Where the Universe Came From - How Einstein's Relativity Unlocks the Past, Present and Future of the Cosmos by New Scientist
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: New Scientist Instant Ex Ser.
How did it all begin? Where is it all going?WHY GENERAL RELATIVITY LEAVES UNFINISHED BUSINESS WITH THE COSMOS A little over a century ago, a young Albert Einstein presented his general theory of relativity to the world and utterly transformed our understanding of the universe. He overturned centurie ...Show more
Pain: The Science of the Feeling Brain by Abdul-Ghaaliq Lalkhen
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
Told through case studies and medical history, this is an enlightening, in-depth book on the fascinating science behind pain and the complexities of its treatment, by one of the leading doctors in this area.
Explain That: 31 intriguing reasons why from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald by Felicity Lewis (ed.)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
From the nation's most trusted news outlets comes an entertaining and authoritative look at the world around us. Have you ever wondered if time travel is actually possible? Or where the Australian accent came from? Or what it feels like to have dementia? If you're an inquisitive person who likes to und ...Show more
Astronomy 2023 Australia: Your Guide to the Night Sky by Glenn Dawes, Peter Northfield, Ken Wallace
$32.95 AUD
Category: Science
This annual gem (produced each year since 1991) continues to take the Australian stargazer on a wondrous journey of the night sky. This critically acclaimed work, produced by three well known experts in the field, takes a unique approach to explaining and identifying the Sun, Moon, planets and constella ...Show more
Testosterone: The Story of the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us by Carole Hooven
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
RECOMMENDED AS ONE OF THE TIMES'' BEST SCIENCE BOOKS OF 2021''With all the talk about testosterone in sex, sports and politics, we need a good explanation of the science and its implications, and this one is outstanding.'' STEVEN PINKER, bestselling author of The Blank Slate''There are whole books writt ...Show more
Radioactive! - How Irène Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World by Winifred Conkling
$16.99 AUD
Category: Science
"A thorough and engaging study of two female scientists worth their weight in radium." --Booklist, starred review In 1934, Irène Curie and her husband won the Nobel Prize for their breakthrough discovery of artificial radioactivity. But when Curie was nominated to the French Academy of Sciences, the a ...Show more
The Astronomers' Library: The Books that Unlocked the Mysteries of the Universe by Karen Masters
$59.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Liber Historica Ser.
Indulge in this collection of the best astronomy books from the past 800 years. The Astronomers' Library is a rich history of astronomy (and astrology) publishing across Europe. This is a carefully selected arrangement of publications from all over the continent - Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands ...Show more
Eight Improbable Possibilities: The Mystery of the Moon, and Other Implausible Scientific Truths by John Gribbin
$25.99 AUD
Category: Science
'Gribbin casts a wide net and displays his breadth of knowledge in packing a lot into each chapter . . . a brief read, but one that may inspire readers to dig deeper.' Giles Sparrow, BBC Sky at Night Magazine A mind-warping excursion into the wildly improbable truths of science. Echoing Sherlock Holme ...Show more
Southern Nights - The story of New Zealand's night sky by Naomi Arnold
$59.99 AUD
Category: Science
Meet the night sky, down under Aotearoa New Zealand was founded on stargazing. It was celestial navigation that brought the first people here, and it was tatai arorangi, Maori astronomy, that helped people survive once they arrived. There is no better place on Earth to view the brilliance of other worl ...Show more
Determined: Life Without Free Will by Robert M Sapolsky
$36.99 AUD
Category: Science
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the science and philosophy of decision-making to mount a devastating case against free will, an argument with profound consequences.Robert Sapolsky's Behave, his now classic account of why humans do good and w ...Show more
Dark Winter: An insider’s guide to pandemics and biosecurity by Raina MacIntyre
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
Renowned epidemiologist and biosecurity expert Raina MacIntyre reveals her insights into biological warfare, pandemics and the threats that lie ahead.In Dark Winter, world-leading epidemiologist Professor Raina MacIntyre navigates the past, present and future of pandemics and biosecurity. MacIntyre exam ...Show more
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
$18.99 AUD
Category: Science
A New York Times bestseller to be adapted into a film with Jennifer Lawrence to star. In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup 'unicorn' promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would ...Show more