The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
A narrative investigation into the new science of plant intelligence and sentience, from National Association of Science Writers Award winner and Livingston Award finalist Zoe Schlanger'. Look at the green organism across the room or through the window: the potted plant, or the grass, or a tree. Think h ...Show more
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M Sapolsky
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
'Awe-inspiring ... the best scientific book written for non-specialists that I have ever read. You will learn more about human nature than in any other book I can think of, and you will be inspired' Henry Marsh, author of Do No HarmA ground-breaking synthesis of the entire science of human behaviour by ...Show more
Universe by DK
$59.99 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
Marvel at the wonders of the Universe, from stars and planets to black holes and nebulae, in this exploration of our Solar System and beyond. Universe opens with a look at astronomy and the history of the Universe, using 3D artworks to provide a comprehensive grounding in the fundamental concepts of as ...Show more
On the Scent: Unlocking the mysteries of smell by Paola Totaro, Robert Wainwright
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
When award-winning reporter Paola Totaro lost her sense of smell to Covid in March 2020, her world changed and dulled in an instant. Trapped in a sensory vacuum without fragrance or flavour, she embarked on a journey of discovery to unravel the mysteries - and eccentricities - of the fifth sense.Our sen ...Show more
Latitude: The Astonishing Journey To Discover the Shape of the Earth by Nick Crane
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
Told for the very first time, this is the true story of the adventure that shaped the world . . .'A thrilling story of courage, survival and science. It's an extraordinary, visceral and vivid read' Geographical Magazine________Three hundred years ago no one knew the true shape of the world.It wasn't a s ...Show more
The Battle for Your Brain - Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology by Nita A. Farahany
$36.99 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
A new dawn of brain tracking and hacking is coming. Will you be prepared for what comes next?Imagine a world where your brain can be interrogated to learn your political beliefs, your thoughts can be used as evidence of a crime, and your own feelings can be held against you. A world where people who suf ...Show more
How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World by Steven Johnson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
From Steven Johnson, the best-selling author of Where Good Ideas Come From, comes How We Got to Now, the companion book to his six-part BBC One television series exploring the power and the legacy of great ideas. How did photography bring about social reform? What connects refrigeration to Hollywood? An ...Show more
The Weather and Climate of Australia and New Zealand by Andrew P. Sturman
$153.95 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
Comprehensively updated in it's 2nd edition, The Weather and Climate in Australia and New Zealand provides an introduction to the basic concepts underlying the science of the atmosphere from a Southern Hemisphere perspective, and establishes the global setting within which the weather and climate of Aus ...Show more
The Best Australian Science Writing 2017 by Michael Slezak (Contribution by)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
Would it be ethical to eat sentient aliens? What is the basis of differences between the sexes? Where do you find fossils of early multicellular life? Is there any hope for the Great Barrier Reef or Tasmanian forests in a warming climate? Were Aboriginal Australians the world's first astronomers? The Be ...Show more
The Most Good You Can Do - How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas aboutLiving Ethically by Peter Singer
$23.99 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
"Internationally renowned philosopher Peter Singer presents a challenging new movement in the search for an ethical life, one that has emerged from his work on some of the world's most pressing problems. Effective altruism requires a rigorously unsentimental view of charitable giving: a substantial prop ...Show more
Adam Spencer's Maths 101: The Curly Questions Your Primary School Kids Will Ask You (With the Answers!) by Adam Spencer
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
Adam Spencer’s Maths 101 is the reassuring maths book companion for parents and their children tackling primary school level maths. If you’ve ever been challenged mathematically (and who hasn't?), then Adam Spencer is here with this crucial refresher to help you confidently assist your kids learning mat ...Show more
The First Astronomers: How Indigenous Elders read the stars by Duane Hamacher
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
The First Astronomers is the first book to reveal the rich knowledge of the stars and the planets held by First Peoples around the world. Our eyes have been drawn away from the skies to our screens. We no longer look to the stars to forecast the weather, predict the seasons or plant our gardens. Most of ...Show more