Proving Einstein Right - The Daring Expeditions That Changed How We Look at the Universe by James Gates; Cathie Pelletier
39.99 AUD
Category: Science
A thrilling adventure story chronicling the perilous journey of the scientists who set out to prove the theory of relativity--the results of which catapulted Albert Einstein to fame and forever changed our understanding of the universe. In 1911, a relatively unknown physicist named Albert Einstein publi ...Show more
A Pocket History of Human Evolution - The Apes, the Others, and Us by Silvana Condemi; François Savatier
24.99 AUD
Category: Science
Why aren't we more like other apes? How did we win the evolutionary race? Find out how "wise" Homo sapiens really are. Prehistory has never been more exciting: New discoveries are overturning long-held theories left and right. Stone tools in Australia date back 65,000 years--a time when, we once though ...Show more
How to Be Human - The Ultimate Guide to Your Amazing Existence by New Scientist Staff
29.99 AUD
Category: Science
If you thought you knew who you were, THINK AGAIN. Did you know that half your DNA isn't human? That somebody, somewhere has exactly the same face? Or that most of your memories are fiction? What about the fact that you are as hairy as a chimpanzee, various parts of your body don't belong to yo ...Show more
Beyond the Known - How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars by Andrew Rader
32.99 AUD
Category: Science
From brilliant young polymath Andrew Rader--an MIT-credentialed scientist, popular podcast host, and SpaceX mission manager--an illuminating chronicle of exploration that spotlights humans' insatiable desire to continually push into new and uncharted territory, from civilization's earliest days to curre ...Show more
Trees of Life by Max Adams
49.99 AUD
Category: Science
A captivatingly informative and visually beautiful survey of the tree species - from all over the world - that human cultures have found most useful. Each tree species is the subject of a concise text centred on a story - or stories - about the tree in question, and is depicted by means of a photograph ...Show more
Curious: Life hacks through maths by Lily Serna
29.99 AUD
Category: Science
Find love. Win at games and sport. Look smart. Save time.Lily Serna, a curious mathematician, believes passionately that 'mathematics is our golden key to unlocking the secrets of the universe'. She is on a quest to share her own sense of wonder about maths, and to leave all of us - even the maths phobi ...Show more
Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime by Sean Carroll
39.99 AUD
Category: Science
Quantum physics is not mystifying. Its implications may be mind-bending, and not yet fully understood, but the theory is illuminating. It is the best explanation of reality we have. And no, God does not play dice with the universe. Spanning the history of quantum discoveries, from Einstein and Bohr to t ...Show more
Breakfast with Einstein - The Exotic Physics of Everyday Objects by Chad Orzel
22.99 AUD
Category: Science
A Sunday Times Book of the Year From the author of the international bestseller How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog Your humble alarm clock, digital cameras, the smell of coffee, the glow of a grill, fibre broadband, smoke detectors... all hold secrets about quantum physics. Beginning at sunrise ...Show more
A Small Illustrated Guide to the Universe by Ella Frances Sanders
24.99 AUD
Category: Science
A beautifully illustrated exploration of the principles, laws, and wonders that rule our universe, our world, and our daily lives, from the New York Times bestselling creator of Lost in Translation.
30-Second Universe by Charles Liu; Karen Masters; Sevil Salur
27.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: 30 Second Ser.
The universe literally encompasses everything we were, are and will be, everything we knew, know and can know. When we decide to understand the universe as a whole, new truths come to light, and unexpected perspectives illuminate our take on life. 30-Second Universe explains all the tantalising concepts ...Show more
Hollywood Wants to Kill You - The Science of Death in the Movies by Rick Edwards & Dr. Michael Brooks
29.99 AUD
Category: Science
Asteroids, killer sharks, nuclear bombs, viruses, deadly robots, climate change, the apocalypse - why is Hollywood so obsessed with death and the end of the world? And how seriously should we take the dystopian visions of our favourite films? With wit, intelligence and irreverence, Rick Edwards and Dr M ...Show more
Murder Most Florid - Inside the Mind of a Forensic Botanist by Mark Spencer
35.00 AUD
Category: Science
Dr Mark Spencer is a forensic botanist - in other words, he helps police with cases where plants can unlock clues to solve crimes, from murder and rape to arson and burglary. Murder Most Florid is an enthralling, first-person account that follows Mark's unconventional and unique career, one that takes ...Show more