Homo Mysterious: Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature by David P. Barash
$33.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science
For all that science knows about the living world, there are even more things that we don't know, genuine evolutionary mysteries that perplex the best minds in biology. And paradoxically, many of these mysteries are very close to home: They involve some of the most personal aspects of being human, incl ...Show more
Tweeting the Universe: Tiny Explanations of Very Big Ideas by Marcus Chown
$22.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
In 140 pages, two masterly popularisers present 140 explanations of the biggest questions in physics - in the form of 10 or so tweets per page. They set themselves the challenge of boiling down what is essential on each subject into sentences of 140 characters, and the results are both entertaining and ...Show more
Europe Before Rome: A Site-by-site Tour of the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages by T. Douglas Price
$53.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Werner Herzog's 2011 film Cave of Forgotten Dreams, about the painted caves at Chauvet, France brought a glimpse of Europe's extraordinary prehistory to a popular audience. But paleolithic cave paintings, stunning as they are, form just a part a story that begins with the arrival of the first humans to ...Show more
The Future by Al Gore
$65.00 AUD
Category: Pop Science
In "The Future", former US Vice President Al Gore, explores the political, social and economic forces that are shaping what America and the world will become in ensuing decades. From demographics to democracy, Gore explores what he calls the 'Drivers of Global Change', framing the international conversa ...Show more
The Science of Monsters: Why Monsters Came to Be and What Made Them So Terrifying by Matt Kaplan
$24.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Modern audiences do not find dragons frightening. Fascinating as mythical creatures, yes, but terrifying, no. Yet, present them with a story about a virus that can kill a healthy adult in hours and they will have nightmares for weeks. The difference between the two is believability. Monsters are at thei ...Show more
The Wisdom of Psychopaths by Kevin Dutton
$34.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Psychopath. No sooner is the word out than images of murderers, rapists, suicide bombers and gangsters flash across our minds. But unlike their box-office counterparts, not all psychopaths are violent, or even criminal. Far from it. In fact, they have a lot of good things going for them. Psychopaths are ...Show more
What's Wrong with Climate Politics and How to Fix It by Paul G. Harris
$32.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Series: Polity What's Wrong Series
Governments have failed to stem global emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases causing climate change. Indeed, climate-changing pollution is increasing globally, and will do so for decades to come without far more aggressive action. What explains this failure to effectively tackle one of ...Show more
Geometry in Nature by John Blackwood
$54.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science
From the simplest observations in nature to detailed measuring of intricate forms, we find geometry everywhere in the world around us. In this magnificent book, John Blackwood explores different kinds of symmetry in the diverse realms of nature. He considers the fundamental forms of minerals, plants, a ...Show more
Out of Time: The Pleasures and Perils of Ageing by Lynne Segal
$39.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science
A brave book with a polemical argument on the paradoxes, struggles and advantages of aging. "How old am I? Don't ask, don't tell." As the baby boomers approach their sixth or seventh decade, they are faced with new challenges and questions of politics and identity. In the footsteps of Simone de Beauvoir ...Show more
How to Deal with Adversity: The School Of Life by Christopher Hamilton
$19.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Series: The\School of Life Ser.
In How to Deal with Adversity, Christopher Hamilton explores how we face trials and tribulations in everyday life, and why adversity, from small setbacks to larger, more life-defining problems, affects and shapes us so fundamentally. In this book from The School of Life series, drawing upon history, phi ...Show more
Going Viral by Karine Nahon
$29.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science
We live in a world where a tweet can be instantly retweeted and read by millions around the world in minutes, where a video forwarded to friends can destroy a political career in hours, and where an unknown man or woman can become an international celebrity overnight. Virality: individuals create it, go ...Show more
Mapping Our World by Peter Barber
$49.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
The cover image, World Map by Fra Mauro c. 1450, is one of the most important and famous maps of all time. This monumental map of the world was created by the monk Fra Mauro in his monastery on the island of San Michele in the Venetian lagoon. Now the centrepiece of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in ...Show more