Outbreaks and Epidemics by Meera Senthilingam
19.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Hot Science Ser.
The latest title in Icon's Hot Science series, exploring the cutting edge of science and technology. For centuries mankind has waged war against the infections that, left untreated, would have the power to wipe out communities, or even entire populations. Yet for all our advanced scientific knowledge, o ...Show more
The Big Book of Mars - From Ancient Egypt to The Martian, A Deep-Space Dive into Our Obsession with the Red Planet by Marc Hartzman
41.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Mars has been a source of fascination and speculation ever since the Ancient Sumerians observed its blood-red hue and named it for their god of war and plague. But it wasn't until 1877, when "canals" were observed on the surface of the Red Planet, suggesting the presence of water, that scientists, novel ...Show more
100 Things to Know about Saving the Planet by Various
19.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: 100 Things to Know
How could plastic-eating bacteria help reduce waste? Can a river be given human rights? Could we generate all the power we need from the sun and the wind? How do woolly sweaters help penguins in peril? Would building a giant sunshade in space stop the world from overheating? Find the answers to these qu ...Show more
Cats of the National Trust by Amy Feldman
19.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
From Sir Winston Churchill to Ellen Terry; Beatrix Potter to Vita Sackville-West: many of the National Trust's former residents were cat-lovers. Cats of the National Trust explores these feline fanatics and the animals (or animal objects) with which they filled their homes. We'll meet Sir Winston Church ...Show more
The World in a Grain - The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization by Vince Beiser
44.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
The gripping story of the most important overlooked commodity in the world--sand--and the crucial role it plays in our lives. After water and air, sand is the natural resource that we consume more than any other--even more than oil. Every concrete building and paved road on Earth, every computer scr ...Show more
Gravity's Engines: The Other Side of Black Holes by Caleb A. Scharf
35.00 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
We have long understood black holes to be the points at which the universe as we know it comes to an end - mysterious chasms so destructive and unforgiving that not even light can escape their deadly power. Recent research, however, has led to a cascade of new discoveries that have revealed an entirely ...Show more
The Self Illusion: Why There is No You Inside Your Head by Bruce Hood
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Most of us believe that we possess a self - an internal individual who resides inside our bodies, making decisions, authoring actions and possessing free will. The feeling that a single, unified, enduring self inhabits the body - the 'me' inside me - is compelling and inescapable. This is how we interac ...Show more
Here on Earth : An Argument for Hope by Tim Flannery
24.95 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Reading Level: vert good
"We stand at a crossroads, where comprehension of our place in nature - of our true abilities and of our history - is supremely important. We have formed a global civilisation of unprecedented might, driven forward by the power of our minds - a civilisation which is transforming our Earth. We are master ...Show more
Time Warped: Unlocking the mysteries of time perception by Claudia Hammond
32.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
We are obsessed with time. However hard we might try, it is almost impossible to spend even one day without the marker of a clock. But how much do we understand about time, and is it possible to retrain our brains and improve our relationship with it? Drawing on the latest research from the fields of ps ...Show more
Zombie Tits, Astronaut Fish and Other Weird Animals by Rebecca Crew
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
From the mother-eating black-lace weaver spiders to Texas horned lizards that can shoot jets of poisonous blood from their eyes, this book from fearless science blogger Becky Crew will introduce you to a menagerie of the worlds weirdest animals. Did you know that the peacock mantis shrimp has the most ...Show more
A Universe From Nothing by Lawrence M. Krauss
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Reading Level: very good
Where did the universe come from? What was there before it? What will the future bring? And finally, why is there something rather than nothing? Lawrence Krauss' provocative answers to these and other timeless questions in a wildly popular lecture now on YouTube have attracted almost a million viewers. ...Show more
The Tell-Tale Brain - Unlocking the Mystery of Human Nature by V. S. Ramachandran
19.95 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Reading Level: very good
John, aged sixty, suffered a stroke and recovered fully, except in one respect: although he can see perfectly, he can no longer recognise faces, even his own reflection in a mirror. Whenever Francesca touches a particular texture, she experiences a vivid emotion: denim = extreme sadness; wax = embarrass ...Show more