Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors by Matt Parker
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
'Matt Parker shows off math at its most playful and multifarious' Jordan Ellenberg, author of How to Not Be Wrong Most of the time, the maths in our everyday lives works quietly behind the scenes. Until someone forgets to carry a '1' and a bridge collapses, a plane drops out of the sky or a building roc ...Show more
Why we Dream by Alice Robb
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
We all dream, and 98 per cent of us can recall our dreams the next morning. Even in today's modern age, it is human nature to wonder what they mean. Now, groundbreaking science is putting dreams at the forefront of new research into sleep, memory, the concept of self and human socialization. Once a subj ...Show more
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Ronnlund
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
'A hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases.' BARACK OBAMA 'One of the most important books I've ever read - an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.' BILL GATES 'Hans Rosling tells the story of "the secret silent mirac ...Show more
Beyond Weird - Quantum Physics by Philip Ball
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
PHYSICS WORLD 2018 BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A clear and deeply researched account of what's known about the quantum laws of nature, and how to think about what they might really mean' Nature 'I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.' Richard Feynman wrote this in 1965 - the year he w ...Show more
Albert Einstein (Pocket Giants) by Andrew May
$17.98 AUD
Category: Science
Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein and everyone knows that he was a genius. Yet only a few people understand his work. In fact, he was just one of many brilliant scientists grappling with the deepest problems of theoretical physics during the first half of the twentieth century. He may not have been ...Show more
Periodic Table in Minutes by Dan Green
$19.98 AUD
Category: Science | Series: In Minutes
An icon of science, the Periodic Table defines the fundamental chemistry of everything in the universe. In this compact yet comprehensive guide, Dan Green outlines the history, development and workings of the table, shows how its design reflects and illuminates the organisation of all matter, and even e ...Show more
The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science by Andrea Wulf
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world--and in the process created modern environmentalism. Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an intrepid explorer and the ...Show more
Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures by Christine Kenneally
$22.99 AUD
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
How the Brain Lost its Mind by Allan Ropper, Brian David Burrell
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
In 1882, Jean-Martin Charcot was the premiere physician in Paris, having just established a neurology clinic at the infamous Salpetriere Hospital, a place that was called a 'grand asylum of huma misery'. Assessing the dismal conditions, he quickly set up to upgrade the facilities, and in doing so, revo ...Show more
Vaxxers: The Inside Story of the Oxford AstraZeneca Vaccine and the Race Against the Virus by Sarah Gilbert, Catherine Green
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
Our future hangs on the success of the Oxford vaccine.This is the story of its creation, its makers and how science will ultimately beat the virus.On 1 January 2020, Sarah Gilbert, Professor of Vaccinology at Oxford University, read an article about four people in China with a strange pneumonia. Within ...Show more
How Did It All Begin? by Stephen Hawking
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Category: Science | Series: Brief Answers, Big Quest Ser.
'Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet'How did it all begin?Is there a God?Throughout his extraordinary career, Stephen Hawking expanded our understanding of the universe and unravelled some of its greatest mysteries. In How Did It All Begin? the world famous cosmologist and bestsel ...Show more
Will We Survive on Earth? by Stephen Hawking
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Category: Science | Series: Brief Answers, Big Quest Ser.
'Be brave, be curious, be determined, overcome the odds. It can be done'Will we survive on Earth?Should we colonise space?Throughout his extraordinary career, Stephen Hawking expanded our understanding of the universe and unravelled some of its greatest mysteries. In Will We Survive on Earth? the world- ...Show more