The Black Swan: The Impact Of The Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
$25.00 AUD
Category: Science
The Black Swan is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don't understand. The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, Antifragile, Skin in the Gam ...Show more
Nuts and Bolts - Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World (in a Big Way) by Roma Agrawal
$25.00 AUD
Category: Science
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2023* *AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 START THE WEEK, OFF AIR WITH FI AND JANE AND 99% INVISIBLE* 'Delightful' TIM HARFORD, FINANCIAL TIMES 'Appeals to the nerdy side of just about all of us... a great book to give' JANE GARVEY 'A splendid book: clearly writte ...Show more
Techno: Humans and Technology by Marcus Smith
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
Technology is changing the world. How will the opportunities and risks affect you? In the midst of a technology revolution and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), we all need to understand the relationship between humans and technology. Social media, data surveillance, biometrics, genomics and ...Show more
Escape from Shadow Physics: the quest to end the dark ages of quantum theory by Adam Forrest Kay
$40.00 AUD
Category: Science
An engaging and razor-sharp attack on the orthodoxy of modern physics, and a bold new idea about the structure of reality. For 70 years, mathematical physicist Adam Kay argues, physics has laboured under delusions. 'When it comes to atoms,' the founding quantum physicist Neils Bohr once wrote, 'languag ...Show more
The Paramedic Mindset by Leigh Anderson
$37.00 AUD
Category: Science
Why do some people flourish in high-stress situations, while others feel overwhelmed or discouraged? How do some remain calm under pressure, where others succumb to stress? The difference is in mindset. When you have the skills and knowledge to stay in control, regulate your emotions and manage your rea ...Show more
The Price of Life - In Search of What We're Worth and Who Decides by Jenny Kleeman
$37.00 AUD
Category: Science
Space Oddities: The Mysterious Anomalies Challenging Our Understanding Of The Universe by Harry Cliff
$37.00 AUD
Category: Science
'A cracking tale of particle physics and cosmology . . . Space Oddities is a rare joy - enlightening, thrilling and inspiring.' - New Scientist'As fascinating as its title suggests . . . Cliff recounts with vivid clarity the stories of some of the most striking oddnesses that have lit up the landscape o ...Show more
Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI by Madhumita Murgia
$37.00 AUD
Category: Science
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024'There's nothing like a long plane journey to rediscover the joys of reading an entire book in one sitting and I have just had that pleasure [with Madhumita Murgia's Code Dependent], understanding the dangers of where AI might take us.' - Anne Sebba, ...Show more
Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?: And 114 Other Questions by New Scientist
$20.00 AUD
Category: Science
Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? is the latest compilation of readers' answers to the questions in the 'Last Word' column of New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly. Following the phenomenal success of Does Anything Eat Wasps? - the Christmas 2005 surprise bestseller - this new collection ...Show more
Inheritance: The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern World
$37.00 AUD
Category: Science
Every human being is endowed with an inheritance. A set of ancient biases - forged by natural selection and fine-tuned by millennia of culture - that shape every facet of our behaviour.For countless generations, this inheritance has been taking us to ever greater heights- driving the rise of more sophis ...Show more
Love Triangle: The Life-changing Magic of Trigonometry by Matt Parker
$37.00 AUD
Category: Science
Explore the life-changing magic of trigonometry with Matt Parker, stand-up mathematician and No. 1 bestselling author of Humble Pi Why do mobile phones work when you're on a train? What happens when you pull a pop song apart into pure sine waves and play it back on a piano? And what did mathematicians ...Show more