Geopedia: A Brief Compendium of Geologic Curiosities by Marcia Bjornerud
$29.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Pedia Bks.
A garden of geologic delights for all Earthlings Geopedia is a trove of geologic wonders and the evocative terms that humans have devised to describe them. Featuring dozens of entries — from Acasta gneiss to Zircon — this illustrated compendium is brimming with lapidary and lexical insights that will de ...Show more
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
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Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: good-very good
THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Sapiens shows us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going. Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from ove ...Show more
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems from Randall Munroe of xkcd by Randall Munroe
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Category: Popular Science
Randall Munroe is . . .'Nerd royalty' Ben Goldacre 'Totally brilliant' Tim Harford 'Laugh-out-loud funny' Bill Gates 'Wonderful' Neil Gaiman AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally bad that no one would ever t ...Show more
Notes on Complexity - A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being by Neil Theise
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Category: Popular Science
An electrifying introduction to complexity theory, the science of how complex systems behave--from cells to human beings, ecosystems, the known universe and beyond--that profoundly reframes our understanding and illuminates our interconnectedness.Nothing in the universe is more complex than life. Throug ...Show more
Our Moon: A Human History by Rebecca Boyle
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Category: Popular Science
'I learned more about the Moon by reading this book than after a lifetime of study'CHRIS HADFIELD, author of An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth'Boyle's writing shines, shifting through time and space, science and sentiment; a luminous read'REBECCA WRAGG SYKES, author of Kindred'A riveting feat of sci ...Show more
Sensational: A New Story of Our Senses by Ashley Ward
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Category: Popular Science
'A future classic of popular science' Mail on Sunday'A dazzling account' Financial Times'Absorbing, surprising and at times profound. After reading this, reality will never be quite the same' Dave GoulsonOur senses are how we navigate the world: they help us recognise the expressions on a loved one's fa ...Show more
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 1: Space, Time and Motion by Sean Carroll
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Category: Popular Science
A landmark new series from the prize-winning scientist and communicator In this major trilogy, Sean Carroll opens up the world of physics and shows that you don't necessarily need a science degree to gain a deeper insight into the workings of the universe. Starting with the ideas that revolutionised our ...Show more
The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
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Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
'We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it. The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.' Bill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ab ...Show more
The Philosophy of Physics by Dean Rickles
$51.95 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Does the future exist already? What is space? Are time machines physically possible? What is quantum mechanical reality like? Are there many universes? Is there a true geometry of the universe? Why does there appear to be an arrow of time? Do humans play a special role in the world? In this unique intro ...Show more
The Secrets of the Universe in 100 Symbols by Sarah Bartlett
$45.00 AUD
Category: Popular Science
The Secrets of the Universe in 100 Symbols is an illustrated reference to 100 ancient and diverse symbols that are said to hold the answers to the universe.
The Story of the Brain in 10½ Cells by Richard Wingate
$32.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Peer into a microscopic world - and fall in love with the beauty of the brain There are more than 100 billion brain cells in our heads, and every single one represents a fragment of thought and feeling. And yet each cell is a mystery of beauty, with branching, intricate patterns like shattered glass. Ri ...Show more
Wayfinding: The Art and Science of How We Find and Lose Our Way by Michael Bond
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Category: Popular Science
The physical world is infinitely complex, yet most of us are able to find our way around it. We can walk through unfamiliar streets while maintaining a sense of direction, take shortcuts along paths we have never used and remember for many years places we have visited only once. These are remarkable ach ...Show more