Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott
$24.95 AUD
Category: Science
In 1884, Edwin Abbott Abbott wrote a mathematical adventure set in a two-dimensional plane world, populated by a hierarchical society of regular geometrical figures-who think and speak and have all too human emotions. Since then Flatland has fascinated generations of readers, becoming a perennial scienc ...Show more
Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth by Andrew H. Knoll
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Category: Science | Series: Princeton Science Library
Australopithecines, dinosaurs, trilobites--such fossils conjure up images of lost worlds filled with vanished organisms. But in the full history of life, ancient animals, even the trilobites, form only the half-billion-year tip of a nearly four-billion-year iceberg. Andrew Knoll explores the deep histor ...Show more
On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
When Eula Biss became a mother, she stepped into a new world of fear: fear of the government, the medical establishment, the contents of her child's air, food, mattress and vaccines. In this bold, fascinating book, Biss investigates the metaphors and myths surrounding our conception of immunity, and its ...Show more
This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress by John Brockman
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Edge Question Series
The bestselling editor of This Explains Everything brings together 175 of the world’s most brilliant minds to tackle Edge.org’s 2014 question: What scientific idea has become a relic blocking human progress? Each year, John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org—”The world’s smartest website” (The Guardian)—c ...Show more
10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness by Alanna Collen
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
Obesity, autism, mental health problems, IBS, allergies, auto-immunity, cancer. Does the answer to the modern epidemic of 'Western' diseases lie in our gut? You are 10% human. For every one of your cells, there are nine impostors hitching a ride. You are not just flesh and bone, but also bacteria and fu ...Show more
Brain Wars: The Scientific Battle Over the Existence of the Mind and the Proof That Will Change the Way We Live Our Lives by Mario Beauregard
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
A Neuroscientist Offers Evidence of Where the Brain Ends and Consciousness Begins
Starmus 50 Years of Man in Space by Garik Israelian
$75.00 AUD
Category: Science
'Starmus' is an incredible series of talks, articles, and recollections that celebrate the human exploration of space. It is the result of the Starmus meeting in 2011, where legendary Russian and American pioneers of the space age met up for the first time to share the moments that electrified the human ...Show more
How to Build a Universe: From the Big Bang to the Edge of Space by Ben Gilliland
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
From the first particles of matter and atomic building-blocks to hydrogen fusion, large galaxies and supermassive black holes, with a healthy dose of history and fun facts to glue everything together, this is your very own guide to How to Build a Universe. Using a mixture of eye-catching graphics, humou ...Show more
Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole by Allan Ropper
$30.00 AUD
Category: Science
Here, distinguished neurologist Allan Ropper reveals the stories behind some of the extraordinary and often frightening brain conditions that he and his staff at the Harvard Medical School try - and sometimes fail - to diagnose and treat.
The Mind of God: Popular Penguins by Paul Davies
$13.00 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
Paul Davies' The Mind of God is a scientific search for the meaning of the universe. Ranging across the cosmos, Davies explores the origin of the universe, the laws of nature, mathematics, the beginning and end of everything. Ultimately, he seeks to provide a glimpse the meaning of it all. This is a boo ...Show more
Incredible Unlikeliness of Being: Evolution and the Making of Us, The by Dr. Alice Roberts
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
The presenter of the BBC's The Incredible Human Journey gives us a new and highly accessible look at our own bodies, allowing us to understand how we develop as an embryo, from a single egg into a complex body, and how our embryos contain echoes of our evolutionary past. Bringing together the latest sci ...Show more