The Invisible Universe by Matthew Bothwell
39.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
From the discovery of entirely new kinds of galaxies to a window into cosmic 'prehistory', Bothwell shows us the Universe as we've never seen it before - literally. Since the dawn of our species, people all over the world have gazed in awe at the night sky. But for all the beauty and wonder of the star ...Show more
Seven Cats I Have Loved by Anat Levit
22.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Anat Levit never considered herself a cat lover, but when her life was thrown into upheaval, she found herself adopting one cat at the suggestion of her daughters, and then six more in quick succession. She recounts how each cat came into her life, their distinct demeanours and curiosities and their ab ...Show more
Things That Are: Encounters with Plants, Stars and Animals by Amy Leach
22.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
This is a book about the universe which begins with swimming salmon and ends with the starry sky. From the tiniest Earth dwellers to far-flung celestial bodies - considering everything from the similarity of gods to donkeys, to exploding stars and exploding sea cucumbers - Amy Leach rekindles our commun ...Show more
Made by Humans - The AI Condition by Ellen Broad
29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Who is designing AI? A select, narrow group. How is their world view shaping our future? Artificial intelligence can be all too human- quick to judge, capable of error, vulnerable to bias. It's made by humans, after all. Humans make decisions about the laws and standards, the tools, the ethics in this ...Show more
Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory by Leonard Susskind and Art Friedman
22.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
In the first two books in his wildly popular The Theoretical Minimumseries, world-class physicist Leonard Susskind provided a brilliant first course in classical and quantum mechanics, offering readers not an oversimplified introduction, but the real thing - everything you need to start doing physics, a ...Show more
On Sheep: Diary of a Swedish Shepherd by Axel Lindén
19.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
'Axel Lindén is a shepherd-philosopher with James Herriot's knack for mishap and an almost Chekhovian deadpan humour.' Observer'Endearing and liberating.' Idler Magazine Why do we keep sheep? Alex Lindén ruminates as he watches his sheep ruminating. Naive and inexperienced, he has ditched his doctoral ...Show more
Horses by Bob Langrish (Photographer, Illustrator); Nicola Jane Swinney
39.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
The lives of humans and horses have been intricately linked for thousands of years, with equines depicted in cave paintings dating back to 5000BC. Horses have been developed by humans for many purposes - for war, for working in the field and in industry, for competitive sports events such as the Olympic ...Show more
The Rescuers by Laura Greaves
34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Dogs are renowned for their loyalty, and those saved from animal shelters or rescue groups seem to be especially devoted to the humans who have offered them a second chance. In this extraordinary collection, meet the brave dogs that have shown incredible courage - even risking death - to protect their p ...Show more
The Wolf by Nate Blakeslee
22.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
A New Statesman Book of the Year All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel. ' Margaret Atwood The wolf stands at the forefront of the debate about our impact on the natural world. In one of the most celebrated successes of modern conservation, it has ...Show more
Still Water by John Lewis-Stempel
32.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
The Pond. Nothing in the countryside is more humble or more valuable. It's the moorhen's reedy home, the frog's ancient breeding place, the kill zone of the beautiful dragonfly. More than a hundred rare and threatened fauna and flora depend on it. Written in gorgeous prose, Still Water tells the seasona ...Show more
Dogs Unleashed by Tamsin Pickeral
29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Everything you need to know about that puppy in the window. One glance around the local park will confirm that man's best friend comes in many varieties. As the first animal domesticated by humans, dogs have been selectively bred for tens of thousands of years to be herders, hunters, guard dogs, and ...Show more
30 Second Weather by Adam Scaife
19.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: 30 Second
If you only have 30 seconds, there is time - using this book - to make sense of the science behind the seeming vagaries of the weather, the controversies, predictions and forecasts for climate change that shape our day-to-day experiences of the great outdoors. Ever since Aristotle first tried to explain ...Show more