Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors by Matt Parker
$35.00 AUD
Category: Popular Science
'Matt Parker shows off math at its most playful and multifarious' Jordan Ellenberg, author of How to Not Be Wrong Most of the time, the maths in our everyday lives works quietly behind the scenes. Until someone forgets to carry a '1' and a bridge collapses, a plane drops out of the sky or a building roc ...Show more
Darwin - Natural History Museum by John Van Wyhe
$39.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Amazing Minds Ser.
Charles Darwin revolutionized our understanding of life on earth and our place within it. His theory of evolution by natural selection, though shocking and controversial at the time, has remained the bedrock of the life sciences for almost 160 years. In Darwin John van Wyhe draws on 25 years of research ...Show more
Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett
$21.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
'"I thought it might be fun for people to be able to a read a neuroscience book on the beach," Barrett explains. But be warned: you may find your world turned upside down before it is time for cocktails.' - Guardian'Each lesson will enlighten and unsettle you. It's like lifting up the hood of a car to s ...Show more
This Way to the Universe: A Journey into Physics by Michael Dine
$32.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
This Way to the Universe is a celebration of the astounding, ongoing scientific investigations that have revealed the nature of reality at its smallest, at its largest, and at the scale of our daily lives. The enigmas Professor Michael Dine discusses are like landmarks on a fantastic journey to the edge ...Show more
30-Second AI and Robotics by Luis de Miranda
$19.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science | Series: 30 Second
This comprehensive presentation of the core concepts and historical landmarks in robotics and artificial intelligence is a must-read for those who want to understand the important changes happening now in our everyday lives, in the workplace, and in our minds and bodies. What is deep in "deep learning"? ...Show more
Biology For Dummies by Rene Fester Kratz
$30.95 AUD
Category: Popular Science | Series: For Dummies
The ultimate guide to understanding biology Have you ever wondered how the food you eat becomes the energy your body needs to keep going? The theory of evolution says that humans and chimps descended from a common ancestor, but does it tell us how and why? We humans are insatiably curious creatures who ...Show more
The Earth Book by Jim Bell
$44.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Sterling Milestones Ser.
A beautifully illustrated presentation of 250 milestones in the history of our home planet, from celebrated geologist and planetary scientist Jim Bell.Spanning Earth's entire history, from its birth 4.6 billion years ago to its inevitable destruction billions of years into the future, this stunning volu ...Show more
Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What they Teach Us by Frans De Waal
$32.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Frans de Waal has spent four decades at the forefront of animal research. Following up on the best-selling Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?, which investigated animal intelligence, Mama's Last Hug delivers a fascinating exploration of the rich emotional lives of animals.Mama's Last Hug ...Show more
Letters from an Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has attracted one of the world's largest online followings with his fascinating, widely accessible insights into science and our universe. Now, Tyson invites us to go behind the scenes of his public fame by revealing his correspondence with people across the globe who ...Show more
Charles Darwin - Victorian Mythmaker by A N Wilson
$49.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Charles Darwin: the man who discovered evolution? The man who killed off God? Or a flawed man of his age, part genius, part ruthless careerist who would not acknowledge his debts to other thinkers?In this bold new life - the first single volume biography in twenty-five years - A. N. Wilson, the acclaime ...Show more
Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science by Michael White and John Gribbin
$24.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Originally published in 1992 to great acclaim, this updated edition traces the course of Hawking (TM)s life and science, successfully marrying biography and physics to tell the story of a remarkable man. Stephen Hawking is no ordinary scientist. With a career that began over thirty years ago at Camb ...Show more