Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Donald Goldsmith
$32.95 AUD
Category: Science
Our true origins are not only human, or even terrestrial, but in fact cosmic. Drawing on recent scientific breakthroughs and cross-pollination among geology, biology, astrophysics, and cosmology, Origins illuminates the soul-stirring leaps in our understanding of the cosmos. This newly revised and updat ...Show more
The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2020NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY * THE WASHINGTON POST * THE ECONOMIST * NEW SCIENTIST * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY * THE GUARDIAN "A thrilling tour of potential cosmic doomsdays....Mack's infectious enthusiasm for communicating the finer points of cosmological doom elevate ...Show more
The Science of Sin by Jack Lewis
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
'Entertaining and enlightening ... offers ways to temper our anti-social tendencies.' Dr Michael Mosley, science journalist and TV presenter It can often seem that we are utterly surrounded by temptation, from the ease of online shopping and the stream of targeted advertising encouraging us to greedily ...Show more
Stars - A Practical Guide to the Key Constellations by Mark Westmoquette
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
Stars provides 20 pin-hole constellation cards for finding the shapes in the nights sky and a book exploring the myths and significance of these stellar patterns.
The Eugenic Mind Project by Robert A. Wilson
$64.99 AUD
Category: Science
An examination of eugenic thinking past and present, from forced sterilization to prenatal screening, drawing on experience with those who survived eugenics. Part science and part social movement, eugenics emerged in the late nineteenth century as a tool for human improvement. In response to perceiv ...Show more
Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality by Frank Wilczek
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
One of our great contemporary scientists reveals the ten profound insights that illuminate what everyone should know about the physical world In Fundamentals, Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek offers the reader a simple yet profound exploration of reality based on the deep revelations of modern science. With ...Show more
Why DId the Chicken Cross the World: The Story of the Bird That Powers Civilisations by Andrew Lawler
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
Queen Victoria was obsessed with it. Socrates' last words were about it. Charles Darwin and Louis Pasteur made their scientific breakthroughs using it. Hailed as a messenger of the gods, powerful sex symbol, gambling aid, all-purpose medicine and handy research tool, the humble chicken has been also cas ...Show more
Welcome to the Universe: An Astrophysical Tour by Neil deGrasse Tyson
$79.99 AUD
Category: Science
Welcome to the Universe is a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three of today's leading astrophysicists. Inspired by the enormously popular introductory astronomy course that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught together at Princeton, this book covers it all--from plan ...Show more
Love and the Platypus by Nicholas Drayson
$27.95 AUD
Category: Science
Which is the greater mystery- the breeding habits of the platypus or the workings of the human heart?In 1883 young British naturalist William Caldwell arrives in Australia with a mission- to determine for the scientific record whether the platypus really does lay eggs. But first he must travel overland ...Show more
How to Change your Mind - The New Science of Psychedelics by Michael Pollan
$49.99 AUD
Category: Science
The #1 New York Times bestseller. A brilliant and brave investigation into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the acti ...Show more
Hello World by Hannah Fry
$35.00 AUD
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
Engineering at&T Stadium by Barbara Lowell
$7.55 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Building by Design (Set Of 8) Ser.
AT&T Stadium, home of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, is one of the newest and most advanced football stadiums in the country. Engineering AT&T Stadium discusses how the structure was designed, how workers brought the blueprints to life, and how the stadium combines art and architecture to create an e ...Show more