The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Canons Ser.
The Sea Around Us is one of the most influential books ever written about the natural world. In it Rachel Carson tells the history of our oceans, combining scientific insight and poetic prose as only she can, to take us from the creation of the oceans, through their role in shaping life on Earth, to wha ...Show more
Quantum Supremacy: How Quantum Computers will Unlock the Mysteries of Science - and Address Humanity's Biggest Challenges by Michio Kaku
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
"The runaway success of the microchip processor may be nearing its end, with profound implications for our economy, society and way of life, even leaving Silicon Valley as a new Rust Belt, its technology obsolete. Step forward the quantum computer, which harnesses the power and complexity of the atomic ...Show more
How to Expect the Unexpected: The Science of Making Predictions and the Art of Knowing When Not To by Kit Yates
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
· Are you more likely to become a professional footballer if your surname is Ball? · How can you be one hundred per cent sure you will win a bet? · Why did so many Pompeiians stay put while Mount Vesuvius was erupting? · How do you prevent a nuclear war? Ever since the dawn of human civilisation, we ha ...Show more
Special and General Relativity (Concise Edition) by ALBERT EINSTEIN
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Foundations Ser.
Einstein's pioneering work helped shaped the cultural landscape of the world today. Now in a digestible, pocket format for the modern reader. Special and General Relativity by Albert Einstein contains his core paper, 'Relativity, The Special & The General Theory. A Popular Exposition', which establi ...Show more
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain: Revised Edition by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
The incredible story and miraculous work of a remarkable woman. Though she began life severely learning disabled, built herself a better brain and a brain training program that has helped thousands of others do the same. Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was born with severe learning disabilities that caused ...Show more
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Bryson
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him.A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got ...Show more
Eight Improbable Possibilities: The Mystery of the Moon, and Other Implausible Scientific Truths by John Gribbin
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
'Gribbin casts a wide net and displays his breadth of knowledge in packing a lot into each chapter . . . a brief read, but one that may inspire readers to dig deeper.' Giles Sparrow, BBC Sky at Night Magazine A mind-warping excursion into the wildly improbable truths of science. Echoing Sherlock Holme ...Show more
Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon
$36.99 AUD
Category: Science
An ambitious, eye-opening, myth-busting and groundbreaking history of the evolution of the female body, by a brilliant new scientist and writer. How did wet nurses drive civilization? Are women always the weaker sex? Is sexism useful for evolution? And are our bodies at war with our babies? In Eve, Ca ...Show more
The Australian Bird Guide: Revised Edition by Peter Menkhorst, Danny Rogers, Rohan Clarke
$49.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: CSIRO
A new in-depth field guide to Australian birds The Australian avifauna is large, diverse, and spectacular, reflecting the continent's impressive habitats and evolutionary history. Looking at more than 900 species, The Australian Bird Guide is the most comprehensive field guide on Australian birds avail ...Show more
Fungi: Discover the Science and Secrets Behind the World of Mushrooms by Lynne Boddy, Ali Ashby
$55.00 AUD
Category: Science
A stunning, authoritative book on the fungal kingdom, uncovering the hidden world of more than 300 global speciesDiscover the fascinating stories behind 300 species of fungi and understand the world of mushrooms like never before!Did you know that fungi put the fizz in champagne and the flavour in choco ...Show more
Green Guide: Birds of Australia by Peter Rowland
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Australian Green Guides
There are over 700 species of birds in Australia, and this book provides an introduction to the major groups, with an emphasis on those that the amateur naturalist and nature-lover is most likely to see.