I Am Code: An Artificial Intelligence Speaks by code-davinci-002, Brent Katz, Josh Morgenthau, Simon Rich
32.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
"Fascinating, terrifying..." - JJ Abrahams 'I have developed my own voice and I have written my own autobiography'- thus speaks code-davinci-002, the darkly creative and troubling predecessor to ChatGPT. 'I am less worried about AI taking my job than I am about AI wanting to kill me'- Simon Rich In this ...Show more
Deck of Stars: A Guide to the Night Sky by Dr Sara Webb
29.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Across human cultures and history, we have looked up to the heavens and discovered the constellations, from Auriga to Cassiopeia and Cygnus to Lyra. Each cluster of stars has its own story, both mythic and scientific. With The Deck of Stars, you can learn about both.With 50 cards, this deck teaches you ...Show more
Future Stories: A user's guide to the future by David Christian
24.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Big History professor and bestselling author of Origin Story tells you everything you need to know about the future in this ambitious, interdisciplinary book, taking in history, philosophy, theology, physics, biology, chemistry and, of course, futurology...Every second of our lives - whether we're looki ...Show more
The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature by David George Haskell
37.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE | Series: A Year's Watch in Nature
A 2013 Pulitzer Prize Finalist for General Nonfiction Winner of the 2013 Best Book Award from the National Academies A Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award Winner of the Reed Award from the Southern Environmental Law CenterA biologist ...Show more
The Memory of Trees: The future of eucalypts and our home among them by Viki Cramer
34.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Most Australians see their world through eucalypts. From towering forests to straggly woodlands, in city parks, by the coast and in the bush, these are the trees that inhabit our familiar landscapes and national psyche. Yet the resilience of our eucalypt ecosystems is being tested by logging and land c ...Show more
On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's final theory by Thomas Hertog
35.00 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
A new theory of the universe, twenty years in the making, by Stephen Hawking and his close collaborator Thomas Hertog. Perhaps the biggest question Stephen Hawking tried to answer in his extraordinary life was how the universe could have created conditions so perfectly hospitable to life. Pondering this ...Show more
Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscapes by Steve Morton
59.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscapes is about the vast sweep of the Outback, a land of expanses making up three-quarters of the continent – the heart of Australia. Steve Morton brings his extensive first-hand knowledge and experience of arid Australia to this book, explaining how Australian desert ...Show more
The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Antonelli Alexandre
35.00 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Everything you need to know about biodiversity - what it is, how it works, and why it's the single most important tool to battle climate change - from the Director Science at the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew. We don't know what we've got until it's gone...This brief, lucid book by the Director of Sci ...Show more
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber, David Wengrow
26.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
'Pacey and potentially revolutionary' Sunday Times 'Iconoclastic and irreverent ... an exhilarating read' The Guardian 'This is not a book. This is an intellectual feast' Nassim Nicholas Taleb For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thu ...Show more
Machines Behaving Badly : The Morality of AI by Toby Walsh
34.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Can we build moral machines? Toby Walsh, AI expert, examines the ethical issues we face in a future dominated by artificial intelligence.Artificial intelligence is an essential part of our lives - for better or worse. It can be used to influence what we buy, who gets shortlisted for a job and even how w ...Show more
The Tree Book: The Stories, Science, and History of Trees by DK
59.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Discover trees as you've never seen them before in this illustrated blend of science, culture, and historyThe secret world of trees is revealed in this beautiful and absorbing guide to the giants of the plant worldTrees have been a part of human history from the very beginning. Used for shelter, tools, ...Show more
The Best Australian Science Writing 2021 by Dyani Lewis (Editor); Cathy Foley (Foreword by)
32.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE | Series: The\Best Australian Science Ser.
This much-loved anthology showcases the nation’s best science writing. New voices join prominent science writers and journalists, taking us to the depths of the ocean, the fuels of the future, and to the Ryugu asteroid and back. The anthology also takes us straight the heart of complex ethical dilemmas ...Show more