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In Search of the Big Bang - The Life and Death of the Universe by John Gribbin
$23.95 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Penguin Press Science Ser.
Where do we come from? How did the universe of stars, planets and people come into existence? Now revised and expanded, this second edition takes into account developments in cosmology and quantum physics since its first publication in 1986, and traces the historical path which has led physicists to an ...Show more
Six Easy Pieces: TheFundamentals of Physics Explained by Richard P. Feynman
$22.95 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Penguin Press Science Ser.
An outstanding communicator, Richard P. Feynman inspired a generation of students with his energetic, unorthodox style of teaching. Drawn from his celebrated and landmark text Lectures on Physics, "Six Easy Pieces" reveals Feynman's distinctive style while introducing the essentials of physics to the ge ...Show more
The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene
$26.95 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Penguin Press Science Ser. | Reading Level: very good
From Brian Greene, one of the world's leading physicists, comes a grand tour of the universe that makes us look at reality in a completely different way. Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does time have a dir ...Show more
The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker
$9.95 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Penguin Press Science S.
By making noises with our mouths, we can cause new combinations of ideas to arise in each other's minds. It comes so naturally that we are apt to forget what a miracle it is. Pursuing the ideas of Darwin and Chomsky, Pinker offers a look at why we use language and where this ability comes from.
The Secret Life of Trees - How They Live and Why They Matter by Colin Tudge
$27.99 AUD
Category: Gardening | Series: Penguin Press Science | Reading Level: good-very good
'Everyone interested in the natural world will enjoy The Secret Life of Trees. I found myself reading out whole chunks to friends' The Times, Books of the YearWhat is a tree? As this celebration of the trees shows, they are our countryside; our ancestors descended from them; they gave us air to breathe. ...Show more
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