An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
Back on the earth after three spaceflights, Chris Hadfield's captivating memoir <i>An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth </i>reveals extraordinary stories from his life as an astronaut, and shows how to make the impossible a reality. This edition contains a new afterword. Colonel Chris Hadfi ...Show more
Six Impossible Things by John Gribbin
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Quanta of Solace & Mysteries of Subatomic World
Quantum physics is strange. It tells us that a particle can be in two places at once. Indeed, that particle is also a wave, and everything in the quantum world can be described entirely in terms of waves, or entirely in terms of particles, whichever you prefer. All of this was clear by the end of the ...Show more
Infinite Powers - The Story of Calculus - the Language of the Universe by Steven Strogatz
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
A magisterial history of calculus (and the people behind it) from one of the world's foremost popularisers of mathematics, the author of The Joy of X.
Critical: Science and Stories from the Brink of Human Life by Matt Morgan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
'This book offers real insight into life and death medicine' - Dr. Michael MosleyCritical is an intelligent, compelling and profoundly insightful journey into the world of intensive care medicine and the lives of people who have forever been changed by it.Being critically ill means one or more of your v ...Show more
Elon Musk: A Mission to Save the World by Anna Crowley Redding
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
A riveting and beautifully designed YA biography that shows how a once-bullied school boy became an iconic visionary who the New York Times described as "arguably the most important and successful entrepreneur in the world." Elon Musk is the visionary behind SpaceX and CEO of the electric car company Te ...Show more
The Equations of Life: How Physics Shapes Evolution by Charles Cockell
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
Britain's foremost astrobiologist offers an accessible and game-changing account of why life is like it is.
QueenSpotting: Meet the Remarkable Queen Bee (HB) by HILARY KEARNEY
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
At the heart of every bee hive is a queen bee. Since her well-being is linked to the well-being of the entire colony, the ability to find her among the residents of the hive is an essential beekeeping skill. In QueenSpotting, experienced beekeeper and professional "swarm catcher" Hilary Kearney challeng ...Show more
My First Book of Relativity by Sheddad Kaid-Salah Ferrón; Eduard Altarriba
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
It's never too early to start exploring big ideas. This companion volume to My First Book of Quantum Physics introduces complex science to children through bright illustrations and amusing text. Einstein's theory of relativity is one of the cornerstones of modern physics but it requires a total rethink ...Show more
The Basis of Everything: Rutherford, Oliphant and the Coming of the Atomic Bomb by Andrew Ramsey
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Antipodean Friendship & The Atomic Bomb
The story that bonds Ernest Rutherford and Marcus Oliphant is as extraordinary as it is unlikely. They were kindred souls, schooled and steeped in the furthest frontiers of Britain's empire, whose restless intellect and tireless conviction fused in the crucible of discovery at Cambridge University's cel ...Show more
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
The Number One Bestseller Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century explores the present. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the ...Show more
On Fire: the Case for a Green New Deal by Naomi Klein
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
The fight for a green world is the fight of our lives. And with On Fire, Naomi Klein gives us the ammunition to do it. In frank, personal terms, she shows us how the only way forward out of a polluted world of our own making is only through policy reform - a concrete set of actions to combat the mountin ...Show more
Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime by Sean Carroll
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
Quantum physics is not mystifying. Its implications may be mind-bending, and not yet fully understood, but the theory is illuminating. It is the best explanation of reality we have. And no, God does not play dice with the universe. Spanning the history of quantum discoveries, from Einstein and Bohr to t ...Show more