Best Australian Science Writing 2014 by Ashley Hay
$29.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
The annual collection celebrating the finest Australian science writing of the year. Why are Sydney's golden orb weaver spiders getting fatter and fitter? Could sociology explain the recent upsurge in prostate cancer diagnoses? Why were Darwinites craving a good storm during 'The Angry Summer'? Is it tr ...Show more
The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore
$45.00 AUD
Category: Pop Science
A riveting work that reveals the origin of one of American popular culture's most iconic figures - a story that hides within it not only a fascinating family saga but a crucial history of twentieth-century feminism. From the author of the National Book Award finalist Book of Ages. Wonder Woman, created ...Show more
Mythology 101: From Gods and Goddesses to Monsters and Mortals, Your Guide to Ancient Mythology by Kathleen Sears
$24.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Series: 101
Explore the fascinating myths of Greek and Roman civilizations The tales of gods and heroes are often turned into tedious discourse that even Ovid would reject. This easy-to-read guide cuts out the boring details, and instead, provides you with a thrilling lesson in classic mythology. From the heights o ...Show more
Coping with Memory Problems by Sallie Baxendale
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Category: Pop Science
For every person who develops Alzheimer's, there are thought to be at least another eight whose memory problems are severe enough to affect the quality of their lives. This book addresses all forms of memory loss, organic and non-organic; it explores how memory may be affected by stress, anxiety and dep ...Show more
Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole by Allan Ropper
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Category: Pop Science
Here, distinguished neurologist Allan Ropper reveals the stories behind some of the extraordinary and often frightening brain conditions that he and his staff at the Harvard Medical School try - and sometimes fail - to diagnose and treat.
Most Good You Can Do by Peter Singer
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Category: Pop Science
Peter Singer, often described as the world's most influential living philosopher, presents a challenging new movement in the search for an ethical life, one that has emerged from his own work on some of the world's most pressing problems. Effective altruism involves doing the most good possible. It requ ...Show more
The Philosopher's Dog by Raimond Gaita
$25.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Filled with wonderful stories about domestic and wild animals, about friendship and love, about the experience of mountaineering and the metaphysical contemplation of landscape, The Philosopher's Dog is a wonderful and moving work.
Absolute Recoil - Towards a New Foundation of Dialectical Materialism by Slavoj Zizek
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Category: Pop Science
"In this major new work the leading philosopher Slavoj Zizek argues that philosophical materialism has failed to meet the key scientific, theoretical and political challenges of the modern world, from relativity theory and quantum physics to Freudian psychoanalysis and the failure of twentieth-century C ...Show more
Great Transition: Shifting From Fossil.. by Lester R. Brown
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Category: Pop Science
As oil insecurity deepens, the extraction risks of fossil fuels rise, and concerns about climate instability cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new world energy economy is emerging. The old economy, fueled by oil, natural gas, and coal is being replaced with one powered by wind, solar, and geother ...Show more
Governomics by Miriam/McAuley, Ian Lyons
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Category: Pop Science
People have many good reasons to want a decent public education system, to want a well-funded health system, and to live in a society where there is less disparity between the rich and the poor. What is not always clear is that, almost without exception, public sector involvement makes sound economics. ...Show more
Sex Myth by Rachel Hills
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Category: Pop Science
From a bold new feminist voice, a book that will change the way you think about your sex life. Fifty years after the sexual revolution, we are told that we live in a time of unprecedented sexual freedom; that, if anything, we are too free now. But beneath the veneer of glossy hedonism, millennial journa ...Show more
Sufficiency Economy: Enough, for Everyone, Forever by Samuel Alexander
$49.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
In this second volume of collected essays, Samuel Alexander develops the provocative ideas contained in "Prosperous Descent: Crisis as Opportunity in an Age of Limits." Industrial civilisation promotes mistaken ideas of freedom and wellbeing, while placing unsupportable burdens on the biosphere. This be ...Show more