Hannah Critchlow

How do we nurture our own and our children's brains so we have the resilience to thrive during the coming wave of technological, and societal change? How do we keep up in the face of AI? Neuroscientist Dr. Hannah Critchlow takes readers on an empowering journey through the fascinating landscape of the latest neuroscience research and deep into their own intelligence. It is human skills curiosity, compassion, communication, courage and creativity that will provide the answer to the challenges ahead. We should lean into our collaborative skills, our ability to intuit and to think long-term, to adapt and to focus. Dr. Critchlow explores how we build collective wisdom, and how we best fuel our brains. In a book filled with stories of pioneering research and case studies, and with advice and brain exercises, she shows us how to navigate the coming decades with informed confidence.

The unmissable new speculative novel for fans of Station Eleven, The End We Start From and The Last of Us.When the end comes, what will you wish you had done?In 2050s London, fear grips like a vice as a deadly virus sweeps the globe. The British prime minister tells her people to remain calm. A vaccine will be available soon, and as a precautionary measure children will be whisked away to undisclosed locations, kept safe until the storm passes.Marianne, Downing Street press secretary, doesn’t realise the futility until it is far, far too late. When the truth hits her, Marianne is forced to choose: stay with her family, or do whatever she can to help the doomed survive.As London falls, seven-year-old Maia is one of the last to escape the city. In an evacuation camp, she binds herself to Finn: in the absence of everything she knew, he becomes her everything.Yet as the years roll on and hope fades, Maia sees the bubble of safety is also a prison. She realises there is only one choice: to leave the camp and find what remains on the outside.An utterly compelling and unforgettable tale of humanity, resilience and the lengths we will go to for love. The Tomorrow Project is the stunning first novel from H Critchlow.Praise for The Tomorrow Project ‘Powerful and disturbing’ Harriet Tyce‘Thrilling, heartbreaking, tense... I was immediately and incessantly caught up in it’ James Delargy‘Dark, vivid and beautifully written, The Tomorrow Project is a poignant, immersive novel about a future that spools out in terrifying clarity. It''s also a novel about bravery and hope - and it will make you cry’ Rachel Wolf‘A fresh, original novel with characters who linger and a propulsive plot. I inhaled it in twenty-four hours. Genuinely unputdownable’ Niki Mackay‘Critchlow has the ability to observe humanity at its worst — and heart-rending best. A worthy addition to the end-times dystopian canon’ Jo Furniss‘A heady mix of heartache and hope, love and loss, in a world that’s splitting at the seams... I couldn’t come up for air till I turned the last page’ Robert Rutherford‘A terrifying glimpse into a possible world’ Sarah Moorhead‘Masterful. A beautifully written parable of hope, love and humanity, it will live with me for a very long time’ Rob Parker‘A heartbreaking, vividly imagined tale of love and survival at the end of the world... a triumph of storytelling’ Clare Leslie Hall

The unmissable new speculative novel for fans of Station Eleven, The End We Start From and The Last of Us.When the end comes, what will you wish you had done?In 2050s London, fear grips like a vice as a deadly virus sweeps the globe. The British prime minister tells her people to remain calm. A vaccine will be available soon, and as a precautionary measure children will be whisked away to undisclosed locations, kept safe until the storm passes.Marianne, Downing Street press secretary, doesn’t realise the futility until it is far, far too late. When the truth hits her, Marianne is forced to choose: stay with her family, or do whatever she can to help the doomed survive.As London falls, seven-year-old Maia is one of the last to escape the city. In an evacuation camp, she binds herself to Finn: in the absence of everything she knew, he becomes her everything.Yet as the years roll on and hope fades, Maia sees the bubble of safety is also a prison. She realises there is only one choice: to leave the camp and find what remains on the outside.An utterly compelling and unforgettable tale of humanity, resilience and the lengths we will go to for love. The Tomorrow Project is the stunning first novel from H Critchlow.Praise for The Tomorrow Project ‘Powerful and disturbing’ Harriet Tyce‘Thrilling, heartbreaking, tense... I was immediately and incessantly caught up in it’ James Delargy‘Dark, vivid and beautifully written, The Tomorrow Project is a poignant, immersive novel about a future that spools out in terrifying clarity. It''s also a novel about bravery and hope - and it will make you cry’ Rachel Wolf‘A fresh, original novel with characters who linger and a propulsive plot. I inhaled it in twenty-four hours. Genuinely unputdownable’ Niki Mackay‘Critchlow has the ability to observe humanity at its worst — and heart-rending best. A worthy addition to the end-times dystopian canon’ Jo Furniss‘A heady mix of heartache and hope, love and loss, in a world that’s splitting at the seams... I couldn’t come up for air till I turned the last page’ Robert Rutherford‘A terrifying glimpse into a possible world’ Sarah Moorhead‘Masterful. A beautifully written parable of hope, love and humanity, it will live with me for a very long time’ Rob Parker‘A heartbreaking, vividly imagined tale of love and survival at the end of the world... a triumph of storytelling’ Clare Leslie Hall

So many of us believe that we are free to shape our own destiny. But what if free will doesn't exist? What if our lives are largely predetermined, hardwired in our brains - and our choices over what we eat, who we fall in love with, even what we believe are not real choices at all? Neuroscience is challenging everything we think we know about ourselves, revealing how we make decisions and form our own reality, unaware of the role of our unconscious minds. Did you know, for example, that: * You can carry anxieties and phobias across generations of your family? * Your genes and pleasure and reward receptors in your brain will determine how much you eat? * We can sniff out ideal partners with genes that give our offspring the best chance of survival? Leading neuroscientist Hannah Critchlow draws vividly from everyday life and other experts in their field to show the extraordinary potential, as well as dangers, which come with being able to predict our likely futures - and looking at how we can alter what's in store for us. Lucid, illuminating, awe-inspiring The Science of Fate revolutionises our understanding of who we are - and empowers us to help shape a better future for ourselves and the wider world.