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The Sleeping Beauties - And Other Stories of the Social Life of Illness by Suzanne O'Sullivan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
'In my view the best science writer around - a true descendant of Oliver Sacks.' Sathnam Sanghera, author of The Boy with the Topknot In Sweden, refugee children fall asleep for months and years at a time. In upstate New York, high school students develop contagious seizures. In the US Embassy in Cuba, ...Show more
Hidden Spring by Mark Solms
$32.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
A revolutionary new explanation for sentience from the neuroscientist who discovered how the brain dreams.
Quantum Computing - The Transformative Technology of the Qubit Revolution by Brian Clegg
$19.99 AUD
Category: Information Technology
The ultimate non-technical guide to the fast-developing world of quantum computing.
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
The Book of Bok: One Moon Rock's Journey Through Time and Space by Neil Armstrong; Grahame Baker Smith (Illustrator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
First man on the Moon Neil Armstrong reveals the adventure of the first Moon landing, and how the Earth and the Moon came to be, in this unique non-fiction picture book. A young boy sits up in bed and gazes at the distant Moon through his window. He wonders if, one day, a human will stand on its surfac ...Show more
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
$22.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: good
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.
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
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
Dr Karl's Little Book of Climate Change Science by Karl Kruszelnicki
$14.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Australia's favourite science guru explains the facts about climate change - and how we can fix it How do Greenhouse Gas molecules shimmy and shake to trap 400,000 Hiroshima atom bombs' worth of the Sun's heat each day?Who did the early research into Climate Change and then spent billions trying to c ...Show more
