Accidental: The Greatest (Unintentional) Science Breakthroughs and How They Changed The World by Tim James
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
We may imagine that science is a process of breakthroughs and light bulb moments. But in reality, science goes wrong 99% of the time.Almost every idea a scientist comes up with is quickly disproved by a failed experiment or rival research. Science moves at a rate of inches per decade and we like it that ...Show more
Psychedelics: The revolutionary drugs that could change your life by Professor David Nutt
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
We are on the cusp of a major revolution in psychiatric medicine and neuroscience. After fifty years of prohibition, criminalisation and fear, science is finally showing us that psychedelics are not dangerous or harmful. Instead, when used according to tested, safe and ethical guidelines, they are our m ...Show more
H is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z by Elizabeth Kolbert
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Category: Science
Climate change resists narrative and yet we must see clearly what's happening in our world. Millions of lives are at stake, and upwards of a million species. We must act. In H Is for Hope, Elizabeth Kolbert investigates the history, and future, of climate change from A, for Svante Arrhenius, who created ...Show more
The Astronomers' Library: The Books that Unlocked the Mysteries of the Universe by Karen Masters
$59.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Liber Historica Ser.
Indulge in this collection of the best astronomy books from the past 800 years. The Astronomers' Library is a rich history of astronomy (and astrology) publishing across Europe. This is a carefully selected arrangement of publications from all over the continent - Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, ...Show more
Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
$27.99 AUD
Category: Humanities
From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution--a #1 international bestseller--that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human." One hundred thousand years ago, at least six ...Show more
Space Rover by Stewart Lawrence Sinclair
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Object Lessons Ser.
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. In 1971, the first lunar rover arrived on the moon. The design became an icon of American ingenuity and the adventurous spirit and vision many equated with the space race. Fifty years later, that v ...Show more
The End of Eden - Wild Nature in the Age of Climate Breakdown by Adam Welz
$42.99 AUD
Category: Science
"Exquisite."-DAVID WALLACE-WELLS "At once an elegy and an exhortation."-ELIZABETH KOLBERT "A book that goes deeper than any before into the meaning of the climate breakdown for all the rest of creation."-BILL McKIBBEN "Celebratory and heartbreaking."-DAVID GEORGE HASKELL A revelatory exploration of cli ...Show more
Numbers Don't Lie - 71 Things You Need to Know About the World by Vaclav Smil
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
'My favourite author has done it again. Numbers Don't Lie is by far his most accessible book to date, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is curious about the world. I unabashedly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning' - Bill GatesIs flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? A ...Show more
How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi: Collected Quirks of Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math from Nerd Nite by Matt Wasowski, Chris Balakrishnan
$36.99 AUD
Category: Science
For 20 years, Nerd Nite has delivered to live audiences the most interesting, fun, and informative presentations about science, history, the arts, pop culture, you name it. There hasn't been a rabbit hole that their army of presenters hasn't been afraid to explore. Finally, after countless requests to b ...Show more
Chemistry for Breakfast - The Amazing Science of Everyday Life by Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim; Claire Lenkova (Illustrator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Humanities
FINALIST for the Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books "This book shows that chemistry is not just relevant to life; it's really, really interesting."--Foreword Reviews, STARRED review A perfect book for readers of The Physics of Everyday Things and Storm in a Teacup Have you ever wondered why yo ...Show more
Love Triangle: The Life-changing Magic of Trigonometry by Matt Parker
$36.99 AUD
Category: Humanities
Explore the life-changing magic of trigonometry with Matt Parker, stand-up mathematician and No. 1 bestselling author of Humble Pi Why do mobile phones work when you're on a train? What happens when you pull a pop song apart into pure sine waves and play it back on a piano? And what did mathematicians ...Show more
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
$59.99 AUD
Category: Science
A BEAUTIFUL NEW HARDBACK ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE MULTI-MILLION COPY SENSATION WITH A NEW AFTERWORD FOR YUVAL NOAH HARARI A beautiful new hardback anniversary edition of the multi-million copy sensation INCLUDES A NEW AFTERWORD FROM YUVAL NOAH HARARI What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What ...Show more