Beyond Infinity by CHENG EUGENIA
$29.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE
"[Cheng] does a great service by showing us non-mathematician schlubs how real mathematical creativity works." --Wall Street Journal How big is the universe? How many numbers are there? And is infinity + 1 is the same as 1 + infinity? Such questions occur to young children and our greatest minds. ...Show more
Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
$24.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE | Reading Level: very good
From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution--a #1 international bestseller--that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human." One hundred thousand years ago, at least six ...Show more
The Hidden Life of Trees (Illustrated Edition) by Peter Wohlleben
$49.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE
In his international bestseller, The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben opened readers? eyes to the wonders and amazing processes at work in the forest. Now this new, breathtakingly illustrated edition brings those wonders to life like never before. With compelling selections from the original book a ...Show more
Introducing Darwin: A Graphic Guide by Jonathan Miller
$14.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Progress in genetics today would not be possible without Darwin's revolution, but the mysterious man who laid the rational basis for undermining belief in God's creation was remarkable timid. He spent most of his life in seclusion; a semi-invalid, riddled with doubts, fearing the controversy his theorie ...Show more
30-Second Maths by Richard Brown
$19.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE | Series: 30 Second
The ideal introduction to the key theories and principles of mathematics.
The Theory of Everything Else by Dan Schreiber
$34.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE
A collection of the world’s most mind-boggling, thought-provoking and downright hilarious theories – by the co-host of the UK’s most downloaded podcast No Such Thing As A Fish, Dan Schreiber Why are we here? Do ghosts exist? Will we ever travel back in time? Are we being visited by extraterrestrials? Wi ...Show more
Why You Should Give a F*ck About Farming by Gabrielle Chan
$34.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE
'Australia has no national food security policy. No national agriculture policy. We know what has been going on with water allocations and there is still no national response. Those with the means and access shop at farmer's market and order their brunch referring to the origins of their eggs, bacon, bu ...Show more
The Climate Cure: Solving the Climate Emergency in the Era of COVID-19 by Tim Flannery
$24.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE
Australians are witnessing an unprecedented government response to crisis-swift decisive action to avert catastrophe. And the advice of scientists has informed every step of the way. But for decades the advice of scientists on the impending catastrophe that climate change will bring has been ignored, di ...Show more
The Future is Fungi: How Fungi Can Feed Us, Heal Us, Free Us and Save Our World by Michael Lim, Yun Shu
$49.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE
The kingdom of fungi has survived all five major extinction events. They are the architects of the natural world, integral to all life. They sustain critical ecosystems, recycling nutrients and connecting plants across vast areas, and help to produce many staples of modern life, such as wine, chocolate, ...Show more
Metazoa: Animal Minds and the Birth of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith
$32.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE | Reading Level: very good
From the human being to the octopus, the shark to the humble sea squirt, all animals are physical beings made up entirely of cells. And yet they can think, to varying degrees. How did this come to be? How did a mind first grow from the matter that is the body? And at what stage did that clump of cells b ...Show more
21 Lessons for the 21st Century: 'Truly mind-expanding... Ultra-topical' Guardian by Yuval Noah Harari
$22.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE | Reading Level: very good
Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century explores the present. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What ...Show more
Climate Wars by Mark Butler
$29.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE
As the consequences of climate change become perilously close to the point of no-return, time-wasting wars over what to do distract us from taking real action. Mark Butler, the opposition minister for climate change and energy, makes a forceful case for using less and cleaner energy as part of global a ...Show more