of 70 · published 2014 Co-authored · Kevin Wilhelm,Eric Olson
Sustainable Business
Book 45 of 70 · published 2014 Co-authored · Kevin Wilhelm,Peter A Soyka
Ten Physicists Who Transformed Our Understanding of Reality
Book 48 of 70 · published 2015 Co-authored · Rhodri Evans
Introducing Freud
Series opener · book 1 of 49 · published 1979 Anthology · Oscar Zárate
Introducing Stephen Hawking
Book 2 of 49 · published 1991 Anthology · J.P.McEvoy
Joyce for Beginners
Book 5 of 49 · published 1994 Anthology · David Norris,Carl Flint
Introducing Cultural Studies
Book 6 of 49 · published 1994 Anthology · Ziauddin Sardar
Introducing Postmodernism
Book 7 of 49 · published 1995 Anthology · Chris Garrett
Introducing Wagner
Book 8 of 49 · published 1995 Anthology · Michael White,Kevin Scott
Introducing Mathematics
Book 9 of 49 · published 1995 Anthology · Ziauddin Sardar
Introducing Kant
Book 10 of 49 · published 1996 Anthology · Christopher Kul-Want
Introducing Media Studies
Book 11 of 49 · published 1996 Anthology · Ziauddin Sardar
Introducing Melanie Klein
Book 12 of 49 · published 1997 Anthology · Oscar Zárate
Introducing Critical Theory
Book 15 of 49 · published 1997 Anthology · Stuart Sim
Introducing Philosophy of Science
Book 17 of 49 · published 1998 Anthology · Ziauddin Sardar
Introducing Machiavelli
Book 18 of 49 · published 1999 Anthology · Oscar Zárate
Introducing Kierkegaard
Book 19 of 49 · published 1999 Anthology · Oscar Zárate
Introducing Evolutionary Psychology
Book 20 of 49 · published 1999 Anthology · Dylan Evans
Introducing Existentialism
Book 22 of 49 · published 2001 Anthology · Oscar Zárate
Introducing The Freud Wars
Book 23 of 49 · published 2002 Anthology · Oscar Zárate
Introducing Feminism
Book 25 of 49 · published 2003 Anthology · Cathia Jenainati
Darwin for Beginners
Book 26 of 49 · published 2003 Anthology · Jonathan Miller,Borin Van Loon
Introducing Postmodernism
Book 29 of 49 · published 2004 Anthology · Patrick Curry,Ziauddin Sardar,Richard Appignanesi,Chris Garratt
Introducing Psychoanalysis
Book 30 of 49 · published 2005 Anthology · Oscar Zárate
Introducing Sociology
Book 31 of 49 · published 2009 Anthology · Richard Osborne,Borin Van Loon
Introducing Slavoj Zizek
Book 34 of 49 · published 2011 Anthology · Christopher Kul-Want
Introducing Continental Philosophy
Book 36 of 49 · published 2013 Anthology · Christopher Kul-Want
Introducing Genetics / Genetics for Beginners
Book 37 of 49 · published 2014 Anthology · Steve Jones
Introducing Quantum Theory
Book 39 of 49 · published 2014 Anthology · J.P.McEvoy
Introducing Buddha
Book 40 of 49 · published 2014 Anthology · Borin Van Loon,Jane Hope
Introducing Aesthetics
Book 42 of 49 · published 2014 Anthology · Christopher Kul-Want
Introducing Psychology
Book 43 of 49 · published 2015 Anthology · Nigel C. Benson
Introducing Literary Criticism
Book 44 of 49 · published 2016 Anthology · Owen Holland
Introducing Mind and Brain
Book 47 of 49 · published 2018 Anthology · Oscar Zárate
Sexuality
Latest in the series · book 49 of 49 · published 2021 Anthology · Meg-John Barker
Instant Teamwork: Motivate and Energize Your Team Now!
Series opener · book 1 of 7 · published 1996 Co-authored · Paul Birch
Instant Negotiation: Reaching Agreement with Others Now!
Book 4 of 7 · published 2000
Instant Motivation: Encourage Others to Achieve More Now!
Book 5 of 7 · published 2000
Instant Stress Management: Bring Calm to Your Life Now!
Book 6 of 7 · published 2000
Instant Interviewing: Get the Right Information from People Now!
Latest in the series · book 7 of 7 · published 2001
Scientifica Historica: How the world's great science books chart the history of knowledge
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2019
The Philosophers' Library: Books That Shaped the World
Book 2 of 4 · published 2021 Anthology · Adam Ferner,Chris Meyns
The Atlas of Atlases: Exploring the most important atlases in history and the cartographers who made them
Book 3 of 4 · published 2022 Anthology · Philip Parker
The Anatomists' Library: The Books that Unlocked the Secrets of the Human Body
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2023 Anthology · Colin Salter
Philosophy
Book 4 of 5 · published 2019 Anthology · Zara Bain,Adam Ferner,Nadia Mehdi
Economics
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2019 Anthology · David Boyle,Andrew Simms
Destination Mars
Series opener · book 1 of 14 · published 2017 Anthology · Andrew May
Cern and the Higgs Boson
Book 5 of 14 · published 2018 Anthology · James Gillies
Outbreaks and Epidemics
Book 11 of 14 · published 2020 Anthology · Meera Senthilingam
Origins of the Universe
Book 13 of 14 · published 2020 Anthology · Keith Cooper
Behavioural Economics
Latest in the series · book 14 of 14 · published 2021 Anthology · David Orrell
Space Travel
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2020 Anthology · Paul Parsons
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Book 2 of 4 · published 2020 Anthology · Peter J. Bentley
Renewable Energy
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2021 Anthology · Stephen Peake
Know It All Shakespeare
Series opener · book 1 of 12 · published 2017 Anthology · Ros Barber
Know It All Classical Music
Book 2 of 12 · published 2017 Anthology · Wellfleet Press
Know It All Medicine
Book 4 of 12 · published 2017 Anthology · Gabrielle M. Finn
Know It All Great Inventions
Book 7 of 12 · published 2017 Anthology · David Boyle
Know It All Anthropology
Book 9 of 12 · published 2018 Anthology · Simon Underdown
Know It All Wine
Latest in the series · book 12 of 12 · published 2018 Anthology · Gérard Basset
Instant Egghead Guide: The Mind
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2008 Anthology · Emily Anthes
Instant Egghead Guide: Physics
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2009
Promoting Collaboration in Primary Mental Health Care
Single-title series · published 2002
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Brian Clegg?
Brian Clegg is a published author from the United Kingdom who specializes in books that are all about science. He has written science based books such as The Reality Frame and Are Numbers Real?, and has also written murder mystery novels in the fictional genre. He has written tons of scientific books, such as Inflight Science, Before the Big Bang, The God Effect, Ecologic, Before the Big Bang, A Brief History of Infinity, The Universe Inside You, Build Your Own Time Machine, Gravity, Extra Sensory, Dark Matter and Dark Energy, and Dice World, which made the longlist for the 2014 Royal Society Winton Prize for…
Which Brian Clegg series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Graphic Guides series, the earliest of Brian Clegg's multi-book series: it opens with Introducing Freud (1979) and runs to 49 books across 1979–2021, ending with Sexuality (2021). Brian Clegg's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Brian Clegg written?
Brian Clegg has 229 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1979 and 2023. 156 of them belong to 10 named series — the largest being the 30 Second series with 52 books — and 73 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Brian Clegg's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Brian Clegg's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Graphic Guides (1979–2021, 49 books), Kogan Page Instant (1996–2001, 7 books) and Instant Egghead Guides (2008–2009, 2 books), plus 7 more.
How are Brian Clegg's books organised into series?
This guide splits Brian Clegg's 229 books into 10 named series and 73 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: 30 Second (52 books, 2011–2021); Graphic Guides (49 books, 1979–2021); Hot Science (14 books, 2017–2021); Know It All (12 books, 2017–2018); Stephen Capel Mystery (7 books, 2015–2021), plus 5 further series.