Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks
$24.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Series: Picador Classic Ser.
With an introduction by neuroscientist Daniel GlaserThe late Oliver Sacks' compassionate tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own minds.Musicophilia is no different. In this breathtaking work, Sacks examines the power ...Show more
The Best Australian Science Writing 2018 by John Pickrell (Editor)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Series: The\Best Australian Science Writing Seri Ser. | Reading Level: 4 Science
This popular yearly anthology gives a snapshot of the very best science writing Australia has to offer, including everything from the most esoteric philosophical questions about ourselves and the universe, through to practical questions about the environment in which we live.Now in its eighth year, The ...Show more
Hacking Darwin - Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity by Jamie Metzl
$39.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
From leading geopolitical expert and technology futurist Jamie Metzl comes a groundbreaking exploration of the many ways genetic-engineering is shaking the core foundations of our lives-sex, war, love, and death. At the dawn of the genetics revolution, our DNA is becoming as readable, writable, and hack ...Show more
Anaesthesia: The Gift of Oblivion, the Mystery of Consciousness by Kate Cole-Adams
$32.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Winner, 2017 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award You know how it is when you go under. The jab, the countdown, the----and then you wake.This book is about what happens in between. Until a hundred and seventy years ago many people chose death over the ordeal of surgery. Now hundreds of thousands u ...Show more
We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe by Daniel Whiteman
$32.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Universe: Exploring the Astronomical World by Phaidon Press Editors; David Malin (Contribution by); Paul Murdin (Contribution by)
$79.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Explore the stars and planets and beyond through 300 fascinating images - an international panel of experts take you on a journey through man's record of the universe - from ancient cave paintings to animation. Universe is a groundbreaking survey that celebrates the popular subject of astronomy through ...Show more
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal by Jared M. Diamond
$19.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Pulitzer Prize winning Jared Diamond's first foray into illustrated young adult nonfiction
The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty by Peter Singer
$24.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science
The Life You Can Save is the book that Peter Singer has wanted to write for thirty years. It is his argument about how we should respond to hunger and poverty. We live in a unique moment in history where the rich can genuinely help the poor to escape relentless poverty. But this will only happen if the ...Show more
War: What is it Good for?: The Role of Conflict in Civilisation, from Primates to Robots by Ian Morris
$24.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
War is one of the greatest human evils. It has ruined livelihoods, provoked unspeakable atrocities and left countless millions dead. It has caused economic chaos and widespread deprivation. And the misery it causes poisons foreign policy for future generations. But, argues bestselling historian Ian Morr ...Show more
The Superpower Transformation: Making Australia's Zero-Carbon Future by Ross Garnaut
$34.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
In his bestselling Superpower, renowned economist Ross Garnaut showed that Australia - rich in resources for renewable energy and for capturing carbon in the landscape - could become an economic superpower of the post-carbon world. Now, in The Superpower Transformation, he turns that idea into a practic ...Show more