Unlocking the Universe by Lucy and Stephen Hawking
$26.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Have you ever wondered how the universe began? Or what it takes to put humans on the moon - or even on Mars? What would you do if you could travel through space and time?Embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this beautiful collection of up-to-the-minute essays by the world's leading scientists includ ...Show more
Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Life by DK
$19.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science | Series: DK Handbooks Ser.
A comprehensive pocket guide to dinosaurs and prehistoric animals and the world they inhabited millions of years ago. Packed with more than 700 full-colour illustrations, this definitive pocket guide paints a vivid portrait of extraordinary dinosaurs and prehistoric animals, and the ecosystems they live ...Show more
The Greatest Story Ever Told...So Far - Why are we here? by Lawrence Krauss
$22.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
''Probably the most readable, exciting and authoritative writer on science we have. A new Lawrence Krauss book always goes to the top of the curious mind''s wish list.'' Stephen Fry "I loved the fight scenes and the sex scenes were excellent." (Eric Idle) ''In the span of a century, physics progressed f ...Show more
Karl, the Universe and Everything by Karl Kruszelnicki
$19.98 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Grab your towel and hitchhike across the galaxy with Australia's most popular scientist Dr Karl Kruszelnicki. Learn about Dr Karl, the universe and everything, and discover how air-conditioning is sexist, how you can kill a spinning hard drive by shouting at it and how space junk is threatening our futu ...Show more
Reactions : An Illustrated Exploration of Elements, Molecules, and Change in the Universe (HB) by Theodore Gray; Nick Mann (Photography)
$42.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
With Reactions bestselling author Theodore Gray continues the journey through our molecular and chemical world that began with the tour de force The Elements and continued with Molecules. In The Elements, Gray gave us a never-before-seen, mesmerizing photographic view of the 118 elements in the periodic ...Show more
Fossils Inside Out: A Global Fusion of Science, Art and Culture by THOMAS WIEWANDT
$49.95 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Fossils Inside Out brings fossils, paleoecology, and the fossil industry to life in a beautiful and easy-to-understand format suitable for young adults and older, scientists and non-scientists. This large format book is packed with information connecting the past, present, and future of life on Earth. I ...Show more
Adam Spencer's Number Games by Adam Spencer
$24.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Who's smarter -- a four-year-old chimp or a four-year-old human? How much does it cost to stop a computer virus? And will you really become a billionaire at 31? The answers to all these questions -- as well as over 100 brainbusting and mind-bending number games, puzzles and quizzes -- are in Adam Spenc ...Show more
50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know by Joanne Baker
$19.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Ser.
We encounter physics before we've even left the house in the morning; an alarm clock tracks time, a mirror reflects light waves and our mobile phones rely on satellites held in their orbit by gravity.Where would we be without the Bernoulli equation to explain how planes fly, electromagnetic waves enabli ...Show more
Volcanoes and Earthquakes by Chiara Maria Petrone; Roberto Scandone; Alex Whittaker
$29.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Volcanoes & Earthquakes features the earth sciences at their most spectacular. It reveals the massive internal forces that create and change the Earth’s surface, with dramatic and sometimes beautiful consequences. The authors explain what fuels the power of volcanoes and earthquakes, and explore ho ...Show more
Fire, Ice, and Physics - The Science of Game of Thrones by Rebecca C. Thompson; Sean Carroll (Foreword by)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Game of Thrones is a fantasy that features a lot of made-up science--fabricated climatology (when is winter coming?), astronomy, metallurgy, chemistry, and biology. Most fans of George R. R. Martin's fantastical world accept it all as part of the magic. A trained scientist, watching the fake science in ...Show more
The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires that Run the World by Oliver Milman
$29.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
How would we live if insects no longer existed? When is the last time you were stung by a wasp? Or were followed by a cloud of midges? Or saw a butterfly? All these normal occurrences are becoming much rarer. A groundswell of research suggests insect numbers are in serious decline all over the world - i ...Show more
Simply The Brain: Facts Made Fast by DK
$22.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
The human brain is a most remarkable organ, but how well do we really understand the way it works? Discover more about what goes on in your head with this guide to the brain and the mind, based on the latest neuroscience research. What is a brain and what is the mind? Do you only use 10% of your brain? ...Show more