To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science by Steven Weinberg
26.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
In To Explain the World, pre-eminent theoretical physicist Steven Weinberg offers a rich and irreverent history of science from a unique perspective - that of a scientist. Moving from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad to Oxford, and from the Museum of Alexandria to the Royal Society of London, he show ...Show more
How to Think Like Einstein: Simple Ways to Break the Rules and Discover Your Hidden Genius by Scott Thorpe
24.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
You can be a genius too! Learn the skills and hacks from the greatest minds in history!From creative business and to improving relationships, How to Think Like Einstein provides the tools for the everyday challenges at the home and in the office. Innovator and author Scott Thorpe guides you step-by-step ...Show more
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
19.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE | Reading Level: good
From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe’s iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love h ...Show more
Idiot Brain: A Neuroscientist Explains What Your Head is Really Up to by Dean Burnett
29.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Why do you lose arguments with people who know much less than you? Why can you recognise that woman, from that thing...but can't remember her name? And why, after your last break-up, did you find yourself in the foetal position on the sofa for days, moving only to wipe the snot and tears haphazardly fro ...Show more
In Love with Betty the Crow - The Science Show ABC radio by Robyn Williams
32.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Robyn Williams reflects on why science matters, after 40 years of ABC RN's The Science Show. The Science Show with Robyn Williams on Radio National is one of the longest running programs on Australian radio. Scientific issues, debates, events, personalities, exposing scientific fraud, discoveries and b ...Show more
Best Australian Science Writing 2015 by Bianca Nogrady
29.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
The annual collection celebrating the finest Australian science writing of the year. How does dust connect the cosmos with our bed sheets? Why do lobsters do the Mexican Wave backwards? And what makes us feel 'wetness' when there's no such thing as 'wet' nerve receptors? Now in its fifth year, The Best ...Show more
The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris
19.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
In this highly anticipated new book, the bestselling author of The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation call for an end to religion's monopoly on morality and human values. The End of Faith ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Sam Harris discovered that ...Show more
The Hunt for Vulcan: How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet and Deciphered the Universe by Thomas Levenson
32.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
In 1859, the brilliant scientist Urbain LeVerrier discovered that the planet Mercury has a wobble, that its orbit shifts over time. His explanation was that there had to be an unseen planet circling even closer to the sun. He called the planet Vulcan. Supported by the theories of Sir Isaac Newton, the f ...Show more
The Science of Everyday Life: Why Teapots Dribble, Toast Burns and Light Bulbs Shine by Marty Jopson
29.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Have you ever wondered why ice floats and water is such a freaky liquid? Or why chillies and mustard are both hot but in different ways? Or why microwaves don't cook from the inside out? In this fascinating scientific tour of household objects, The One Show presenter and all-round Science Bloke Marty Jo ...Show more
I Used to Know That: General Science by Marianne Taylor
14.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE | Series: I Used to Know That Ser.
For those whose memories of learning science at school consist of burning magnesium and playing with iron filings and a magnet, and whose brains shut down as soon as things start to sound 'too technical', I Used to Know That: General Science is here to remind you of everything you've forgotten or should ...Show more
Astronomy 2016 Australia: Your Guide to the Night Sky by Ken Wallace
27.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
2016 Australasian Sky Guide by Nick Lomb
16.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Compact, easy to use and reliable, this popular guide by well known astronomer and author Dr Nick Lomb has been providing stargazers with everything they need to know about the southern night sky for the past 25 years. The 2016 guide contains monthly astronomy maps, viewing tips and highlights, and deta ...Show more