The Perfect Bet by Adam Kucharski
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
Gamblers have been trying to figure out how to game the system since our ancestors first made wagers over dice fashioned from knucklebones: in revolutionary Paris, the 'martingale' strategy was rumoured to lead to foolproof success at roulette; today, professional gamblers are using cutting-edge tec ...Show more
The Secret Life of the Mind: How Our Brain Thinks, Feels and Decides by Mariano Sigman
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
A vast yet compact view of cognitive neuroscience, a groundbreaking, personal and comprehensive guide into understanding our thoughts. In the last twenty years, Mariano Sigman has journeyed to the core of the brain, an organ formed by nearly an infinity of neurons that manufacture how we perceive, reaso ...Show more
Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic by Matt McCarthy
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: 4 Science
Physician, researcher, and ethics professor Matt McCarthy is on the front lines of a groundbreaking clinical trial testing a new antibiotic to fight lethal superbugs, bacteria that have built up resistance to the life-saving drugs in our rapidly dwindling arsenal. This trial serves as the backdrop for t ...Show more
The Visual Encyclopedia by DK
$69.99 AUD
Category: Science
This landmark piece of reference publishing offers a reliable, visually stunning, and family-friendly alternative to online information sources. Packed with carefully curated content, the pages of this illustrated encyclopedia are designed to be accessible and illuminating to a wide range of readers, an ...Show more
On the Origin of Evolution: Tracing 'Darwin's Dangerous Idea' from Aristotle to Dawkins by John Gribbin; Mary Gribbin
$45.00 AUD
Category: Science
The theory of evolution by natural selection did not spring fully formed and unprecedented from the brain of Charles Darwin. Rather it has been examined and debated by philosophers the world over for thousands of years. This lively history traces the evolution of the idea of evolution, showing how it ha ...Show more
Science for Life: A Manual for Better Living by Brian Clegg
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
In Science for Life acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg cuts through the vested interests and confusing contradictory statements that litter the media and the internet, to give a clear picture of what science is telling us right now about changing our lives for the better. Discover the much-advertised ...Show more
In Pursuit of Memory: The Fight Against Alzheimer's by Joseph Jebelli
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
For readers of Atul Gawande, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and Henry Marsh, a riveting, gorgeously written biography of one of history's most fascinating and confounding diseases--Alzheimer's--from its discovery more than 100 years ago to today's race towards a cure. SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE ...Show more
Hello World by Hannah Fry
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Category: Science
You are accused of a crime? Who would you rather decides your future - an algorithm or a human?Before making your decision, bear in mind that the algorithm will always be more consistent, and far less prone to an error of judgement. Then again, at least the human will be able to look you in the eye befo ...Show more
Primate Change by Vybarr Cregan-Reid
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Category: Science
'An excellent evaluation of our bodily shortcomings' - Financial Times This is the road from climate change to primate change. Primate Change has been adapted into a radio series for the BBC WORLD SERVICE. * 'Our bodies are in a shock. Modern living is as bracing to the human body as jumping through ...Show more
The Nocturnal Brain Tales of Nightmares and Neuroscience by Guy Leschziner
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Category: Science | Reading Level: 7
What happens to our brain at night? Are we really fully asleep and if so how is it that some individuals end up doing what they do? Or can it be the case that perhaps the brain never fully goes to sleep and that in some individuals there is a disconnect between the sleeping part of their brain and the a ...Show more
Professor Stewart's Incredible Numbers by Ian Stewart
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Category: Science
Ian Stewart explores the astonishing properties of numbers from 1 to10 to zero and infinity, including one figure that, if you wrote it out, would span the universe. He looks at every kind of number you can think of - real, imaginary, rational, irrational, positive and negative - along with several you ...Show more
Cosmos: An Infographic Book of Space by Stuart Lowe
$49.99 AUD
Category: Science
The Universe is the ultimate in extremes and superlatives. The biggest. The heaviest. The oldest. The most powerful explosions. Even black holes - which can literally lead to regions beyond our infinite Universe! In this truly mind-blowing book, we use cutting edge infographics to illuminate - in a new ...Show more