Ten Million Aliens by Simon Barnes
$21.99 AUD
Category: Science
Life on planet earth is not weirder than we imagine. It's weirder than we are capable of imagining.And we're all in it together: humans, blue whales, rats, birds of paradise, ridiculous numbers of beetles, molluscs the size of a bus, bdelloid rotifers who haven't had sex for millions of years and creatu ...Show more
Patient H69: The Story of My Second Sight by Vanessa Potter
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
We see with our eyes ...right? Well, not exactly. In 2012, over the course of 72 hours, Vanessa Potter dramatically lost her sight. Going blind led Vanessa to turn science sleuth and reinvent herself as Patient H69. As she slowly recovered she began to reveal the reality behind her unique experience. Op ...Show more
The Best Australian Science Writing 2017 by Michael Slezak (Contribution by)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
Would it be ethical to eat sentient aliens? What is the basis of differences between the sexes? Where do you find fossils of early multicellular life? Is there any hope for the Great Barrier Reef or Tasmanian forests in a warming climate? Were Aboriginal Australians the world's first astronomers? The Be ...Show more
Breakthrough: Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer The by Charles Graeber
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
One hundred years ago, physicians marvelled at patients with bacterial infections who appeared to have been spontaneously cured of deadly tumours. What was a miraculous mystery then is now hard scientific fact- immunotherapy is the cutting edge of cancer treatment, and a crucial breakthrough in the race ...Show more
The World at Night: Spectacular Photographs of the Night Sky by Babak Tafreshi
$55.00 AUD
Category: Science
See the full beauty of our night sky revealed as never before in over 200 photographs from around the world. Bringing together the images of over 40 photographers across 25 countries, be astounded by the lights of the night sky in some of the darkest places on earth; discover the beauty of galaxies, pla ...Show more
Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by Elizabeth Kolbert
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
The author of the international bestseller The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking- After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it? Elizabeth Kolbert has become one of the most important writers on the environment. Now she i ...Show more
Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain by David Eagleman
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
Drawing on cutting-edge research this book demonstrates the brain's ability to change, rewire and heal, from the internationally bestselling author.
Seventeen Equations That Changed the World by Ian Stewart
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
This is a unique history of humanity told through its seventeen defining equations; from Pythagoras to Calculus. From Newton's Law of Gravity to the Black-Scholes model used by bankers to predict the markets, equations, are everywhere - and they are fundamental to everyday life. "Seventeen Equations tha ...Show more
50 Human Brain Ideas You Really Need to Know by Moheb Costandi
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Neuroscience is one of the most fascinating and complex areas of scientific research, with new advances being made every day. In 50 Human Brain Ideas You Really Need to Know, Mo Costandi condenses all we know about the brain and how it works into series of introductions to the most important concepts. ...Show more
Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology by Jim Al-Khalili
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
Description: Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how does it work? Even in this age of cloning and synthetic biology, the remarkable truth remains: nobody has ever made anything living entirely out of dead material. Life remains the only way to make life. Are we missing ...Show more
Quantum Age: How the Physics of the Very Small Has Transformed Our Lives by Brian Clegg
$21.99 AUD
Category: Science
The stone age, the iron age, the steam and electrical ages all saw the reach of humankind transformed by new technology. Now we are living in the quantum age, a revolution in everyday life led by our understanding of the very, very small. Today, technologies based on quantum physics account for 30 per c ...Show more
Dr Space Junk vs the Universe - Archaeology and the Future by Alice Gorman
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
Going boldly forth as a pioneer in the fledgling fieldof space archaeology, Dr Alice Gorman (aka Dr Space Junk) turns the commonperception of archaeology as an exploration of the ancient on its head. Hercaptivating inquiry into the most modern and daring of technologies spanningsome 60 years -- a mere s ...Show more