The Climate Cure: Solving the Climate Emergency in the Era of COVID-19 by Tim Flannery
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
Australians are witnessing an unprecedented government response to crisis-swift decisive action to avert catastrophe. And the advice of scientists has informed every step of the way. But for decades the advice of scientists on the impending catastrophe that climate change will bring has been ignored, di ...Show more
A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You by Sean B. Carroll
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
Fascinating and exhilarating--Sean B. Carroll at his very best.--Bill Bryson, author of The Body: A Guide for OccupantsFrom acclaimed writer and biologist Sean B. Carroll, a rollicking, awe-inspiring story of the surprising power of chance in our lives and the world Why is the world the way it is? How d ...Show more
OK Boomer, Let's Talk - How My Generation Got Left Behind by Jill Filipovic
$26.99 AUD
Category: Science
"If you want to understand why Americans are protesting in the streets right now, read this book. OK Boomer, Let's Talk blows the lid off the conversations about inequality and racism that lie at the heart of our national divide." --Jose Antonio Vargas, founder of Define American and author of Dear Amer ...Show more
30-Second Space Travel - 50 Key Inventions and Destinations That Have Inspired Humanity Toward the Heavens by Charles Liu
$27.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: 30 Second Ser.
From the imaginings of science-fiction writers and scientists through the ages, all the way to the Moon landings, and beyond into the realms of easy space-tourism, 30-Second Space Travel will guide you through the hows, wheres, whys, and whens of one of the most remarkable feats of human exploration. ...Show more
The Four Horsemen by Emily Mayhew
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
In lucid and energised prose, Emily Mayhew summons the four horsemen of the apocalypse; the collective threat to humanity bearing the names of war, pestilence, famine and death. From their first appearance in Revelations they have remained in human consciousness ever since, spanning time and space and e ...Show more
Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality by Frank Wilczek
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
One of our great contemporary scientists reveals the ten profound insights that illuminate what everyone should know about the physical world In Fundamentals, Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek offers the reader a simple yet profound exploration of reality based on the deep revelations of modern science. With ...Show more
Small World, Big Ideas: Eco-Activists for Change by Satish Kumar
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
There's an activist in all of us, and you don't have to shout about it to be heard. In Small World, Big Ideas, Satish Kumar collects the voices of some of the most passionate activists fighting for a better world, and shares their insights into how we can achieve this. Small World, Big Ideas collects tw ...Show more
How Veganism Can Save Us by Emma Hakansson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Survive the Modern World Ser.
Revealing hard truths, animal rights activist Emma Hakansson teaches us the devastating impact animal agriculture is having on our environment, waterways, as well as our personal wellbeing and mental health. Emma shows us that there is so much power in our individual choices. By eating a plant-based die ...Show more
Hacking the Code of Life by Nessa Carey
$27.99 AUD
Category: Science
Just 45 years ago, the age of gene modification was born. Researchers could create glow-in-the-dark mice, farmyard animals producing drugs in their milk, and vitamin-enhanced rice that could prevent half a million people going blind every year. But now GM is rapidly being supplanted by a new system cal ...Show more
Spaceflight: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiosity by DK
$49.99 AUD
Category: Science
This compelling story of exploration charts and celebrates humankind in space, from Sputnik's launch in 1957 through the Apollo Moon landings and the International Space Station to future missions to Mars and beyond. Spaceflight chronicles how, in the six decades that followed Sputnik, the world was rev ...Show more
The Science of Fate by Hannah Critchlow
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
So many of us believe that we are free to shape our own destiny. But what if free will doesn't exist? What if our lives are largely predetermined, hardwired in our brains - and our choices over what we eat, who we fall in love with, even what we believe are not real choices at all? Neuroscience is chall ...Show more
The 100% Solution - A Plan for Solving Climate Change by Solomon Goldstein-Rose
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
"An important frame of reference for everyone seeking to address the greatest threat to our children and future generations." --US Rep. Jim McGovern The world must reach negative greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 in order to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. This is not a goal that c ...Show more