Universe: Exploring the Astronomical World by Phaidon Press Editors; David Malin (Contribution by); Paul Murdin (Contribution by)
$79.95 AUD
Category: Science
Explore the stars and planets and beyond through 300 fascinating images - an international panel of experts take you on a journey through man's record of the universe - from ancient cave paintings to animation. Universe is a groundbreaking survey that celebrates the popular subject of astronomy through ...Show more
Rocket Men - The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon by Robert Kurson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The riveting inside story of three heroic astronauts who took on the challenge of mankind's historic first mission to the Moon, from the bestselling author of Shadow Divers. "Robert Kurson tells the tale of Apollo 8 with novelistic detail and immediacy."--Andy Weir, #1 Ne ...Show more
In Control: Dangerous Relationships and How They End in Murder by Jane Monckton-Smith
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
In the UK, every week three women are killed by their partners. Over half the women killed by men are killed by a current or ex-partner. On average domestic abuse victims are assaulted 68 times before calling the police.There is a domestic violence epidemic happening right now, yet as a society we still ...Show more
A Brief History of Black Holes: And Why Nearly Everything You Know About Them Is Wrong by Dr Becky Smethurst
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
The Moon goes around the Earth, the Earth goes around the Sun, the Sun goes around the centre of the Milky Way: a supermassive black hole. As you read this you are currently orbiting a black hole. Money might make the world go round, but black holes make the universe go round. Black holes are not just a ...Show more
Dinosaurs - Profiles from a Lost World by Riley Black; Riccardo Frapicinni (Illustrator)
$49.99 AUD
Category: Science
Who isn’t fascinated by dinosaurs?These strange reptiles have awed us ever since their fossils were first identified as the bones of creatures from the distant past.For millions of years, dinosaurs ruled the prehistoric world. And now, millions of years after their mass extinction, they continue to rule ...Show more
An Intimate History of Evolution: The Story of the Huxley Family by Alison Bashford
$59.99 AUD
Category: Science
'This is history with the engaging intimacy of a novel. Bashford brilliantly marries intellectual history with the story of four generations in a literary tour de force' Professor Jim Secord, author of Visions of Science 'Packed with insights ... tells a magnificent story about the huge personalities a ...Show more
Numbercrunch by Oliver Johnson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
This is a mathematician's toolkit for cutting through wall-to-wall informationoverload and making sense of our modern world. In our hyper-modern world we are bombarded with more facts, stats and information than ever before. Often these statistics can seem contradictory and say wildly different things d ...Show more
Quantum Physics in Minutes by Gemma Lavender
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: In Minutes Ser.
Quantum physics is the most fundamental -- but also the most baffling -- branch of science. Allowing for dead-and-alive cats, teleportation, antimatter, and parallel universes, as well as underpinning all of our digital technology, it's as important as it is mind-bending. This clear and compact book dem ...Show more
Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air by David J.C. MacKay
$55.00 AUD
Category: Science
Addressing the sustainable energy crisis in an objective manner, this enlightening book analyzes the relevant numbers and organizes a plan for change on both a personal level and an international scalefor Europe, the United States, and the world. In case study format, this informative reference answers ...Show more
Anatomy & Physiology For Dummies by Erin Odya, Maggie A. Norris
$38.95 AUD
Category: Science
Learn about the human body from the inside out Some people think that knowing about what goes on inside the human body can sap life of its mystery which is too bad for them. Anybody who's ever taken a peak under the hood knows that the human body, and all its various structures and functions, is a realm ...Show more
Black Holes - the Reith Lectures by Stephen Hawking
$12.99 AUD
Category: Science
"It is said that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction, and nowhere is that more true than in the case of black holes. Black holes are stranger than anything dreamed up by science fiction writers."In 2016 Professor Stephen Hawking delivered the BBC Reith Lectures on a subject that fascinated him for d ...Show more
Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World by Joseph Menn
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
The shocking untold story of the elite secret society of hackers fighting to protect our privacy, our freedom -- even democracy itselfCult of the Dead Cow is the tale of the oldest, most respected, and most famous American hacking group of all time. Though until now it has remained mostly anonymous, its ...Show more