Brainscapes: An Atlas of Your Life on Earth by Rebecca Schwarzlose
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
A trailblazing journey into the brain, showing how perception, thought, and action all depend on 'maps' etched into your gray matter - and how technology can use these maps to read your mind. Your brain is a collection of maps. That is no metaphor: scrawled across your brain's surfaces are actual schem ...Show more
Running Smart: How Science Can Improve Your Endurance and Performance by Mariska van Sprundel
$37.99 AUD
Category: Science
A science writer and recreational runner explores the science behind popularly held beliefs about shoes, injuries, nutrition, runner's high, and more. Conventional wisdom about running is passed down like folklore (and sometimes contradicts itself): the right kind of shoe prevents injury--or running ...Show more
Regenesis: How to Feed the World Without Devouring the Planet by George Monbiot
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
Campaigners, chefs and food writers rail against 'intensive farming'. But the problem isn't the adjective. It's the noun. Around the world, farming has been wiping out vast habitats, depleting freshwater, polluting oceans, and accelerating global heating, while leaving millions undernourished and unfed ...Show more
A History of the Universe in 21 Stars - (and Three Imposters) by Giles Sparrow
$27.99 AUD
Category: Science
Expert science writer Giles Sparrow guides you through 21 stars you can see in the night sky and what they can teach us about our universe. On a clear evening, if you look up you can see thousands of stars shining in the dark sky, each with a story of their own. Taking 21 stars (and three imposters, th ...Show more
Books do Furnish a Life: Reading and Writing Science by Richard Dawkins
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
At a time when science can seem complex and remote, it has a greater impact on our lives, and to the future of our planet, than ever before. It really matters that its discoveries and truths should be clearly and widely communicated. That its enemies, from the malicious to the muddled, the self-deluding ...Show more
Is It Really Green? - Everyday Eco Dilemmas Answered by Georgina Wilson-Powell
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
Find clarity on everyday green-living dilemmas to maximize your sustainability Are paper bags always more environmentally friendly than plastic? How much better for the planet are electric cars? What saves more water - using the dishwasher or washing up by hand? We all want to do the right thing for the ...Show more
Cradle to Cradle: (Patterns of Life) by Michael Braungart; William McDonough
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Patterns of Life Ser.
Michael Braungart and William McDonough propose a plan for our planet in this stunning new edition of their radical ecological manifesto. This book proposes a new vision for modern industry. Instead of our current wasteful and polluting methods of manufacturing, we could be taking nature as a model for ...Show more
The Planets by Professor Brian Cox
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
'So staggering you go "whoa " every few seconds' Guardian 'Really impressive' Eamonn Holmes, ITV This Morning A companion book to the critically acclaimed BBC series. The bestselling authors of Wonders of the Universe are back with another blockbuster, a groundbreaking exploration of our Solar System ...Show more
Gratitude by Oliver Sacks
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
Oliver Sacks died in August 2015 at his home in Greenwich Village, surrounded by his close friends and family. He was 82. He spent his final days doing what he loved: playing the piano, swimming, enjoying smoked salmon - and writing. As Dr Sacks looked back over his long, adventurous life his final thou ...Show more
What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
Malcolm Gladwell is the master of playful yet profound insight. His ability to see underneath the surface of the seemingly mundane taps into a fundamental human impulse: curiosity. From criminology to ketchup, job interviews to dog training, Malcolm Gladwell takes everyday subjects and shows us surprisi ...Show more
The Number Games by Adam Spencer
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
Who's smarter -- a four-year-old chimp or a four-year-old human? How much does it cost to stop a computer virus? And will you really become a billionaire at 31? The answers to all these questions -- as well as over 100 brain-busting and mind-bending number games, puzzles and quizzes -- are in Adam Spenc ...Show more
2018 Australasian Sky Guide by Nick Lomb
$16.95 AUD
Category: Science
Compact and easy to use, this popular guide by well-known astronomer and author Dr Nick Lomb has been providing stargazers with everything they need to know about the southern night sky for over 25 years. The 2018 guide contains monthly astronomy maps, viewing tips and highlights, and details of the yea ...Show more