A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by David Attenborough
$22.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
*Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Science & Technology Book of the Year* In this scientifically informed account of the changes occurring in the world over the last century, award-winning broadcaster and natural historian shares a lifetime of wisdom and a hopeful vision for the future. See the ...Show more
Quiet: The power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking by Susan Cain
$24.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Reading Level: very good
The little book with a very big idea that has everyone talking Quiet, the Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller by Susan Cain, will permanently change how we see introverts - and how you see yourself. Our lives are driven by a fact most of us can't name and don't understand- whether we're an introv ...Show more
1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off by John Lloyd
$19.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
A buffet groaning with mouth-watering nuggets from QI's first ten years.
Retraining the Brain : A 45 Day Plan to Conquer Stress and Anxiety by Frank Lawlis
$19.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
With his bestselling books, Frank Lawlis has brought psychological relief to millions. In his latest book, he addresses one of the most common challenges of everyday life - dealing with stress. In RETRAINING THE BRAIN, Dr. Lawlis clearly explains the neurological factors that make stress so traumatisin ...Show more
Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets by Simon Singh
$29.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Everyone knows that The Simpsons is probably the most successful show in television history. What you might not know is that it contains enough sophisticated mathematics to form a university course, and then some. In the first ever episode, baby Maggie is messing around with some building blocks, which ...Show more
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell
$22.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Reading Level: very good
Malcolm Gladwell's provocative new #1 bestseller -- now in paperback. Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a pebble and a sling-and ever since, the names of David and Goliath have stood for battles between underdo ...Show more
Cooked - A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan
$24.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Reading Level: very good
Michael Pollan, the bestselling author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, Food Rules, and How to Change Your Mind, explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen in Cooked. Now a docu-series streaming on Netflix, starring Pollan as he explores how cooking transforms food and shapes our world. ...Show more
The Natural History Book by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
$69.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Reading Level: very good
A monumental and extraordinarily beautiful guide to the Earth's natural wonders Five years in the making, covering over 5,000 species, The Natural History Bookis one-of-a-kind; the only book to offer a complete survey of the Earth's natural history. Each geological and biological grouping is introduced ...Show more
Curious Minds - Australian Naturalists by Peter Macinnis
$39.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Curious Minds: The Discoveries of Australian Naturalists looks at the long line of naturalists who have traversed Australia in search of new plants and animals. Identifying and classifying the unfamiliar plants and animals was their biggest challengethe early ones were frequently wrong but later natural ...Show more
Seven Elements That Have Shaped the World: Uranium, Carbon, Iron, Titanium, Gold, Silver, Silicon by John Browne
$29.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Uranium, carbon, iron, titanium, gold, silver and silicon - how seven elements are shaping the 21st century, for good and bad. With carbon we access heat, light and mobility at the flick of a switch, while silicon enables us to communicate across the globe in an instant. Yet our use of the Earth's miner ...Show more
Yellow Elephant by Tansel Ali
$19.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science
This book is a guide to improving your memory to enable learning faster and more effectively. The author, an Australian Memory Champion shows how four simple but powerful memory techniques can be learnt to train your brain for better recall and applied fo
Chaotic Fishponds and Mirror Universes: The Strange Maths Behind the Modern World by Dr. Richard Elwes
$19.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
What can we learn from fish in a pond? How do social networks connect the world? How can artificial intelligences learn? Why would life be different in a mirror universe? Mathematics is everywhere, whether we are aware of it or not. Exploring the subject through 35 of its often odd and unexpected applic ...Show more