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
An Ocean Garden: The Secret Life of Seaweed by Josie Iselin
$19.95 AUD
Category: Science
Josie Iselin celebrates the unexpected beauty of seaweed, an often overlooked but fundamental aspect of ocean life. Produced on a flatbed scanner, Iselin's vibrant portraits of ocean flora reveal the exquisite colour and extraordinary forms of more than two hundred specimens gathered from tidal pools al ...Show more
Sonic Wonderland: A Scientific Odyssey of Sound by Trevor Cox
$55.00 AUD
Category: Science
As an acoustic engineer, Trevor Cox has spent his career eradicating unwanted noises - echoes in concert halls, clamour in classrooms. Until the day he heard something so astonishing that he had an epiphany: rather than quashing rare or bizarre sounds, we should be celebrating these sonic treasures. Thi ...Show more
Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology by Jim Al-Khalili
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
Description: Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how does it work? Even in this age of cloning and synthetic biology, the remarkable truth remains: nobody has ever made anything living entirely out of dead material. Life remains the only way to make life. Are we missing ...Show more
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher by Matthew Sands, Richard Feynman, Robert Leighton
$23.00 AUD
Category: Science
The six easiest chapters from Feynmans landmark work, Lectures on Physics specifically designed for the general, non-scientist reader.
The Disappearing Spoon : and Other True Tales of Madness, Love and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean
$60.00 AUD
Category: Science
The Periodic Table is one of man's crowning scientific achievements. But it's also a treasure trove of stories of passion, adventure, betrayal and obsession. The infectious tales and astounding details in THE DISAPPEARING SPOON follow carbon, neon, silicon and gold as they play out their parts in human ...Show more
Inheritance: How Our Genes Change Our Lives, and Our Lives Change Our Genes by Sharon Moalem
$20.00 AUD
Category: Science
A groundbreaking book that will transform how we understand ourselves and our families by revealing that everything we thought we knew about genetics is wrong: * Your genes are not fixed;* the traits you inherit aren't unalterable;* the way you behave can affect how these genes are passed down to your ...Show more
The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies by Erik Brynjolfsson
$38.95 AUD
Category: Science
In recent years, computers have learned to diagnose diseases, drive cars, write clean prose and win game shows. Advances like these have created unprecedented economic bounty but in their wake median income has stagnated and employment levels have fallen. Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee reveal the t ...Show more
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Home, School and Work by John Medina
$25.00 AUD
Category: Science
Most of us have no idea what's really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should know--like the need for physical activity to get your brain working its best. How do we learn? What exactly do sleep and stress do to our brain ...Show more
Numericon: A Journey Through the Hidden Lives of Numbers by Rachel Thomas
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
Numericon tells the stories of the numbers, mathematical discoveries, oddities and personalities that have shaped the way we understand the world around us. Funny, bizarre, tragic and dramatic, these stories reveal the power, passion and beauty of mathematics. Each chapter is an intriguing story about a ...Show more