Hooked - How We Became Addicted to Processed Food by Michael Moss
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt Sugar Fat comes a "gripping" (The Wall Street Journal) exposé of how the processed food industry exploits our evolutionary instincts, the emotions we associate with food, and legal loopholes in their pursuit of profit over pu ...Show more
The Illusion of Evidence-Based Medicine: Exposing the crisis of credibility in clinical research by Jon Jureidini, Leemon B. McHenry
$45.00 AUD
Category: Science
An expos of the corruption of medicine by the pharmaceutical industry at every level, from exploiting the vulnerable destitute for drug testing, through manipulation of research data, to disease mongering and promoting drugs that do more harm than good.Authors, Professor Jon Jureidini and Dr Leemon McHe ...Show more
Hasselblad and the Moon Landing by Debbie IRELAND
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people ever to set foot on the Moon, their iconic "small steps" captured forever by the camera the astronauts carried with them: the Hasselblad 500EL. This book looks at the history of the Apollo 11 mission through the lens of the Hasselb ...Show more
The Big Picture: Reflections on Science, Humanity, and a Quickly Changing Planet by David T. Suzuki
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
Whether he's discussing how to reconcile economy with ecology, why a warmer world will result in more poison ivy, why Britney Spears gets more hits on Google than global warming does, or why we might need to start eating jellyfish for supper, David Suzuki points the direction we must take as a society i ...Show more
The Space Book: From the Beginning to the End of Time, 250 Milestones in the History of Space & Astronomy by Jim Bell
$44.99 AUD
Category: Science
We live in a truly golden age of astronomy and space exploration that may allow us to unravel some of the biggest mysteries of all: How did the Universe begin? Are there other Earth-like planets out there? Are we alone? "The Space Book" is a gateway into these kinds of questions - and more - for anyone ...Show more
The Bystander Effect: The Psychology of Courage and How to be Brave by Catherine Sanderson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
'Fantastic ... It explains the misperception of stacked odds and personal powerlessness that stops individuals challenging bad behaviour. Stunning. Humbling. Thought-provoking'Kathryn Mannix, author of With the End in Mind In the face of discrimination, bad behaviour, evil and abuse, why do good people ...Show more
God Created the Integers: The mathematical breakthroughs that changed history by Stephen Hawking
$49.99 AUD
Category: Science
God Created The Integers is Stephen Hawking's personal choice of the greatest mathematical works in history. He allows the reader to peer into the mind of genius by providing us with excerpts from original mathematical proofs and results. He also helps us understand the progression of mathematical thoug ...Show more
Wake Up - The Nine Hashtags of Digital Consumption by David Fagan
$24.95 AUD
Category: Science
'The big trends in emerging technologies are in place if we want to be alert to them. In this book I traverse the worlds of social media, driverless cars, online retailing, travel, education, health, employment and the consequences of the great sin of any age - denial.' Wake Up is your guide to the bigg ...Show more
Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed with Time by Simon Garfield
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
Not so long ago we timed our lives by the movement of the sun. These days our time arrives atomically and insistently, and our lives are propelled by the notion that we will never have enough of the one thing we crave the most. How have we come to be dominated by something so arbitrary? The compelling s ...Show more
Science in the Soul -Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist by Richard Dawkins
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
Science in the Soul is a kaleidoscopic argument for the power and the glory of science. Breathtaking, brilliant and passionate, the essays, journalism, lectures and letters in this new collection make an unanswerable case for the wonder of scientific discovery and its power to stir the imagination; for ...Show more
Life: The Leading Edge of Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Anthropology, and Environmental Science by John Brockman
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Best of Edge Ser.
The newest addition to John Brockman's Edge.org series explores life itself, bringing together the world's leading biologists, geneticists, and evolutionary theorists-including Richard Dawkins, Edward O. Wilson, J. Craig Venter, and Freeman Dyson. Scientists' understanding of life is progressing more ra ...Show more