Kay’s Incredible Inventions: A Fascinating and Fantastically Funny Guide to Inventions That Changed the World (and Some That Definitely Didn’t) by Adam Kay
$39.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
The third hilarious middle grade book from the record-breaking bestselling author of Kay's Anatomy and This is Going to Hurt, Adam Kay. Illustrated throughout by Adam's friend and fellow award-winning comedian, Henry Paker. Do you ever wonder where the stuff around you all came from? No, not from eBay. ...Show more
The Fossil Book - A Record of Prehistoric Life by Patricia Vickers Rich; Thomas Hewitt Rich; Mildred Adams Fenton; Carroll Lane Fenton
$110.00 AUD
Category: Pop Science
"A readable . . . and remarkably comprehensive survey of the realm of prehistoric life." -- Chicago Sunday TribuneEarth's fossil records date back more than three-and-a-half billion years ago, providing extraordinary documentation of the evolution of life on this planet. From primitive one-celled organi ...Show more
Yearbook of Astronomy 2021 by Brian Jones
$59.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Maintaining its appealing style and presentation, the Yearbook of Astronomy 2021 contains comprehensive jargon-free monthly sky notes and an authoritative set of sky charts to enable backyard astronomers and sky gazers everywhere to plan their viewing of the year's eclipses, comets, meteor showers and m ...Show more
The Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis
$49.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
From the global bestselling author of The Big Short, the gripping story of the maverick scientists who hunted down Covid-19 'It's a foreboding,' she said. 'A knowing that something is looming around the corner. Like how when the seasons change you can smell Fall in the air right before the leaves change ...Show more
Questions raised by Quolls by Harry Saddler
$32.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
When Harry Saddler first encountered a quoll while camping as a boy, he was struck by the beauty of the timid creature who had emerged from the bush, sniffing for dinner. As Harry frantically snapped a photo, the agile-spotted quoll stole his fruitcake and disappeared into the undergrowth. That blurry ...Show more
Yearbook of Astronomy 2022 by Brian Jones
$59.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
The Yearbook of Astronomy 2022 is the Diamond Jubilee edition of this iconic publication, the annual appearance of which has been eagerly anticipated by astronomers, both amateur and professional, ever since this invaluable book first appeared in 1962. As the preface to the 1962 edition informed its rea ...Show more
King Warrior Magician Lover by Robert Moore, D Gillette
$36.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
The bestselling, widely heralded, Jungian introduction to the psychological foundation of a mature, authentic, and revitalized masculinity. Redefining age-old concepts of masculinity, Jungian analysts Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette make the argument that mature masculinity is not abusive or domineer ...Show more
Because Internet: Understanding how language is changing by Gretchen McCulloch
$19.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!! "Gretchen McCulloch is the internet's favorite linguist, and this book is essential reading. Reading her work is like suddenly being able to see the matrix." --Jonny Sun, author of everyone's a aliebn when ur a aliebn too Because Internet is for anyone who's ever ...Show more
Faking It: Artificial Intelligence in a Human World by Toby Walsh
$34.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
A prescient analysis of what makes artificial intelligence so ... artificial Artificially intelligent machines are set to play an increasingly important role in our lives. They will take the dirty tasks of life off our hands, as well as the dull, the difficult and the dangerous - which is a good thing. ...Show more
Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World by Helen Czerski
$35.00 AUD
Category: Pop Science
A timely and powerful examination of ocean physics. All of the Earth's ocean, from the equator to the poles, is a single engine powered by sunlight - a blue machine. Human history has been dictated by the ocean- the location of cities, access to resources and the gateways to new lands have all revolve ...Show more
Atlas of a Changing Climate: Our Evolving Planet Visualized with More Than 100 Maps, Charts and Infographics by BRIAN BUMA
$59.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
This Is Climate Change, Visualized Climate change, shrinking wildlife habitats, rising sea levels, and vanishing species. These are big, important ideas that deserve a proper exploration--just the type of revealing journey you will experience in The Atlas of a Changing Climate. In this design-fo ...Show more
Herding Hemingway's Cats: Understanding How Our Genes Work by Kat Arney
$29.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
The language of genes has become common parlance. We know they make your eyes blue, your hair curly or your nose straight. The media tells us that our genes control the risk of cancer, heart disease, alcoholism or Alzheimer's. The cost of DNA sequencing has plummeted from billions of pounds to a few hun ...Show more