A Most Interesting Problem: What Darwin's Descent of Man Got Right and Wrong about Human Evolution by Jeremy Desilva (Editor) Janet Browne (Foreward)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
Leading scholars take stock of Darwin's ideas about human evolution in the light of modern science In 1871, Charles Darwin published The Descent of Man, a companion to Origin of Species in which he attempted to explain human evolution, a topic he called 'the highest and most interesting problem for the ...Show more
Life's Edge - Searching for What It Means to Be Alive by Carl Zimmer
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
Carl Zimmer investigates one of the biggest questions of all: What is life? The answer seems obvious until you try to seriously answer it. Is the apple sitting on your kitchen counter alive, or is only the apple tree it came from deserving of the word? If we can't answer that question here on earth, how ...Show more
The Advocates: Women within the Australian Environmental Movement by Robyn Gulliver, Jill L Ferguson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
From boardrooms to blockade camps, from the lush East Gippsland forests to the golden Ningaloo Reef, the fight against environmental destruction takes place in many spaces. The Advocates tells the inside story of nine extraordinary women within the Australian environmental movement and the behind-the-sc ...Show more
Sweet Cravings by The Australian Women's Weekly
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
An explosion of pastel fun, this whimsical cookbook is filled with pure imagination.Featuring more than 80 enchanting treats and desserts perfect for special occasions or when the next sweet craving hits. From quirky cakes and playful pies, to colourful confectionery and fanciful frozen treats, each eas ...Show more
Explaining Humans by Camilla Pang
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at the age of eight, Dr Camilla Pang struggled to understand the world around her. Desperate for a solution, Camilla asked her mother if there was an instruction manual for humans that she could consult. But, without the blueprint to life she was hoping for, Camil ...Show more
Galileo: And the Science Deniers by Mario Livio
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
An "intriguing and accessible" (Publishers Weekly) interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of history's greatest and most fascinating scientists, that sheds new light on his discoveries and how he was challenged by science deniers. "We really need this story now, because we're living through ...Show more
The Greywacke - How a Vicar, a Soldier and a Schoolteacher Uncovered 300 Million Years of History by Nick Davidson
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
The story of three 19th-century geologists whose fraternal rivalry ended up rewriting the history of our planet.
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
Brainscapes: An Atlas of Your Life on Earth by Rebecca Schwarzlose
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
A trailblazing journey into the brain, showing how perception, thought, and action all depend on 'maps' etched into your gray matter - and how technology can use these maps to read your mind. Your brain is a collection of maps. That is no metaphor: scrawled across your brain's surfaces are actual schem ...Show more
AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future by Kai-Fu Lee, Chen Qiufan
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
New York Times bestselling non-fiction author joins forces with a celebrated science-fiction novelist to blend imaginative storytelling and scientific forecasting to ask how artificial intelligence will change our world over the next 20 years. In this ground-breaking blend of imaginative storytelling an ...Show more
Where Did the Universe Come From? And Other Cosmic Questions: Our Universe, from the Quantum to the Cosmos by Chris Ferrie, Geraint F. Lewis
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
Do you ever look up to the stars and wonder about what is out there? Over the last few centuries, humans have successfully unraveled much of the language of the universe, exploring and defining formerly mysterious phenomena such as electricity, magnetism, and matter through the beauty of mathematics. B ...Show more
The Night Sky of the Southern Hemisphere by James Kavanagh
$14.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
This innovative - Glow-in-the-Dark - pocket reference highlights prominent constellations and stars that are visible with the naked eye south of the equator. Simply shine a light on the guide to illuminate the constellations and their names on the summer or winter star charts. Also includes descriptions ...Show more