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
The Night Sky - An Astronomers Guide to the Night Sky and the Universe by Nigel Henbest
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
A comprehensive and definitive guide to the wonders of the night sky and the universe Discover the wonders of the Universe with this indispensable guide. The Night Sky is chock full of information explaining what, when and how to observe space and understanding the night sky. Not only accessible ...Show more
Vital Science by Dr Karl Kruszelnicki
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
Get your pulse racing with Australia's most popular scientist, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki.Discover why people tell lies, why some planets are hotter than stars and how humans are terraforming the Earth. Is cockroach milk really the next Superfood? Why are birds so smart? Why do trees need each other to grow a ...Show more
Calling Bullshit: The Art of Scepticism in a Data-Driven World by Carl T. Bergstrom, Jevin D. West
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
We think we know bullshit when we hear it, but do we? A spotter's guide to bullshit in the wild from two brilliantly contrarian scientists The world is awash in bullshit, and we're drowning in it. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted by press release. Startup culture elevates bul ...Show more
Adam Spencer's Maths 101: The Curly Questions Your Primary School Kids Will Ask You (With the Answers!) by Adam Spencer
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
Adam Spencer’s Maths 101 is the reassuring maths book companion for parents and their children tackling primary school level maths. If you’ve ever been challenged mathematically (and who hasn't?), then Adam Spencer is here with this crucial refresher to help you confidently assist your kids learning mat ...Show more
The Secret Lives of Colour by Kassia St Clair
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
'A mind-expanding tour of the world without leaving your paintbox. Every colour has a story, and here are some of the most alluring, alarming, and thought-provoking. Very hard painting the hallway magnolia after this inspiring primer.'Simon GarfieldThe Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of ...Show more
Brief Answers to the Big Questions: 'A beautiful little book by a brilliant mind' DAILY TELEGRAPH by Stephen Hawking
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. 'A beautiful little book by a brilliant mind'- DAILY TELEGRAPH. 'Effortlessly instructive, absorbing, up to the minute and - where it matters - witty'- GUARDIAN. The world-famous cosmologist and #1 bestselling author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final t ...Show more
Molecules: The Elements and the Architecture of Everything by Theodore Gray, Nick Mann
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
Molecules is the second book in the million-copy bestselling Elements trilogy. In Molecules, Theodore Gray takes the next step in the story that began with the periodic table in his best-selling book, The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe (2015) and culminated with the ...Show more
Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass by Frank Close
$55.00 AUD
Category: Science
The story of the Higgs boson - the so-called 'God particle' - and the man who thought of it. In the summer of 1964, a reclusive young professor at the University of Edinburgh wrote two scientific papers which have come to change our understanding of the most fundamental building blocks of matter and th ...Show more
A Brief History Of Time: From Big Bang To Black Holes by Stephen Hawking
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
From the Big Bang to the theory of relativity, Stephen W. Hawking will challenge your imagination and expand your grasp of the cosmos. This is the classic revelatory science book of the last century. Here is a landmark book written for those of us who prefer words to equations. Told by an extraordinary ...Show more
The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
A narrative investigation into the new science of plant intelligence and sentience, from National Association of Science Writers Award winner and Livingston Award finalist Zoe Schlanger'. Look at the green organism across the room or through the window: the potted plant, or the grass, or a tree. Think h ...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