The Art of Science by Fornasiero
39.95 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
It was one of the most lavishly equipped scientific expeditions ever to leave Europe. At the dawn of the nineteenth century, French navigator Nicolas Baudin led two ships carrying 22 scientists and more than 230 officers and crew on a three-and-a-half-year voyage to the 'Southern Lands', charting coasts ...Show more
How Long is Now?: Fascinating Answers to 191 Mind-Boggling Questions by New Scientist Magazine Staff; New Scientist Staff
22.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
A Sunday Times bestseller How long is 'now'? The short answer is 'somewhere between 2 and 3 seconds'. The long answer involves an incredible journey through neuroscience, our subconscious and the time-bending power of meditation. Living in the present may never feel the same. Ready for some more? Okay ...Show more
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip Tetlock
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
What if we could improve our ability to predict the future? Everything we do involves forecasts about how the future will unfold. Whether buying a new house or changing job, designing a new product or getting married, our decisions are governed by implicit predictions of how things are likely to turn ou ...Show more
Inborn Knowledge: The Mystery Within by Colin McGinn
55.95 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
In this book, Colin McGinn presents a concise, clear, and compelling argument that the origins of knowledge are innate -- that nativism, not empiricism, is correct in its theory of how concepts are acquired. McGinn considers the particular case of sensible qualities -- ideas of color, shape, taste, and ...Show more
Bring Back the King: The New Science of De-Extinction by Helen Pilcher
29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
If you could bring back one living being from the whole of the history of time, what would you choose? Comedian and former stem-cell biologist Helen Pilcher has thought about this problem, a lot. In Bring back the King, Helen explains the cutting-edge science that makes the resurrection of extinct anima ...Show more
The Origins of Everything in 100 Pages, More or Less by David Bercovici
27.95 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
With wonder, wit, and flair-and in record time and space-geophysicist David Bercovici explains how everything came to be everywhere, from the creation of stars and galaxies to the formation of Earth's atmosphere and oceans, to the origin of life and human civilization. Bercovici marries humor and legiti ...Show more
The Natural History of Edward Lear: (1812-1888)
54.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Before he became celebrated as the writer and illustrator of nonsense poetry, Edward Lear was a prolific painter of natural history subjects who earned near-universal praise for the accuracy, originality and elegant style of his animated depictions of birds and other wildlife. His best remembered scient ...Show more
Adam Spencer's Number Crunchers by Adam Spencer
19.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Following of from 2015's runaway bestseller, Enormous Book of Numbers, Australia's funniest mathematician is back with another wacky, wild and weird activity book for kids aged 8 and above. Packed full of stuff to draw, colour in, puzzle over and drive your friends and parents crazy, Number Crunchers wi ...Show more
Flying Dogs by Julia Christe
19.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
For fans who loved bestsellers like Underwater Dogs and Dog Selfies comes Flying Dogs, a fun and stunning photography book capturing adorable dogs from a unique perspective: mid-air. Inspired by her Frisbee-loving pup, Flinn, photographer Julia Christe set out to photograph the athleticism and freedom ...Show more
The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World by Abigail Tucker
35.00 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
House cats rule back alleys, deserted Antarctic islands, and our bedrooms. Clearly, they own the Internet, where a viral cat video can easily be viewed upwards of ten million times. But how did cats accomplish global domination? Unlike dogs, they offer humans no practical benefit. The truth is they are ...Show more
Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe by Lisa Randall
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
66 million years ago, a ten-mile-wide object from outer space hurtled into the Earth at incredible speed and destroyed the dinosaurs, along with three-quarters of the other species on the planet. Where did it come from, and why? And how is this connected to dark matter - the most mysterious, elusive stu ...Show more