The Sea Inside by Philip Hoare
$32.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
A startling new book, his most personal to date, from Philip Hoare, winner of the 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize for 'Leviathan'. The sea surrounds us. It gives us life, provides us with the air we breathe and the food we eat. It is ceaseless change and constant presence. It covers two-thirds of our planet. ...Show more
Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending by Elizabeth Dunn
$35.00 AUD
Category: Pop Science
If you think money can't buy happiness, you're not spending it right. Two rising stars in behavioral science explain how money can buy happiness--if you follow five core principles of smarter spending. "Happy Money "offers a tour of new research on the science of spending. Most people recognize that the ...Show more
Child Psychology & Development For Dummies by Laura L. Smith
$24.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science
A complete and comprehensive guide to why kids behave and think the way they do-and how to bring out the best in them. In the U.S., more than 10 of children are diagnosed with psychiatric disorders, while countless others remain undiagnosed. Defining what is "normal" and what is not is of great concern ...Show more
Unnatural Selection: Why The Geeks Will Inherit The Earth by Mark Roeder
$29.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Is Darwin's theory of evolution out of date? According to author Mark Roeder it is. In Charles Darwin's view, only the fittest of the species - the aplha males and females survived and evolved. But these days the game has changed. You no longer need physical strength and strong genes to make it - in fa ...Show more
Feral: Searching for Enchantment on the Frontiers of Rewilding by George Monbiot
$39.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
In Feral, George Monbiot, one of the world's most celebrated radical thinkers, and the author of Captive State, Heat, The Age of Consent and Amazon Watershed, follows his own hunger for new environmental experiences, in a riveting tale of possibility and travel with wildlife and wild people 'The suburbs ...Show more
The Great British Year: Wildlife Through the Seasons by Stephen Moss
$49.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Britain is a place of remarkable beauty and surprising extremes: nowhere else in the temperate world boasts such extreme variety in such a small area. Our humble island has over 10,000 miles of coastline; iconic animals and birds; and unique spectacles of migration that see wildlife from all corners of ...Show more
Why We Argue (and How We Should): A Guide to Political Disagreement by Scott F. Aikin
$34.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Why We Argue (And How We Should): A Guide to Political Disagreement presents an accessible and engaging introduction to the theory of argument, with special emphasis on the way argument works in public political debate. The authors develop a view according to which proper argument is necessary for one' ...Show more
Egyptomania: Our Three Thousand Year Obsession with the Land of the Pharaohs by Dr Bob Brier
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Category: Pop Science
The world has always been fascinated with ancient Egypt. When the Romans conquered Egypt, it was really Egypt that conquered the Romans. Cleopatra captivated both Caesar and Marc Antony and soon Roman ladies were worshipping Isis and wearing vials of Nile water around their necks. What is it about ancie ...Show more
You Can Beat Your Brain: How to Turn Your Enemies into Friends, How to Make Better Decisions, and Other Ways to be Less Dumb by David McRaney
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Category: Pop Science
Do you think that you are smarter than most people? Do you know why you fell for your partner? Do you think that, as a member of a jury, you'd be impartial and just listen to the evidence? You are probably wrong. Every second, your brain is misevaluating and misjudging, responding to evolved rules that ...Show more
The Lazarus Effect: The Science That is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death by Sam Parnia
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Category: Pop Science
How many minutes can you now survive after cardiac arrest? What do new medical techniques teach us about consciousness? How will these change our views of who we are? In 2012, two football stars collapsed while playing. Both were technically dead yet, while Fabrice Muamba received hypothermia treatment ...Show more
Handy Physics Answer Book by Paul W. Zitzewitz
$34.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Eschewing the usual mathematical explanations for physics phenomena, this approachable reference explains complicated scientific concepts in plain English that everyone can understand. Completely updated to tackle the big issues such as gravity, magnetism, sound, and what really happens in the Large Had ...Show more
Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason and the Gap Between Us and Them by Joshua Greene
$32.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Our brains were designed for tribal life, for getting along with a select group of others (Us), and for fighting off everyone else (Them). But modern life has thrust the world's tribes into a shared space, creating conflicts of interest and clashes of values, along with unprecedented opportunities. As t ...Show more