Astronomy 101: From the Sun and Moon to Wormholes and Warp Drive, Key Theories, Discoveries, and Facts About the Universe by Carolyn Collins Petersen
$27.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: 101
Explore the curiosities of our galaxy! Too often, textbooks obscure the beauty and wonder of outer space with tedious discourse that even Galileo would oppose. Astronomy 101 cuts out the boring details and lengthy explanations, and instead, gives you a lesson in astronomy that keeps you engaged as you d ...Show more
And Then You're Dead by Cody Cassidy
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Category: Science
What would happen if you stuck your head into a nuclear particle accelerator? What if you jumped into an interstellar black hole, or slipped out of a deep-sea submarine wearing only a pair of Speedos? In And Then You're Dead: The world's most interesting ways to die, we'll give serious answers to these ...Show more
Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the Myths of Our Gendered Minds by Cordelia Fine
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Category: Science
Testosterone Rex is the powerful myth that squashes hopes of sex equality by telling us that men and women have evolved different natures. Fixed in an ancestral past that rewarded competitive men and caring women, these differences are supposedly re-created in each generation by sex hormones and male an ...Show more
Science(ish) : The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies by Michael Rick; Brooks Edwards
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Category: Science
Just like you, Dr Michael Brooks and Rick Edwards have watched movies and been sucked into those fictional worlds. Unlike you, they've written an amusing book exploring and unpicking these much-loved stories, revealing the science within. They've chatted to some of the most respected names in science to ...Show more
The Re-Origin of Species: A Second Chance for Extinct Animals by Torill Kornfeldt
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Category: Science
From the Siberian permafrost to balmy California, scientists across the globe are working to resurrect all kinds of extinct animals, from ones that just left us to those that have been gone for many thousands of years. Their tools in this hunt are both fossils and cutting-edge genetic technologies. Some ...Show more
The Greatest Story Ever Told...So Far by Lawrence Krauss
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Category: Science
In the beginning there was light but more than this, there was gravity. After that, all hell broke loose...This is how the story of the greatest intellectual adventure in history should be introduced - how humanity reached its current understanding of the universe, one that is far removed from the realm ...Show more
Under the Knife by Arnold van de Laar
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Category: Science
In Under the Knife, surgeon Arnold Van de Laar uses his own experience and expertise to tell the witty history of the past, present and future of surgery. From the story of the desperate man from seventeenth-century Amsterdam who grimly cut a stone out of his own bladder to Bob Marley's deadly toe, Unde ...Show more
The Mysterium: Unexplained and extraordinary stories for a post-Nessie generation by Jo Keeling
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Category: Science
In THE MYSTERIUM David Bramwell and Jo Keeling (authors of THE ODDITORIUM), present a user guide to the strange and unexplained corners of modern life. THE MYSTERIUM catalogues a host of bizarre, funny and intriguing stories for a post-Nessie generation still fascinated by the unknowable. Drawing on con ...Show more
Ad Astra: An Illustrated Guide to Leaving the Planet by Dallas Campbell
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Category: Science
Need some space? For almost all human history we've been firmly rooted to the Earth. And, sure, it's got some good things going for it: nice views, friendly inhabitants, good coffee. Air. But what if you want to get off? Whether you've got itchy feet and need a bit of a break, or you're looking for a co ...Show more
Gadgets, Games and Gizmos: 122 Inventions that Changed the World by Jean-Marie Donat
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Category: Science
Discover the designs behind some of the most amazing inventions ever imagined. This book contains the original drawings submitted to the patent office for such indispensable items as the paperclip, the ball-point pen and the umbrella, as well as technological marvels like the space suit, the floppy disk ...Show more
A World of Three Zeroes: the new economics of zero poverty, zero unemployment, and zero carbon emissions by Muhammad Yunus
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Category: Science
The bestselling author of Banker to the Poorand Creating aWorld Without Povertyand co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize outlines his radical economic vision for tackling inequality, joblessness, and environmental degradation, and describes the worldwide movement already working to make it a reality. Muham ...Show more
The Doctor by Karl Kruszelnicki
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Category: Science
Our timeless Lord of Science, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, is back - in this, his 37th book. Once again, The Doctor's mission has been to interpret the beauty and the mystery of the scientific world around us - alerting us to the complexities and conundrums of the everyday. He transcends history and space in h ...Show more