Books do Furnish a Life: Reading and Writing Science by Richard Dawkins
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
At a time when science can seem complex and remote, it has a greater impact on our lives, and to the future of our planet, than ever before. It really matters that its discoveries and truths should be clearly and widely communicated. That its enemies, from the malicious to the muddled, the self-deluding ...Show more
The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us If We Let Them by Peter Wohlleben
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
The follow-up to the international bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees, offering compelling insights into the lungs of our planet and the fragility of our intertwined futures. Trees can survive without humans, but we can't live without trees. Even if human-caused climate change devastates our plant, tr ...Show more
Science for Life: A Manual for Better Living by Brian Clegg
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
In Science for Life acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg cuts through the vested interests and confusing contradictory statements that litter the media and the internet, to give a clear picture of what science is telling us right now about changing our lives for the better. Discover the much-advertised ...Show more
Inflight Science: A Guide to the World from Your Airplane Window by Brian Clegg
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
The perfect companion to any flight - a guide to the science on view from your window seat. There are few times when science is so immediate as when you're in a plane. Your life is in the hands of the scientists and engineers who enable tons of metal and plastic to hurtle through the sky at hundreds of ...Show more
In Pursuit of Memory: The Fight Against Alzheimer's by Joseph Jebelli
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
For readers of Atul Gawande, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and Henry Marsh, a riveting, gorgeously written biography of one of history's most fascinating and confounding diseases--Alzheimer's--from its discovery more than 100 years ago to today's race towards a cure. SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE ...Show more
Hello World by Hannah Fry
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
You are accused of a crime? Who would you rather decides your future - an algorithm or a human?Before making your decision, bear in mind that the algorithm will always be more consistent, and far less prone to an error of judgement. Then again, at least the human will be able to look you in the eye befo ...Show more
Primate Change by Vybarr Cregan-Reid
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
'An excellent evaluation of our bodily shortcomings' - Financial Times This is the road from climate change to primate change. Primate Change has been adapted into a radio series for the BBC WORLD SERVICE. * 'Our bodies are in a shock. Modern living is as bracing to the human body as jumping through ...Show more
The Nocturnal Brain Tales of Nightmares and Neuroscience by Guy Leschziner
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Category: Science | Reading Level: 7
What happens to our brain at night? Are we really fully asleep and if so how is it that some individuals end up doing what they do? Or can it be the case that perhaps the brain never fully goes to sleep and that in some individuals there is a disconnect between the sleeping part of their brain and the a ...Show more
Professor Stewart's Incredible Numbers by Ian Stewart
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Category: Science
Ian Stewart explores the astonishing properties of numbers from 1 to10 to zero and infinity, including one figure that, if you wrote it out, would span the universe. He looks at every kind of number you can think of - real, imaginary, rational, irrational, positive and negative - along with several you ...Show more
Cosmos: An Infographic Book of Space by Stuart Lowe
$49.99 AUD
Category: Science
The Universe is the ultimate in extremes and superlatives. The biggest. The heaviest. The oldest. The most powerful explosions. Even black holes - which can literally lead to regions beyond our infinite Universe! In this truly mind-blowing book, we use cutting edge infographics to illuminate - in a new ...Show more
Origin Story - A Big History of Everything by David Christian
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: good-very good
How did we get from the Big Bang to today's staggering complexity, in which seven billion humans are connected into networks powerful enough to transform the planet? And why, in comparison, are our closest primate relatives reduced to near-extinction? Big History creator David Christian gives the answe ...Show more
Astronomy: A Visual Guide by DK
$45.00 AUD
Category: Science
Take a tour of the Universe, from the 150km impact craters on the Moon to Jupiter's Great Red Spot - a 643kmph swirling storm that started in the 1600s.This stunningly illustrated slipcase is lavishly designed to cover every aspect of astronomy. Learn about the history of discoveries in the field, from ...Show more