How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology by Philip Ball
36.99 AUD
Category: Science
A cutting-edge new vision of biology that will revise our concept of what life itself is, how to enhance it, and what possibilities it offers. Biology is undergoing a quiet but profound transformation. Several aspects of the standard picture of how life works—the idea of the genome as a blueprint, of g ...Show more
Simply Artificial Intelligence: Facts Made Fast by .
22.99 AUD
Category: Science
Understanding AI has never been easier. Combining bold graphics with easy-to-understand text, Simply Artificial Intelligence is the perfect introduction to the world of AI for those who are short of time but hungry for knowledge. Covering a broad range of fields within AI - from computing and mathematic ...Show more
The Gendered Brain - The New Neuroscience that Shatters the Myth of the Female Brain by Gina Rippon
22.99 AUD
Category: Science
An agenda-setting, myth-debunking book by neuroscientist Professor Gina Rippon that demolishes the idea of biology as destiny and the myth of the male or female brain. Reading maps or reading emotions? Barbie or Lego? Do you have a female brain or a male brain? Or is that the wrong question? We live i ...Show more
Rocks & Minerals: The Definitive Visual Guide by DK
42.99 AUD
Category: Science
Your compact and colourful guide to more than 450 rocks, crystals, gemstones, and fossilsExplore Earth's natural treasures, from their primeval origins to traditional uses and modern-day appeal. Featuring sparkling crystals, vibrant gemstones, and other precious materials often prized for their beauty, ...Show more
Cosmos: The Story of Cosmic Evolution, Science and Civilisation by Carl Sagan
24.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Abacus Science Greats Ser.
Narrado con la proverbial habilidad que tenía Sagan para conseguir que las ideas científicas fuesen comprensibles y apasionantes, Cosmos trata de la ciencia en su contexto humano más amplio y explica cómo la ciencia y la civilización se desarrollan conjuntamente. La obra aborda también el tema de las mi ...Show more
Lifespan: Why We Age - and Why We Don't Have To by David Sinclair
9.99 AUD
32.99 (69% off)
Category: Science
In this paradigm-shifting book from acclaimed Harvard Medical School doctor and one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people on earth, Dr. David Sinclair reveals that everything we think we know about ageing is wrong, and shares the surprising, scientifically-proven methods that can help readers l ...Show more
God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens
24.99 AUD
Category: Science
In god is Not Great Hitchens turned his formidable eloquence and rhetorical energy to the most controversial issue in the world: God and religion. The result is a devastating critique of religious faith god Is Not Great is the ultimate case against religion. In a series of acute readings of the major r ...Show more
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
24.99 AUD
Category: Science
THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Sapiens shows us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going. Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from ove ...Show more
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
Cognitive Surplus : Creativity and generosity in a connected age by Clay Shirkey
9.95 AUD
Category: Science
For decades, technology encouraged us to squander our time and as passive consumers. Today, tech has finally caught up with human potential. In Cognitive Surplus, Clay Shirky examines the changes we will all enjoy as our untapped resources of talent and good will are put to use at last. Since the pos ...Show more
The World as 100 People: A Visual Guide to 7 Billion Humans by Aileen Lord
19.98 AUD
Category: Science
What would the world look like if the 7 billion people on this planet were presented as 100 individuals? This beautifully illustrated and informative infographics book re-examines the world's population with fascinating and often sobering results. Covering diverse subjects such as demography, education, ...Show more
Mr Darwin's Incredible Shrinking World: Science and Technology in 1859 by Peter Macinnis
9.95 AUD
Category: Science
Across a huge range of endeavour, 1859 was the year of mega change. At the beginning of that year Charles Darwin published "The Origin of Species". By year's end, other people, discoveries and inventions had changed the world forever, and society was converging in a global culture. It was a different wo ...Show more