The Universe in Your Hand: A Journey Through Space, Time and Beyond by Christophe Galfard
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Category: Science
Imagine if The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy were a real, practical book about the mysteries of the universe...The Universe In Your Hand takes us on a wonder-filled journey to the surface of our dying Sun, shrinks us to the size of an atom and puts us in the deathly grip of distant Black Holes. Along ...Show more
Great Calculations: A Surprising Look Behind 50 Scientific Inquiries by Colin Pask
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Category: Science
Science is based not only on observation and experiment, but on theory as well. As Einstein said, Theory tells us what to measure. And theories are often crystallized into succinct calculations, like those made using Einstein's famous "E = mc2." This book looks at fifty such great calculations, explorin ...Show more
Brain Electric: The Dramatic High-Tech Race to Merge Minds and Machines by Malcolm Gay
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Category: Science
Imagine controlling a machine with your mind. Imagine a communication line direct from your mind to someone else's. Imagine controlling a prosthetic limb with a thought, or 'seeing' through a camera located miles away. Once the stuff of science fiction, such remarkable feats are now within the grasp of ...Show more
Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures by Christine Kenneally
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Category: Science
We are doomed to repeat history if we fail to learn from it, but how are we affected by the forces that are invisible to us? What role does Neanderthal DNA play in our genetic makeup? How did the theory of eugenics embraced by Nazi Germany first develop? How is trust passed down in Africa, and silence i ...Show more
Future Crimes: A Journey to the Dark Side of Technology - and How to Survive it by Marc Goodman
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Category: Science
This is the New York Times Bestseller. Technological advances have benefited our world in immeasurable ways, but there is an ominous flip side. Criminals are often the earliest, and most innovative, adopters of technology and modern times have led to modern crimes. Today's criminals are stealing identit ...Show more
Brainhack: Tips and Tricks to Unleash Your Brain's Full Potential by Neil Pavitt; Wiley Staff
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Category: Science
Ever had those moments where you've been pondering a problem for ages, trying to make a decision or come up with a new idea, and then the second you get up to make a cup of tea, call a friend to talk it through, or simply decide 'sleep on it', you suddenly find the answers you're looking for, the soluti ...Show more
Man vs Maths: Understanding the Curious Mathematics That Power Our World by Timothy Revell
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Category: Science
Could we solve queuing with an equation? How do algorithms control our news? What is the secret behind encryption codes? Mathematics is inescapable. Wherever you go, whatever you do, however you live your life, mathematics plays a role. From controlling a city's traffic to finding love, spending money o ...Show more
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes by Adam Rutherford
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Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to you, as it is to each of the 100 billion modern humans who have ever drawn breath. But it is also our collective story, because in every one of our genomes we each carry the history of our species - birth ...Show more
Brain Ponderables by Tom Jackson
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Category: Science | Series: Ponderables Ser.
Here is the essential guide to the human brain, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines the three pounds of matter inside our heads that does all our thinking for us. With 100 billion nerve cells joined by thousands more to every corner of the body, the brain is wired together with 10 ...Show more
Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe by Lisa Randall
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Category: Science
66 million years ago, a ten-mile-wide object from outer space hurtled into the Earth at incredible speed and destroyed the dinosaurs, along with three-quarters of the other species on the planet. Where did it come from, and why? And how is this connected to dark matter - the most mysterious, elusive stu ...Show more
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain: Revised Edition by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young
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Category: Science
The incredible story and miraculous work of a remarkable woman. Though she began life severely learning disabled, built herself a better brain and a brain training program that has helped thousands of others do the same. Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was born with severe learning disabilities that caused ...Show more
Rubber Band Engineer by Lance Akiyama
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Engineer
You don't have to be a genius to create these ingenious contraptions, you just need rubber bands, glue, paperclips, and Rubber Band Engineer, of course. Shooting far, flying high, and delivering way more exciting results than expected are the goals of the gadgets in Rubber Band Engineer. Discover unexpe ...Show more