The Brain's Way of Healing by Norman Doidge
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: The\Neuroplasticity Chronicles Ser.
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS 'BEST SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BOOK' This book is about the discovery that the human brain has its own unique way of healing. For centuries we believed that the price we paid for our brain's complexity was that, compared to other organs, it was fixed and ...Show more
Remember The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting by Lisa Genova
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
A fascinating exploration of the intricacies of how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do to protect our memories, from the Harvard-trained neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Alice. Have you ever felt a crushing wave of panic when you can't for the life of you remember the name of t ...Show more
Thirty Trillion Cells: How Your Body Really Works (HB) by Isabel Thomas
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
An illustrated in-depth look at the intricate machine that is the human body. Covers all the body's major systems, and looks at the human body as a microbiome, host to trillions of 'good' microbes that help us function.
What If?2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
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Category: Science
'Nerd royalty' Ben Goldacre'Laugh-out-loud funny' Bill Gates'Totally brilliant' Tim HarfordWHAT IF you still had so many more strange questions about the universe?And WHAT IF Randall Munroe, former NASA roboticist and xkcd creator, were prepared to move mountains, fill the solar system with soup and alt ...Show more
White Holes: Inside the Horizon by Carlo Rovelli
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Category: Science
A mesmerizing trip to the strange new world of white holes, from Carlo Rovelli, the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics. Let us journey, with beloved physicist Carlo Rovelli, into the heart of a black hole. Let us slip beyond its boundary, the horizon, and tumble - on and on - down thi ...Show more
In Plain Sight: A fascinating investigation into UFOs and alien encounters from an award-winning journalist, fully updated and revised new edition for 2023 by Ross Coulthart
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Category: Science
An award-winning journalist investigates a story largely ignored by mainstream media but right there, in front of our eyes ... Are we not alone? The moment we have an answer might have arrived. Award-winning investigative journalist Ross Coulthart has been intrigued by UFOs since mysterious glowing ...Show more
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker
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Category: Science | Reading Level: near fine
One of the world's greatest thinkers tells the heroic story of human progress - and why we neglect it at our peril.Is modernity really failing? Or have we failed to appreciate progress and the ideals that make it possible?If you follow the headlines, the world in the 21st century appears to be sinking i ...Show more
Origin of Species: (Patterns of Life) by Charles Darwin
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Category: Science | Series: Patterns of Life Ser.
A series of special editions of the best popular science books to explore the patterns of our planet. Designed by Patternity, the award-winning creative studio and pattern consultancy. Discover this beautiful special edition of Charles Darwin's groundbreaking theory on human evolution. When the eminent ...Show more
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain (New Edition) by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young
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Category: Science
A bestseller in Canada and Australia, this is the incredible story of a woman who struggled with severe learning disabilities, built herself a better brain, and started a program that has helped thousands of others do the same.Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was born with severe learning disabilities. ...Show more
The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
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Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
'We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it. The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.' Bill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ab ...Show more
Origin Story: A Big History Of Everything by David Christian
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Category: Science | Series: Australian
How did we get from the Big Bang to today's staggering complexity, in which seven billion humans are connected into networks powerful enough to transform the planet? And why, in comparison, are our closest primate relatives reduced to near-extinction?Big History creator David Christian gives the answers ...Show more
Space: A thrilling human history by Britain's beloved astronaut Tim Peake by Tim Peake
$36.99 AUD
Category: Science
The first human history of space travel - from the Apollo missions to our journey to Mars - by Britain's beloved astronaut *Available for Pre-order Now* From bestselling author and astronaut Tim Peake, the captivating story of humans in space. Only 628 people in human history have left Earth. In Space- ...Show more