Why we Dream by Alice Robb
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
We all dream, and 98 per cent of us can recall our dreams the next morning. Even in today's modern age, it is human nature to wonder what they mean. Now, groundbreaking science is putting dreams at the forefront of new research into sleep, memory, the concept of self and human socialization. Once a subj ...Show more
Chasing the Sun: How the Science ... by Linda Geddes
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Wellcome Ser.
The full story of how our relationship with the sun shapes our health, productivity and moodOur ancestors constructed vast monuments like Stonehenge and Pyramids of Egypt and Central America to keep track of the sun and celebrate the annual cycle of death and rebirth. The returning sun heralds new begin ...Show more
The Secret Life of Whales by Micheline Jenner (Contribution by)
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Category: Science
Marine biologist Micheline Jenner discovered humpback breeding grounds off the Kimberley coast, uncovered pygmy blue whale feeding spots, and, with her husband Curt, is one of very few people to witness a humpback whale giving birth. In The Secret Life of Whales she reveals the little-known world of the ...Show more
The Red Planet: A Natural History of Mars by Simon Morden
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
An enthralling narrative journey through the paradoxes, eccentricities and mysteries of Mars by an award-winning writer, geologist and geophysicist. Mars is never far from our news headlines or imaginations: there has never been a better time to acquaint ourselves with its dramatic history and asto ...Show more
Gemstones: A Concise Reference Guide by Robin Hansen
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
Gemstones have been a source of delight and fascination for many thousands of years, from the icy brilliance of diamond and the soft iridescence of pearl, to tough jade gems once used in weapons and pink topaz that was popular in Victorian jewellery. This book looks at each of the world’s known types of ...Show more
Genius Within by David Adam
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Man Who Couldn't Stop'Witty, sharp and enlightening . . . This book will make you smarter' Adam RutherfordWhat if you have more intelligence than you realize? What if there is a genius inside you, just waiting to be released? And what if the route to bette ...Show more
The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Conflicting Visions of the Future of our Planet by Charles C. Mann
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
From the bestselling, award-winning author of 1491 and 1493 - an incisive portrait of the two little-known twentieth-century scientists, Norman Borlaug and William Vogt, whose diametrically opposed views shaped our ideas about the environment, laying the groundwork for how people in the twenty-first cen ...Show more
A Trip to the Dominions - The Scientific Event That Changed Australia by Lynette Russell (Editor)
$29.95 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Australian Studies
On the eve of the Great War, in 1914 the Australian Federal Government sponsored the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) to?travel to Australia for their annual conference. Over 150 scientists were fully funded by the Australian Commonwealth government and they travelled on three s ...Show more
Common Sense For 21st Century by Roger Hallam
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$9.09 (22% off)
Category: Science
"Brilliant, wise, profound and persuasive. Common Sense for the 21st Century will come to be recognized as a classic of political theory."--George Monbiot, via Twitter An urgent, essential, and practical call to action from a cofounder of Extinction Rebellion What can we all do to avert catastrophe a ...Show more
Ms. Adventure - My Wild Explorations in Science, Lava, and Life by Jess Phoenix
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
"Jess Phoenix's work encompasses science and representation in such a delightful melding that it could only come from as spry and playful a soul as hers! Open this book and jump into the volcano!" --Patton OswaltAs a volcanologist, natural hazards expert, and founder of Blueprint Earth, Jess Phoenix has ...Show more
What's Really Happening to Our Planet? by Tony Juniper
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
What's Really Happening To Our Planet? is the only book to fully review the current state of the planet and the way in which our unchecked human activity could change the world forever, with a perspective on what we can do to reverse the damage. Wide ranging, heart-stopping research is distilled into on ...Show more
Do Robots Make Love? by Laurent Alexandre; Jean-Michel Besnier
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
Through 12 thought-provoking questions, a philosopher and a scientist explore the real-world ramifications of transhumanism - the tech movement that seeks to improve the human condition through science. Should we enhance the human condition with technology?Does anyone really want to live for a thous ...Show more