Beyond the Known - How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars by Andrew Rader
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: near fine
From brilliant young polymath Andrew Rader--an MIT-credentialed scientist, popular podcast host, and SpaceX mission manager--an illuminating chronicle of exploration that spotlights humans' insatiable desire to continually push into new and uncharted territory, from civilization's earliest days to curre ...Show more
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Bryson | Reading Level: very good
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him.A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got ...Show more
A Small Illustrated Guide to the Universe by Ella Frances Sanders
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
A beautifully illustrated exploration of the principles, laws, and wonders that rule our universe, our world, and our daily lives, from the New York Times bestselling creator of Lost in Translation.
Apollo 11 by David Whitehouse
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
The amazing inside story of Apollo 11 - The Right Stuff for a new generation
A Brief History Of Time: From Big Bang To Black Holes by Stephen Hawking
$23.99 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
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
A Scheme of Heaven: Astrology and the Birth of Science by Alexander Boxer
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
Despite a resurgence in popularity, horoscopes are generally considered to be pseudoscience today - but they were once a cutting-edge scientific tool. In this ingenious work of history, data scientist Alexander Boxer examines a treasure trove of esoteric classical sources to expose the deep imaginative ...Show more
A Pocket History of Human Evolution - The Apes, the Others, and Us by Silvana Condemi; François Savatier
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
Why aren't we more like other apes? How did we win the evolutionary race? Find out how "wise" Homo sapiens really are. Prehistory has never been more exciting: New discoveries are overturning long-held theories left and right. Stone tools in Australia date back 65,000 years--a time when, we once though ...Show more
101 Facts You Didn't Know About Space by MARK THOMPSON
$75.00 AUD
Category: Science
Did you know a compost heap generates as much energy as the Sun? Or that dung beetles use the Milky Way to navigate? Maybe you have not been into space but if you have then you will know that astronauts have feet as soft as babies! 101 Space Facts You Didn't Know takes you on a wild journey around the U ...Show more
21 Lessons for the 21st Century: 'Truly mind-expanding... Ultra-topical' Guardian by Yuval Noah Harari
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century explores the present. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What ...Show more
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic by Simon Winchester
$20.00 AUD
$34.99 (42% off)
Category: On Sale
From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes—here is award-winning writer Simon Winchester’s brilliant and all-encompassing look at how humans acquire, retain, and pass on information and data, and how technology continues to change our li ...Show more
Shapeshifters: The Wondrous World of Jellyfish by Lisa-ann Gershwin
$70.00 AUD
Category: Science
A breathtaking collection of photographs and expert commentary that shed light on the most mysterious creatures of the deep seaJellyfish come in a dazzling array of colors, shapes, and sizes, drifting through every ocean, from the surface to the deepest of the deep seas, and are even found in freshwater ...Show more
Here be Monsters: Is Technology Reducing Our Humanity? by Richard King
$20.00 AUD
$33.99 (41% off)
Category: On Sale
Technology is developing fast — so fast that it threatens to overwhelm the very species whose genius lies in its technological cunning: us. From the metaverse to genetic engineering and mood-altering pharmaceuticals, to cybersex and cyberwar and the widespread automation of work, new technologies are re ...Show more