Defeating the Ministers of Death by David Isaacs

$34.99 AUD

Category: Science | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction

The compelling history of vaccination. We may fear terrorist attacks but in truth humans have always had far more to fear from infections. In 1950 there were an estimated 50 million cases of smallpox worldwide, which killed 10 million people. At the end of WWI, Spanish flu proved deadlier than the war t hat had just eradicated nearly 20 million people. In 1980, before the measles vaccine was introduced, an estimated 2.6 million children died each year of this disease. Less than 100 years ago, child and infant death due to illness was a tragic event dreaded by every parent - from the most revered to the poorest. Today, these diseases are seen not at all or only rarely, thanks to the development of antibiotics and vaccination. Vaccination, especially, has given 20th- and 21st-century parents a peace of mind their ancestors could only dream of. The story of vaccination is rich with trial, error, sabotage and success. It's the tragedy of lives lost, the drama of competition and discovery, the culpability of botched testing, and the triumph of effective, lifelong immunity. Yet with the eradication in the first world of some of our deadliest diseases - and the fading memory of their awful consequences - complacency has set in. We forget the power of these diseases at our peril. This is a book for everyone who fronts up to get their jabs and might want to be reminded why. ...Show more

GameTek by Geoffrey Engelstein

$34.99 AUD

Category: Mathematics

Unravelling the Double Helix - The Story of DNA by Gareth Williams

$32.99 AUD

Category: Science

Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of how Humans Navigate the World by Maura O'Connor

$32.99 AUD

Category: Science

Change Your Brain Change Your LifeThe Breakthrough Programme for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Anger and Obsessiveness by Daniel G. Amen

$35.00 AUD

Category: Brain Science

Revised and Expanded Edition. In this completely revised and updated edition of the breakthrough bestseller that's sold nearly a million copies worldwide, you'll see scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures work in your brain. You're not stuck with the brain you're born with. Renowned neuropsychiatrist Dr Daniel Amen includes new, cutting-edge research gleaned from more than 100,000 SPECT brain scans over the last 25 years and the latest, surprising, effective 'brain prescriptions' that can help heal your brain and change your life. This book offers simple techniques which will help you to: Quell anxiety and panic; fight depression; boost memory; conquer impulsiveness and learn to focus; and stop obsessive worrying. ...Show more

Rewording the Brain by David Astle

$29.99 AUD

Category: Brain Science

Master wordsmith and crossword king David Astle scientifically proves how cryptic crosswords can ward off dementia.

A Guide to our Solar System

$59.95 AUD

Category: Astronomy

Ask an Ocean Explorer by Dr Jonathan Copley

$35.00 AUD

Category: Science

'Our everyday lives are connected to the deep ocean in ways we seldom realise.' Between these pages is everything you need to know about our oceans, explained in 25 questions. In Ask An Ocean Explorer marine biologist of over 20 years and advisor for the BBC's Blue Planet II, Dr Jon Copley, explains the science and wonder of the deep ocean. Combining untold history of ocean exploration and personal account of what it's like to be a 'bathynaut' diving in a mini-submarine, Ask An Ocean Explorer will bring to light weird and wonderful deep-sea creatures that we find down there and how the oceans and their health is connected to our everyday lives. ...Show more

Chemistry in 100 Numbers: A Numerical Guide to Facts, Formulas and Theories by Joel Levy

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Category: Science

Mathematics is the language of science, and numbers are at the heart of all chemical sciences-understand the numbers, and you'll have a better understanding of the science. Chemistry in 100 Numbers explores the most important and interesting numbers in chemistry, starting with the lowest number (-92.4, which is the 'negative' enthalpy of the Haber process measured in kilojoules and moles) and working in numerical order up to the very largest (6.0221367 x 1023, which is Avogadro's number of particles in exactly 12 grams of carbon-12). ...Show more

Dr Space Junk vs the Universe - Archaeology and the Future by Alice Gorman

$29.99 AUD

Category: Astronomy

Going boldly forth as a pioneer in the fledgling fieldof space archaeology, Dr Alice Gorman (aka Dr Space Junk) turns the commonperception of archaeology as an exploration of the ancient on its head. Hercaptivating inquiry into the most modern and daring of technologies spanningsome 60 years -- a mere s peck in cosmic terms -- takes the reader on a journeywhich captures the relics of space forays and uncovers the cultural value ofdetritus all too readily dismissed as junk. In this book, she takes a physical journey through thesolar system and beyond, and a conceptual journey into human interactions withspace. Her tools are artefacts, historical explorations, the occasionalcocktail recipe, and the archaeologist's eye applied not only to the past, butthe present and future as well. Erudite and playful, DrSpace Junk reveals that space is not as empty as we might think. And that bylooking up and studying space artefacts, we learn an awful lot about our ownculture on earth. She makes us realise that objects from the past -- thematerial culture produced by the Space Age and beyond -- are so significant tous now because they remind us of what we might want to hold onto into thefuture. 'As charming as it is expert, as gripping as it is surprising, Dr Space Junk vs The Universe deftly threads together the cosmic and the personal, the stupendousness of space with the lived experience of human beings down here.' -- Adam Roberts, author of Gradisil ...Show more

Greenprint - A New Approach to Cooperation on Climate Change by Arvind Subramanian; Aaditya Mattoo

$32.99 AUD

Category: Science

Beleaguered by mutual recrimination between rich and poor countries, squeezed by the zero-sum arithmetic of a shrinking global carbon budget, and overtaken by shifts in economic and hence bargaining power between these countries, international cooperation on climate change has floundered. Given these three factors--which Arvind Subramanian and Aaditya Mattoo call the "narrative," "adding up," and "new world" problems--the wonder is not the current impasse; it is, rather, the belief that progress might be possible at all. In this book, the authors argue that any chance of progress must address each of these problems in a radically different way. First, the old narrative of recrimination must cede to a narrative based on recognition of common interests. Second, leaders must shift the focus away from emissions cuts to technology generation. Third, the old "cash-for-cuts" approach must be abandoned for one that requires contributions from all countries calibrated in magnitude and form to their current level of development and future prospects. ...Show more

Guns, Germs and Steel (Patterns of Life) by Jared Diamond

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Category: Science | Series: Patterns of Life Ser.

PATTERNED PLANET: SPECIAL EDITIONS OF GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE BOOKS Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe? In this Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Jared Diamond puts the case that geography and biogeography, not race, moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans, Asians, Native Americ ans, sub-Saharan Africans, and aboriginal Australians. An ambitious synthesis of history, biology, ecology and linguistics, Guns, Germs and Steel remains a ground-breaking and humane work of popular science. ...Show more