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Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old by Andrew Steele
$29.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Ageing is the biggest cause of disease in our society. Cancer, heart disease, dementia, flu: the risk of all increase staggeringly rapidly as we near the end of life. What if we could slow down the process - or even stop it? Ageless introduces us to the cutting-edge research that is paving the way for a ...Show more
The Best Australian Science Writing 2020 by Sara Phillips (Editor)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
The annual collection – now in its tenth year – celebrating the finest voices in Australian science writing.Can fish feel pain? Does it matter if a dingo is different from a dog? Is there life in a glob of subterranean snot? Science tackles some unexpected questions. At a time when the world is buffeted ...Show more
30-Second Oceans - 50 Key Ideas about the Sea's Importance to Life on Earth by Mattias Green; Yueng-Djern Lenn
$27.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science | Series: 30 Second Ser.
Explore the importance of our oceans through 50 key topics, each concisely explained by a team of experts.
30-Second Space Travel - 50 Key Inventions and Destinations That Have Inspired Humanity Toward the Heavens by Charles Liu
$27.99 AUD
Category: Popular 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
On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done by David Badre
$29.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
A look at the extraordinary ways the brain turns thoughts into actions--and how this shapes our everyday lives Why is it hard to text and drive at the same time? How do you resist eating that extra piece of cake? Why does staring at a tax form feel mentally exhausting? Why can your child expertly fix th ...Show more
Seven Pillars of Science - The Incredible Lightness of Ice, and Other Scientific Surprises by John Gribbin
$22.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
The seven fundamental - and surprising - scientific truths of our existence. John Gribbin, author of Six Impossible Things, shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize, presents a tour of seven fundamental scientific truths that underpin our very existence. These 'pillars o ...Show more
117 Things You Should F*#king Know about Your World - The Best of IFL Science by Cassell Illustrated
$35.00 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Did you know your irises are lying to you and all human eyes are actually brown? Want to know the absolute worst way to die, according to science? Did you know that a smoking psychedelic toad milk could alleviate depression for up to four weeks? 117 Things You Should F*#king Know About Your World ...Show more
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
$22.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century explores the present. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What ...Show more
30-Second Data Science by Liberty Vittert
$27.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science | Series: 30 Second Ser.
30-Second Data Science covers 50 key elements in the field of data-gathering from basic to ethics, explained clearly and concisely.
30-Second Ecology - 50 Key Concepts and Challenges, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Becky Thomas; Mark Fellowes
$27.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science | Series: 30 Second Ser.
30-Second Ecology explores how the life of organisms on Earth is interdependent and finely tuned to exist as a whole.
Astronomical - From Quark-Stars to Wormholes, the Weird Science of Our Universe by Tim James
$32.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Does the Big Bang prove the existence of God? What's the Universe expanding into? Is Earth the only planet which supports life? Why did the greatest astronomer in history murder his pet moose? Space is the biggest, oldest, hottest, coldest, strangest thing a human can study. It's no surprise then, that ...Show more
Dizzy Limits - Recent Experiments in Australian Nonfiction by contributors, Various
$29.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
What is ‘experimental nonfiction’? Like all nonfiction writing it is steeped in facts, in real events, and in real people, with the aim of communicating information, argument, and truth. It differs from traditional nonfiction in that it tries to convey its meaning using unorthodox form, or style, or voi ...Show more
