Hot Science Books in Order

Hot Science contains 14 books, published between 2017 and 2021. The first book is Destination Mars (2017) and the newest is Behavioural Economics (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2017–2021

Hot Science is a popular-science line of 14 short books published between 2017 and 2021, written by a rotating group of specialists. Brian Clegg is credited on 4 volumes, Andrew May on 3, and James Gillies, Nessa Carey, Yorick Wilks, Meera Senthilingam and Paul Jepson on 1 each. Destination Mars (2017) opens the line, followed by Big Data (2017), Gravitational Waves (2018), Cern and the Higgs Boson (2018) and Artificial Intelligence (2019). Behavioural Economics (2021) is the last catalogued volume.

How many Hot Science books are there?

Hot Science has 14 books, released between 2017 and 2021.

Hot Science Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Hot Science books in the order they were published, with the release year and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    Destination Mars2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017
  2. 2
    Big Data2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017
  3. 3
    Gravitational Waves2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018
  4. 4
    The Graphene Revolution2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018
  5. 5
    Cern and the Higgs Boson2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018
  6. 6
    Cosmic Impact2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019
  7. 7
    Hacking the Code of Life2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019
  8. 8
    Artificial Intelligence2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019
  9. 9
    Dark Matter and Dark Energy2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019
  10. 10
    Astrobiology2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019
  11. 11
    Outbreaks and Epidemics2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020
  12. 12
    Rewilding2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020
  13. 13
    Origins of the Universe2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020
  14. 14
    Behavioural Economics2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021

Where to start with Hot Science

Start with Destination Mars (2017), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Hot Science book?

Behavioural Economics (2021) is the newest Hot Science book released so far.

Is there a new Hot Science book coming?

No next Hot Science book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Hot Science at a glance

Paused
No new Hot Science title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Hot Science books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Busiest decade
Most Hot Science books, 10 of 14, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 14 titles, 4 are credited to Brian Clegg, 2 to AndrewMay, 1 to Andrew May and 1 to James Gillies. A further 7 writers are credited.