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
30-Second Genetics by Jonathan Weitzman; Matthew Weitzman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: 30 Second
30-Second Genetics charts the most extraordinary discoveries, from the fundamentals of cell biology to the almost unbelievable advances in DNA sequencing and stem cell technology.
Weather: an Illustrated History "From Cloud Atlases to Climate Change" by Andrew Revkin; Lisa Mechaley
$37.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Sterling Illustrated Histories Ser.
"Beautifully illustrated . . . Think of this book like dining on tapas, boasting savory flavors, some unexpected, that constitute a satisfying whole." --Washington Post Andrew Revkin, strategic adviser for environmental and science journalism at the National Geographic Society and former senior climate ...Show more
Hello World by Hannah Fry
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
You are accused of a crime? Who would you rather decides your future - an algorithm or a human?Before making your decision, bear in mind that the algorithm will always be more consistent, and far less prone to an error of judgement. Then again, at least the human will be able to look you in the eye befo ...Show more
Karl, the Universe and Everything by Karl Kruszelnicki
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
Grab your towel and hitchhike across the galaxy with Australia's most popular scientist Dr Karl Kruszelnicki. Learn about Dr Karl, the universe and everything, and discover how air-conditioning is sexist, how you can kill a spinning hard drive by shouting at it and how space junk is threatening our futu ...Show more
Australian Geographic Science: The Solar System by Australian Geographi
$24.95 AUD
Category: Science
Our vast solar system is made up of galaxies, stars, planets, moons and much more. Discover Earths place as one of eight planets in orbit around the sun.
Covid-19 - The Pandemic That Never Should Have Happened, and How to Stop the Next One by Debora MacKenzie
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
In a gripping, accessible narrative, a veteran science journalist lays out the shocking story of how the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic happened and how to make sure this never happens again Over the last 30 years of epidemics and pandemics, we learned every lesson needed to stop this coronavirus outbre ...Show more
The Rare Metals War by Guillaume Pitron
$31.82 AUD
Category: Science
The resources race is on. Powering our digital lives and green technologies are some of the Earth's most precious metals - but they are running out. And what will happen when they do?The green-tech revolution has been lauded as the silver bullet to a new world. One that is at last free of oil, pollution ...Show more
Analogia by Dyson, George
$49.99 AUD
Category: Science
In a world where humans coexist with technologies they no longer control or understand, who holds the future?George Dyson plots a thrilling and unexpected course through 300 years of history and science to reveal the hidden connections that underpin the digital transformation of the current age, ending ...Show more
The Lonely Century - Coming Together in a World that's Pulling Apart by Noreena Hertz
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
A radical call to arms and a bold new vision of how we must act, fast, to reconnect society at individual, government and business level, from a global economist hailed by the Observer as 'one of the world's leading thinkers'. Professor Noreena Hertz has travelled the world to explore the loneliness epi ...Show more
Good Blood - A Doctor, a Donor, and the Incredible Breakthrough That Saved Millions of Babies by Julian Guthrie
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
A remarkable, uplifting story about one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the 20th century In 1951 in Sydney, Australia, a fourteen-year-old boy named James Harrison was near death when he received a transfusion of blood that saved his life. A few years later, and half a world away, a shy you ...Show more