How to Code a Human by Kat Arney
14.99 AUD
32.99 (54% off)
Category: Science
An award-winning author takes us on a mind-bending journey through the world of DNA, exploring how it encodes our genes and make us unique. What is a genetic superhero? Is all DNA important? Can genetics affect your love life, mental health, and even ability to grow a tail? How to Code a Human answers ...Show more
Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse by Dave Goulson
35.00 AUD
Category: Science
An urgent and riveting new book from the bestselling author- his first major work of popular science and environmental activism - part love letter to the insect world, part elegy, part rousing manifesto for change. Insects are essential for life as we know it. As they become more scarce, our world will ...Show more
The Little Book of Space - An Introduction to the Solar System and Beyond by Norman Ferguson
24.99 AUD
Category: Science
Space is spectacular This short, informative and engaging guide to the wonders of the universe will fascinate and inspire readers of all ages There's never been a more exciting time to learn about space. As new rockets are launched and fresh discoveries are made, humanity's urge to explore and underst ...Show more
Capturing the Universe by Rhodri Evans; Steven Young (Foreword by)
39.99 AUD
Category: Science
The very best images captured by the new generation of terrestrial telescopes, orbiting telescopes and deep-space probes and landers have been collected in this magnificent volume. Detailed captions explain the equipment and technicalities of producing such images, which are not only mesmerising but als ...Show more
The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis by Christiana Figueres
27.99 AUD
Category: Science
The Paris Agreement was a landmark for humanity. In this timely and important book, two of the principle creators of that agreement show us why and how we can now realise its' promise. I hope it is widely read and acted on' Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger o ...Show more
Adam Spencer's Top 100 by Adam Spencer
34.99 AUD
Category: Science
Australia's funniest mathematician is back in 2019 with a small format edition of 2018's bestseller. Which number terrifies Ogdokontaheptaphobes? Why would you watch the same clock for 14 years? And have you met the 23-million-digit prime? The answers to all of these questions - and much, much more - ar ...Show more
Everything You Know About Science is Wrong by Matt Brown
9.99 AUD
22.99 (56% off)
Category: Science | Series: Everything You Know About... Ser.
Is the Great Wall of China visible from the Moon? Are we descended from Neanderthals? Guess again--because what you think is true about science might not be right There are some scientific "truths" we take for granted--but what if they're wrong? For example, can anything travel faster than the speed o ...Show more
Origins: How the Earth Made Us by Lewis Dartnell
35.00 AUD
Category: Science
Why do so many of us eat cereal for breakfast?Is it because we like the taste? Or because 20 millions years ago, a certain species of plant colonised the same hospitable land that humanity did?Why is the world the way it is?If we follow chains of explanation as far back as they go - and keep asking, lik ...Show more
In Love with Betty the Crow - The Science Show ABC radio by Robyn Williams
9.99 AUD
Category: Science
Robyn Williams reflects on why science matters, after 40 years of ABC RN's The Science Show. The Science Show with Robyn Williams on Radio National is one of the longest running programs on Australian radio. Scientific issues, debates, events, personalities, exposing scientific fraud, discoveries and b ...Show more
The Beauty of Numbers in Nature - Mathematical Patterns and Principles from the Natural World by Ian Stewart
29.99 AUD
Category: Science
From a zebra's stripes to a spider's web: an engaging examination of patterns in nature and the mathematics that underlie them. From a zebra's stripes to a spider's web, from sand dunes to snowflakes, nature is full of patterns underlaid by mathematical principles. In The Beauty of Numbers in Nature, Ia ...Show more
Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
26.99 AUD
Category: Science
Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists and poets have long explored its meaning while scientists have found that its structure is different from the simple intuition we have of it. From Boltzmann to quantum theory, from Einstein to loop quantum gravity, our understandi ...Show more
Superhuman - Life at the Extremes of Mental and Physical Ability by Rowan Hooper
24.99 AUD
Category: Science
Sunday Times Book of the Year This is a book about what it feels like to be exceptional - and what it takes to get there. Why can some people achieve greatness when others can't, no matter how hard they try? What are the secrets of long life and happiness? Just how much potential does our species have? ...Show more