The Genes That Make Us: Human stories from a revolution in medicine by Edwin Kirk
32.99 AUD
Category: Science
Genes -- we all have them and we're all affected by them, often in unknown ways. Whether directly inherited or modified by our environment, genes control or significantly influence almost every aspect of our lives, from the success of our conception and the development of our sexual characteristics, to ...Show more
Delusions of Gender : The Real Science Behind Sex Differences by Cordelia Fine
22.99 AUD
Category: Science
THE BRILLIANT AND HUGELY INFLUENTIAL BOOK BY THE WINNER OF THE 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOKS PRIZE'Fun, droll yet deeply serious.'New Scientist'A brilliant feminist critic of theneurosciences ... Read her, enjoy and learn.'Hilary Rose, THES'A witty and meticulously researchedexposé ...Show more
This is Planet Earth: Your ultimate guide to the world we call home by New Scientist
29.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: New Scientist Instant Expert Ser.
The ancient Greeks called it Gaia; the Romans Terra. We know it simply as Earth, the planet we call home. And what a planet it is. Formed around 4.6 billion years ago from the debris of the big bang and long-dead stars, at first it was nothing special, but somehow it evolved to become the most am ...Show more
Quantum Computing - The Transformative Technology of the Qubit Revolution by Brian Clegg
22.99 AUD
Category: Science
The ultimate non-technical guide to the fast-developing world of quantum computing.
The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea, Discovering Hidden Life and Selling the Seabed by Helen Scales
34.99 AUD
Category: Science
The deep sea is the last, vast wilderness on the planet. For centuries, myth-makers and storytellers have concocted imaginary monsters of the deep, and now scientists are looking there to find bizarre, unknown species, chemicals to make new medicines, and to gain a greater understanding of how this worl ...Show more
Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett
34.99 AUD
Category: Science
Have you ever wondered why you have a brain? Let renowned neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett demystify that big grey blob between your ears. In seven short essays (plus a bite-sized story about how brains evolved), this slim, entertaining and accessible collection reveals mind-expanding lessons from t ...Show more
DK Human by Robert Winston (editor)
29.99 AUD
89.95 (66% off)
Category: Science
Human is a comprehensive, highly illustrated account of what makes us what we are: how we evolved, how our bodies develop and work, and how we think and behave both as individuals and as members of society. It not only examines the qualities we all share and that define us as a species, but also highlig ...Show more
An Immense World - How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
35.00 AUD
Category: Science
A grand tour through the hidden realms of animal senses that will transform the way you perceive the world - from Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of I Contain Multitudes. The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fi ...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
I Think You'll Find it's a Bit More Complicated Than That by Ben Goldacre
9.99 AUD
Category: Science
The very best journalism from one of Britain's most admired and outspoken science writers, author of the bestselling Bad Science and Bad Pharma. In Bad Science, Ben Goldacre hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists use to distort science. In Bad Pharma, he put the $600 billion global ...Show more
Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics) by Nikola Tesla; Thomas Commerford Martin (Editor)
49.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Barnes and Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection
The Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla is the definitive record of the pioneering work of one of the modern world's most groundbreaking inventors. During the early twentieth century, Tesla blazed the trail that electrical technology followed for decades afterward. Although he pioneered ...Show more
The Secret Life of Fungi - Discoveries from a Hidden World by Aliya Whiteley
14.99 AUD
26.99 (44% off)
Category: Science
Fungi can appear anywhere, from desert dunes to frozen tundra, and create anew from rotting matter. They can invade bodies and thoughts; they can live between our toes or between our floorboards; they are unwelcome intruders or vastly expensive treats; they are symbols of both death and eternal life. Bu ...Show more