All In The Mind: the new book from the popular ABC radio program and podcast by Lynne Malcolm
34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Inspiring and transformational stories from the forefront of brain science -- from the popular ABC Radio program and podcast Understanding the human mind remains one of the most alluring challenges we face. Now pioneering investigations and technologies are enabling science to gain new insights into the ...Show more
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic by Bill Gates
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
The COVID-19 pandemic isn't over, but even as governments around the world strive to put it behind us, they're also starting to talk about what happens next. How can we prevent a new pandemic from killing millions of people and devastating the global economy? Can we even hope to accomplish this?Bill Gat ...Show more
How To Read Water: Clues & Patterns from Puddles to the Sea by Tristan Gooley
22.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Reading Level: very good
**From the bestselling author of THE WALKER'S GUIDE TO OUTDOOR CLUES AND SIGNS and THE NATURAL EXPLORER** A must-have book for walkers, sailors, swimmers, anglers and everyone interested in the natural world, in How To Read Water, Natural Navigator Tristan Gooley shares knowledge, skills, tips and usefu ...Show more
Finding Gobi - The True Story of a Little Dog with a Lot of Stamina by Dion Leonard
18.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.2 BESTSELLER Like A Streecat Named Bob before it, Finding Gobi is a truly heart-warming story for animal lovers worldwide... In 2016, Dion Leonard, a seasoned ultramarathon runner, unexpectedly stumbled across a little stray dog while competing in a gruelling 155 mile race across the ...Show more
The Last Elephants by Colin Bell; Don Pinnock
50.00 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Amazing photographs of elephants accompany narratives from researchers, scientists, and conservationists celebrating elephants and calling for their preservation African savanna elephants--among the most magnificent and beloved of our fellow mammals--are an extraordinary, social, and intelligent species ...Show more
The Secret World of Farm Animals by Jeffrey Masson
22.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
'An unbelievably inspiring book' Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees Did you know that pigs frequently throw tantrums?That chickens are capable of complex communication?That sheep know their own names?That cows grieve when their calves are taken away from them? Jeffrey Masson delves deep ...Show more
The Sky Atlas: The Greatest Maps, Myths and Discoveries of the Universe by Edward Brooke-Hitching
45.00 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
After the enormous international success of The Phantom Atlas and The Golden Atlas, Edward Brooke-Hitching's stunning new book unveils some of the most beautiful maps and charts ever created during mankind's quest to map the skies above us. This richly illustrated treasury showcases the finest examples ...Show more
Time Tamed by Nicholas Foulkes
55.00 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
For more than 25,000 years, mankind has sought to understand and measure the passing of time, in the process creating some of the most remarkable and beautiful timepieces. Now, in Nicholas Foulkes's lavishly illustrated book, the battle to tame time is brought vividly to life.From the baboon bone dating ...Show more
Possible Minds: Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI by John Brockman (Editor)
27.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
"Artificial intelligence is today's story--the story behind all other stories. It is the Second Coming and the Apocalypse at the same time- Good AI versus evil AI."--John BrockmanMore than sixty years ago, mathematician-philosopher Norbert Wiener published a book on the place of machines in society that ...Show more
Sleeping Beauties - The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture by Andreas Wagner
39.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Why do some of nature's marvels have to wait millions of years for their time in the sun? Life innovates constantly, producing perfectly adapted species - but there's a catch. Many animals and plants eke out seemingly unremarkable lives. Passive, constrained, modest, threatened. Then, in a blin ...Show more
The Best Australian Science Writing 2023 by Donna Lu (Editor)
32.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: The\Best Australian Science Ser.
The annual collection — now in its thirteenth year — celebrating the finest voices in Australian science writing.Should we alter animals’ DNA to save them from extinction? What secrets will old ice reveal to us about the Earth’s deep past? How is the world’s most expensive — and explosive — substance ma ...Show more
On Time and Water by Andri Snær Magnason
34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Reading Level: very good
A unique approach to climate change that recalls W. G. Sebald.