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Beyond Weird ... Quantum Physics ... by Philip Ball
29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
An exhilarating tour of the contemporary quantum landscape, addressing the question that most others fail to ask: what does quantum mechanics actually mean? 'This is the book I wish I could have written but am very glad I've read' Jim Al-Khalili 'I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantu ...Show more
Beyond Weird - Quantum Physics by Philip Ball
22.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
PHYSICS WORLD 2018 BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A clear and deeply researched account of what's known about the quantum laws of nature, and how to think about what they might really mean' Nature 'I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.' Richard Feynman wrote this in 1965 - the year he w ...Show more
Bright Earth: The Invention of Colour by Philip Ball
39.95 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Colour in art - as in life - is both inspiring and uplifting, but where does it come from? How have artists found new hues, and how have these influenced their work? Beginning with the ancients - when just a handful of pigments made up the artist's palette - and charting the discoveries and developments ...Show more
Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything by Philip Ball
19.95 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
There was a time when curiosity was condemned. Through curiosity, our innocence was said to be lost. Ye this hasn't deterred us. Today we spend vast sums trying to recreate the first instants of creation in particle accelerators, out of pure desire to know. There seems now to be no question too vast or ...Show more
How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology by Philip Ball
36.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
A cutting-edge new vision of biology that will revise our concept of what life itself is, how to enhance it, and what possibilities it offers. Biology is undergoing a quiet but profound transformation. Several aspects of the standard picture of how life works—the idea of the genome as a blueprint, of g ...Show more
How to Grow a Human: Adventures in How We Are Made and Who We Are by Philip BALL; Philip Ball
34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
How to Grow a Human - Adventures in Who We Are and How We Are Made by Philip Ball
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
A cutting-edge examination of what it means to be human and to have a 'self' in the face of new scientific developments in genetic editing, cloning and neural downloading. After seeing his own cells used to grow clumps of new neurons - essentially mini-brains - Philip Ball begins to examine the concept ...Show more
Invisible - The Dangerous Allure of the Unseen by Philip Ball
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
If you could be invisible, what would you do? The chances are that it would have something to do with power, wealth or sex. Perhaps all three. But there's no need to feel guilty. Impulses like these have always been at the heart of our fascination with invisibility: it points to realms beyond our senses ...Show more
Invisible: The Dangerous Allure of the Unseen by Philip Ball
59.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
If you could be invisible, what would you do? The chances are that it would have something to do with power, wealth or sex. Perhaps all three. But there's no need to feel guilty. Impulses like these have always been at the heart of our fascination with invisibility: it points to realms beyond our senses ...Show more
Serving the Reich: The Struggle for the Soul of Physics Under Hitler by Philip Ball
49.95 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Serving the Reich tells the story of physics under Hitler. While some scientists tried to create an Aryan physics that excluded any 'Jewish ideas', many others made compromises and concessions as they continued to work under the Nazi regime. Among them were three world-renowned physicists: Max Planck, p ...Show more
Serving the Reich: The Struggle for the Soul of Physics Under Hitler by Philip Ball
19.99 AUD
Category: History
Serving the Reich tells the story of physics under Hitler. While some scientists tried to create an Aryan physics that excluded any 'Jewish ideas', many others made compromises and concessions as they continued to work under the Nazi regime. Among them were three world-renowned physicists: Max Planck, p ...Show more
The Beauty of Chemistry: Art, Wonder, and Science by Philip Ball
64.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Chemistry is not just about microscopic atoms doing inscrutable things; it is the process that makes flowers and galaxies. We rely on it for bread-baking, vegetable-growing, and producing the materials of daily life. In stunning images and illuminating text, this book captures chemistry as it unfolds. U ...Show more