Making Contact: Jill Tarter and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence by Sarah Scoles
$39.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Jill Tarter is a pioneer, an innovator, an adventurer, and a controversial force. At a time when women weren't encouraged to do much outside the home, Tarter ventured as far out as she could--into the three-Kelvin cold of deep space. And she hasn't stopped investigating a subject that takes and takes wi ...Show more
Into the Grey Zone: A Neuroscientist Explores the Border Between Life and Death by Adrian Owen
$29.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
In 2006 Dr Adrian Owen and his team made medical history. They discovered a new realm of consciousness, a twilight zone somewhere between life and death. They called this the Grey Zone.The people who inhabit the Grey Zone are often mistakenly labelled as being irretrievably lost, with no awareness and n ...Show more
Climate Change Delusion and the Great Electricity Ripoff by Ian Plimer
$39.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science
How did one of the worlds largest exporters of coal, gas and uranium end up with unreliable and expensive energy? Massive subsidies for renewable energy, gaming of the electricity market and government mandates have closed coal-fired generators that previously provided cheap reliable electricity. Five h ...Show more
How to be Human : New Scientist by New Scientist Staff
$39.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
If you thought you knew who you were, THINK AGAIN. Did you know that half your DNA isn't human? That somebody, somewhere has exactly the same face? Or that most of your memories are fiction? What about the fact that you are as hairy as a chimpanzee, various parts of your body don't belong to you, or t ...Show more
Particle Physics Brick by Brick by Dr. Ben Still
$26.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
All matter comprises of twelve 'building block' particles. This book explains how these building blocks are formed and interact, using toy building blocks to create a uniquely visual and clear depiction of the way our universe is put together. This is the perfect introduction to the enigmatic and fascin ...Show more
The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World by Anthony Brandt David Eagleman
$32.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Our relentless drive to create makes us unique among living creatures. What is special about the human brain that enables us to innovate? Why don't cows choreograph dances? Why don't squirrels build elevators to their treetops? Why don't alligators invent speedboats?Weaving together the arts and science ...Show more
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky
$35.00 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Reading Level: very good
Why do we do what we do? Behave is at once a dazzling tour and a majestic synthesis of the whole science of human behaviour. Brought to life through simple language, engaging stories and irreverent wit, it offers the fullest picture yet of the origins of tribalism and xenophobia, hierarchy and competiti ...Show more
The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World by Jeff Goodell
$34.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Reading Level: very good
A New York Times Critics' Top Book of 2017One of Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2017One of Booklist's Top 10 Science Books of 2017 "An immersive, mildly gonzo and depressingly well-timed book about the drenching effects of global warming, and a powerful reminder that we can bury our ...Show more
The Story of Shit by Midas Dekkers; Nancy Forest-Flier (Translator)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
A masterful writing style that is not only unique in biology but without equal in the whole of Dutch literature. The Story of Shitshows Dekkers once again to be in possession of a golden pen.' New Scientist We are very discreet. We disappear into a small room, perform the task, flush, wash and reappear ...Show more
Where Song Began: Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World by Tim Low
$22.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Renowned for its unusual mammals, Australia is a land of birds that are just as unusual, just as striking, a result of the continent's tens of millions of years of isolation. Compared with birds elsewhere, ours are more likely to be intelligent, aggressive and loud, to live in complex societies, and are ...Show more
What's Next? What Science Can Tell Us About Our Fascinating Future by Jim Al-Khalili
$19.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Thought the science of the future was all hoverboards and space travel? Think again. Every day, scientists come up with the ingenious solutions and surprising discoveries that will define our future. So here, Jim Al-Khalili and his crack team of experts bin the crystal ball and use cutting-edge science ...Show more
This Idea Is Brilliant: Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know by John Brockman
$29.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Series: Edge Question Ser.
Brilliant but overlooked ideas you must know, as revealed by Steven Pinker, Jared Diamond, Lisa Randall, Richard Thaler, Carlo Rovelli, Richard Dawkins, Helen Fisher, Ian McEwen, and more of today's most innovative minds - A top-ten San Francisco Chronicle bestseller What scientific term or concept ough ...Show more