Simply Emerging Technology: Facts Made Fast by DK
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
Understanding technology has never been easier. Combining bold graphics with easy-to-understand text, Simply Emerging Technology is the perfect introduction to the fast-changing world of technology for those who are short of time but hungry for knowledge. Covering a broad range of fields - from familiar ...Show more
The Psychology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
$42.99 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
DK's best-selling guide to the history of psychology - now fully revised and updated How do our minds influence the way we behave? How do our bodies and minds work together? Do we have free will? Exploring and explaining the big ideas and groundbreaking theories in the field of psychology in a clear and ...Show more
Moon Landing, 1969 - The Epic 400-Year Journey to Apollo 11 by Sigmund Brouwer
$26.99 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
This riveting narrative told from the astronauts' points of view offers a unique approach to the story behind Apollo 11's successful --- though nearly disastrous --- 1969 moon landing. Readers are brought along on the ride of a lifetime, as they relive every step of the mission, including the nail-bitin ...Show more
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories that Make Us by Rachel Aviv
$26.99 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
The highly anticipated debut from the award-winning New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv asks how the stories we tell about mental illness shape our deepest sense of who we are There are stories that save us, and stories that trap us, and in the midst of an illness it can be very hard to know which is which... ...Show more
Revolution of Heavenly Spheres (Concise Edition) by NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
$26.99 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy | Series: Foundations Ser.
Controversial at the time Copernicus' discoveries led to the scientific revolution, and a greater understanding of our place in the universe. Copernicus' pioneering discovery of the heliocentric nature of the solar system is one of the few identifiable moments in history that define the understanding of ...Show more
The Hubble Space Telescope - Our Eye on the Universe by Terence Dickinson; Tracy Read
$14.95 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
A beautifully illustrated, accessible beginner's guide to the Hubble Space Telescope. Acclaimed astronomer Terence Dickinson and his longtime editor Tracy C. Read team up to explore the starry treasures in our galaxy and beyond as revealed by the Hubble Space Telescope. Since Galileo pointed his teles ...Show more
The Firefly Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Gems by Rupert Hochleitner
$28.99 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
Step-by-step Questions and Answers with detailed color photographs for easy identification. The Firefly Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Gems is designed for easy and reliable identification of minerals, gems and rocks. The identification process begins with the stone's streak color, which is how the book ...Show more
White Holes: Inside the Horizon by Carlo Rovelli
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
A mesmerizing trip to the strange new world of white holes, from Carlo Rovelli, the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics. Let us journey, with beloved physicist Carlo Rovelli, into the heart of a black hole. Let us slip beyond its boundary, the horizon, and tumble - on and on - down thi ...Show more
The Weight of Nature by Clayton Aldern
$55.00 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
It is now inarguable that climate change threatens the future of life on Earth. But in The Weight of Nature, award-winning journalist and neuroscientist Clayton Page Aldern shows that the warming climate is not just affecting our planet - it is affecting our brains and bodies too. Drawing on six years o ...Show more
Space: A thrilling human history by Britain's beloved astronaut Tim Peake by Tim Peake
$36.99 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
The first human history of space travel - from the Apollo missions to our journey to Mars - by Britain's beloved astronaut *Available for Pre-order Now* From bestselling author and astronaut Tim Peake, the captivating story of humans in space. Only 628 people in human history have left Earth. In Space- ...Show more
Why We Die: The New Science of Ageing and the Quest for Immortality by Venki Ramakrishnan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
The knowledge of death is so terrifying that we live most of our lives in denial of it. Our fear of death has underpinned our religions, inspired our cultures, and also driven our science. Today we are living through a revolution in biology. Giant strides are being made in our understanding of why we a ...Show more
Philosophy of the Home: Domestic Space and Happiness by Emanuele Coccia (Author) , Richard Dixon (Translated by)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
A bedroom, a kitchen, a bathroom - are these three rooms all that make a home? Not at all, argues Emanuele Coccia. The buildings we inhabit are of immense psychological and cultural significance. They play a decisive role in human flourishing and, for hundreds of years, their walls and walkways, windows ...Show more