The Knowledge: The Periodic table by Paul Strathern
19.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE | Series: The Knowledge
Introducing a new series of information-led pocket guides aimed at demystifying a wide andeclectic range of subjects. Called The knowledge each book within the series is writtenby an expert in the field providing a lively, and informative, introduction to their respectivetopic.The formulation of the per ...Show more
The Great Scientists in Bite-Sized Chunks by Meredith MacArdle
22.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Since ancient times, the greatest minds have tried to make sense of the universe by observing objects far beyond our abilities to see or touch - from the smallest atom to the farthest star.Covering, in chronological order, the key discoveries of the most prolific thinkers in each scientific field, inclu ...Show more
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
24.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE | Series: Memory Improvement | Reading Level: near fine
"Joshua Foer invents a new genre of nonfiction. This is a work of science journalism wrapped around an adventure story, a bildungsroman fused to a vivid investigation of human memory."--Jonah Lehrer, author of How We Decide and Proust Was a Neuroscientist On average, people squander forty days annuall ...Show more
The Meaning of Science by Tim Lewens
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
What is science? Is it uniquely equipped to deliver universal truths? Or is it one of many disciplines - art, literature, religion - that offer different forms of understanding? In The Meaning of Science, Tim Lewens offers a provocative introduction to the philosophy of science, showing us for example w ...Show more
The Copernicus Complex: The Quest for Our Cosmic (in)Significance by Caleb A. Scharf
24.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
This is a thrilling journey through the recent discoveries in astronomy that point to our cosmic significance. In The Copernicus Complex, the renowned astrophysicist and author Caleb Scharf takes us on a cosmic adventure like no other, asserting that the age-old Copernican principle is in need of updati ...Show more
Knowledge Wars by Peter Doherty
29.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
"Climate scientists have warned that we need to change our behaviour in ways that may be inconvenient and threaten the commercial status quo. The result has been a polarising division in society and a sustained attack on their research. In The Knowledge Wars, Nobel prizewinner Peter Doherty makes a pass ...Show more
The Company of Trees: A Year in a Lifetime's Quest by Thomas Pakenham
69.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
'Thomas Pakenham could convert a property developer into a tree-hugger ... The book's photographs are as beautiful and glossy as conkers; anecdote and information fall like autumn mast ... I closed the book and went to look at my own trees. Thanks to the joyful hours spent in its author's company, I saw ...Show more
Encyclical on Climate Change and Inequality - On Care for Our Common Home by Pope Francis
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
With an exclusive introduction by the acclaimed Harvard historian Naomi Oreskes, this is the complete text of the landmark encyclical letter by Pope Francis that has 'rocked the international community' (Time). The only secular edition of the Pope's remarks, the Encyclical on Climate Change and Inequali ...Show more
The Periodic Table of Wine by Sarah Rowlands
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Welcome to The Periodic Table of Wine! Instead of hydrogen to helium, here you'll find Chardonnay to Shiraz - grape varieties and wine names, as you would find wine in shops, arranged following the logical ordering of The Periodic Table of Elements. Wine expert Sarah Rowland has arranged 127 wines by th ...Show more
The Marshmallow Test: Understanding Self-Control and How to Master it by Walter Mischel
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
A child is presented with a marshmallow and given a choice: Eat this one now, or wait and enjoy two later. What will she do? And what are the implications for her behaviour later in life? Walter Mischel's now iconic 'marshmallow test,' one of the most famous experiments in the history of psychology, ...Show more
The Hunt by Alastair Fothergill
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
With over 240 breathtaking photographs and footage from the landmark BBC series, The Hunt captures the dramatic encounters of predator and prey in an entirely new light. Featuring the extraordinary strategies of a huge range of predators, from cheetahs and African wild dogs to killer whales and polar be ...Show more
Dr Karl's Short Back & Science by Karl Kruszelnicki
32.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Lean back and settle in for cutting-edge scientific snippets from the trend-setting Dr Karl Kruszelnicki. In Short Back Science, Dr Karl combs through some of the greatest scientific conundrums of our age, such as what is killing half the bacteria on Earth every two days and why don't mole rats get canc ...Show more