The Quantum Universe - Everything That Can Happen Does Happen by Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
From the bestselling authors of "Why does E=mc2?" comes "The Quantum Universe", in which Brian Cox, presenter of the BBC's "Wonders of the Solar System" and "Wonders of the Universe", and Jeff Forshaw go on a brilliantly ambitious mission to show that everyone can understand the deepest questions of sci ...Show more
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change by Charles Duhigg
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: near fine
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - This instant classic explores how we can change our lives by changing our habits. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal - Financial Times In The Power of Habit, award-winning business reporterCharles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of sc ...Show more
A Is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
Agatha Christie's detailed plotting is what makes her books so compelling. Christie used poison to kill her characters more often than any other murder method, with the poison itself being a central part of the novel, and her choice of deadly substances was far from random; the chemical and physiologica ...Show more
Ten Million Aliens by Simon Barnes
$21.99 AUD
Category: Science
Life on planet earth is not weirder than we imagine. It's weirder than we are capable of imagining.And we're all in it together: humans, blue whales, rats, birds of paradise, ridiculous numbers of beetles, molluscs the size of a bus, bdelloid rotifers who haven't had sex for millions of years and creatu ...Show more
Patient H69: The Story of My Second Sight by Vanessa Potter
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
We see with our eyes ...right? Well, not exactly. In 2012, over the course of 72 hours, Vanessa Potter dramatically lost her sight. Going blind led Vanessa to turn science sleuth and reinvent herself as Patient H69. As she slowly recovered she began to reveal the reality behind her unique experience. Op ...Show more
The Best Australian Science Writing 2017 by Michael Slezak (Contribution by)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
Would it be ethical to eat sentient aliens? What is the basis of differences between the sexes? Where do you find fossils of early multicellular life? Is there any hope for the Great Barrier Reef or Tasmanian forests in a warming climate? Were Aboriginal Australians the world's first astronomers? The Be ...Show more
Breakthrough: Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer The by Charles Graeber
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
One hundred years ago, physicians marvelled at patients with bacterial infections who appeared to have been spontaneously cured of deadly tumours. What was a miraculous mystery then is now hard scientific fact- immunotherapy is the cutting edge of cancer treatment, and a crucial breakthrough in the race ...Show more
The World at Night: Spectacular Photographs of the Night Sky by Babak Tafreshi
$55.00 AUD
Category: Science
See the full beauty of our night sky revealed as never before in over 200 photographs from around the world. Bringing together the images of over 40 photographers across 25 countries, be astounded by the lights of the night sky in some of the darkest places on earth; discover the beauty of galaxies, pla ...Show more
Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by Elizabeth Kolbert
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
The author of the international bestseller The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking- After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it? Elizabeth Kolbert has become one of the most important writers on the environment. Now she i ...Show more
Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain by David Eagleman
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
Drawing on cutting-edge research this book demonstrates the brain's ability to change, rewire and heal, from the internationally bestselling author.
The Best Australian Science Writing 2021 by Dyani Lewis (Editor); Cathy Foley (Foreword by)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: The\Best Australian Science Ser.
This much-loved anthology showcases the nation’s best science writing. New voices join prominent science writers and journalists, taking us to the depths of the ocean, the fuels of the future, and to the Ryugu asteroid and back. The anthology also takes us straight the heart of complex ethical dilemmas ...Show more
The First Astronomers: How Indigenous Elders read the stars by Duane Hamacher
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
The First Astronomers is the first book to reveal the rich knowledge of the stars and the planets held by First Peoples around the world. Our eyes have been drawn away from the skies to our screens. We no longer look to the stars to forecast the weather, predict the seasons or plant our gardens. Most of ...Show more