2024 Australasian Sky Guide by Nick Lomb
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Australasian Sky Guide Ser.
This popular guide by astronomer and author Dr Nick Lomb provides stargazers with everything they need to know about the southern night sky. It contains the latest information on the solar system, historical features, monthly sky maps, details of the year’s exciting celestial events, and viewing tips fo ...Show more
The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
A narrative investigation into the new science of plant intelligence and sentience, from National Association of Science Writers Award winner and Livingston Award finalist Zoe Schlanger'. Look at the green organism across the room or through the window: the potted plant, or the grass, or a tree. Think h ...Show more
Best Australian Science Writing 2015 by Bianca Nogrady
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
The annual collection celebrating the finest Australian science writing of the year. How does dust connect the cosmos with our bed sheets? Why do lobsters do the Mexican Wave backwards? And what makes us feel 'wetness' when there's no such thing as 'wet' nerve receptors? Now in its fifth year, The Best ...Show more
To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey N. Walker
$54.99 AUD
Category: Science
Linked to a special mini season of the award-winning StarTalk podcast, this enlightening illustrated narrative by the world's most celebrated astrophysicist explains the universe from the solar system to the farthest reaches of space with authority and humor. No one can make the mysteries of the univers ...Show more
The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe by Theodore Gray, Nick Mann
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
The Elements has become an international sensation, with over one million copies in-print worldwide. The highly-anticipated paperback edition of The Elements is finally available. An eye-opening, original collection of gorgeous, never-before-seen photographic representations of the 118 elements in th ...Show more
Grounded: How soil shapes the games we play, the lives we make and the graves we lie in by Alisa Bryce
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
An Aussie scientist digs up some dirt about the history and science of soilLife on land could not exist without soil. Almost everything we need can be traced to the soil- food, fibre, medicines - even oxygen produced by plants. What would we be without it? Certainly not a planet worthy of the name Earth ...Show more
The History of Our Universe in 21 Stars - (That You Can Spot in the Night Sky) by Giles Sparrow
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
Previously published as A History of the Universe in 21 Stars. 'REVISED AND UPDATED___ 'A wonderful book about the science, history and mythology of 21 stars (and 3 impostors).' Dr David Whitehouse Look up on a clear evening, and you'll see thousands of stars shining in the night sky, each telling a ...Show more
The Big Switch: Australia's Electric Future by Saul Griffith
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
An inspiring, practical plan to transform Australia's energy system and supercharge our response to the climate crisis An optimistic - but realistic and feasible - action plan for fighting climate change while creating new jobs and a healthier environment- electrify everything. Climate change is a plane ...Show more
The Oldest Cure in the World - Adventures in the Art and Science of Fasting by Steve Hendricks
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
When should we eat, and when shouldn't we? The answers to these simple questions are not what you might expect. As Steve Hendricks shows in The Oldest Cure in the World, stop eating long enough, and you'll set in motion cellular repairs that can slow aging and prevent and reverse diseases like diabetes ...Show more
Why is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality by Jared Diamond
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Science Masters
Why are humans one of the few species to have sex in private? Why do humans have sex any day of the month or year, including when the female is pregnant, beyond her reproductive years, or between her fertile cycles? Why are human females one of the few mammals to go through menopause? Human sexuality se ...Show more
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023
$37.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Best American Ser.
Award-winning writer, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in 2022. "What's most compelling about a scientific story is the way it challenges us to think about the concepts we take for granted," writes gue ...Show more