The Hydrogen Revolution: a blueprint for the future of clean energy by Marco Alvera
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
Picture this: It's 2050. The looming shadow of climate change has finally been banished. The planet is stabilised. Rainforests and coral reefs are thriving. We are finally at equilibrium. This isn't wishful thinking; it can be our reality. We just need to embrace the missing link between us and truly cl ...Show more
The Idea of the Brain: A History by Matthew Cobb
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
A monumental, sweeping journey from the ancient roots of neurology to the most astonishing recent research, which Henry Marsh (Admissions) called an 'intellectual tour de force' Longlisted for the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize This is the story of our quest to understand the most mysterious object in the u ...Show more
The Illusionist Brain: The Neuroscience of Magic by Jordi Camí, Luis M. Martínez
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
How magicians exploit the natural functioning of our brains to astonish and amaze us How do magicians make us see the impossible? The Illusionist Brain takes you on an unforgettable journey through the inner workings of the human mind, revealing how magicians achieve their spectacular and seemingly imp ...Show more
The Importance of Being Interested by Robin Ince
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Category: Science
The popular comedian and presenter journeys through science, explaining why it should be for everyone - including enthusiastic amateurs. Comedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons andintimidated by the barrage of equations. But, twenty years later, he fell in ...Show more
The Importance of Being Interested - Adventures in Scientific Curiosity by Robin Ince
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Category: Science
The popular comedian and presenter journeys through science, explaining why it should be for everyone - including enthusiastic amateurs. Comedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, twenty years later, he fell ...Show more
The Insect Crisis: Our Fragile Dependence on the Planet's Smallest Creatures by Oliver Milman
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Category: Science
How would we live if insects no longer existed?
The Journeys of Trees: A Story about Forests, People, and the Future by Zach St. George
$27.95 AUD
Category: Science
Forests are restless. Any time a tree dies or a new one sprouts, the forest that includes it has shifted. When new trees sprout in the same direction, the whole forest begins to migrate, sometimes at astonishing rates. Today, however, an array of obstacles-humans felling trees by the billions, invasive ...Show more
The Knowledge Machine: How an Unreasonable Idea Created Modern Science by Michael Strevens
$49.99 AUD
Category: Science
A groundbreaking and timely analysis of how science works and how we can preserve its power to grow our knowledge Over the last three centuries, huge leaps in our scientific understanding and, as a result, in our technology have completely transformed our way of life and our vision of the universe. Why ...Show more
The Language of Butterflies by Wendy Williams
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
An enthralling look at one of the world's most beautiful and resilient animals, and the role they play in our ecosystem Butterflies are beloved across the globe, adorning gardens, parks and zoos. Their feats are staggering - monarchs migrate thousands of kilometres each year. They are smarter than we th ...Show more
The Last Stargazers by Emily Levesque
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
To be an astronomer is to journey to some of the most inaccessible parts of the globe, braving mountain passes, sub-zero temperatures, and hostile flora and fauna. Not to mention the stress of handling equipment worth millions. It is a life of unique delights and absurdities - and one that may be drawin ...Show more
The Library of Ice - Readings from a Cold Climate by Nancy Campbell
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
'A wonderful book: Nancy Campbell is a fine storyteller with a rare physical intelligence. The extraordinary brilliance of her eye confers the reader a total immersion in the rimy realms she explores. Glaciers, Arctic floe, verglas, frost and snow -- I can think of no better or warmer guide to the icy e ...Show more
The Life Project: The Extraordinary Story of Our Ordinary Lives by Helen Pearson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
'Eye-opening, extraordinary insights into ordinary lives' Financial Times 'Superb' Literary Review The remarkable story of a unique series of studies that have touched the lives of almost everyone in Britain today In March 1946, scientists began to track thousands of children born in one cold week. ...Show more