Where Did the Universe Come From? And Other Cosmic Questions: Our Universe, from the Quantum to the Cosmos by Chris Ferrie, Geraint F. Lewis
$32.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Do you ever look up to the stars and wonder about what is out there? Over the last few centuries, humans have successfully unraveled much of the language of the universe, exploring and defining formerly mysterious phenomena such as electricity, magnetism, and matter through the beauty of mathematics. B ...Show more
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us by Steve Brusatte
$36.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
The passing of the age of the dinosaurs allowed mammals to become ascendant. But mammals have a much deeper history. They - or, more precisely, we - originated around the same time as the dinosaurs, over 200 million years ago; mammal roots lie even further back, some 325 million years.Over these immense ...Show more
How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics by Michael Pollan
$22.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? One of America's most revered writers takes us on a mind-altering journey to the frontiers of human consciousness. 'It's as if we made entering gothic cathedrals illegal, or museums, or sunsets!' When LSD was first discovered in the 1940s, it seemed to resea ...Show more
The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg
$55.00 AUD
Category: Popular Science
It seems like an impossible task - secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed that the world has never seen, in the face of vast and powerful forces -not just oil tycoons and governments, but the changing climate system itself. The odds are against us, and we are running out of time. B ...Show more
Life 3.0 - Being human in the age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark
$22.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
In this authoritative and eye-opening book, Max Tegmark describes and illuminates the recent, path-breaking advances in Artificial Intelligence and how it is poised to overtake human intelligence. How will AI affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has ...Show more
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
$24.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Memory Improvement
"Joshua Foer invents a new genre of nonfiction. This is a work of science journalism wrapped around an adventure story, a bildungsroman fused to a vivid investigation of human memory."--Jonah Lehrer, author of How We Decide and Proust Was a Neuroscientist On average, people squander forty days annuall ...Show more
Windfall: Unlocking a Fossil-Free Future by Ketan Joshi
$29.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
We've had a decade of distraction and inaction on climate change, but what made things go so very wrong in Australia? And what can the rest of the world learn from our mistakes – and opportunities? In Windfall, renewable energy expert Ketan Joshi examines how wind power inspired the creation of a weird, ...Show more
Quantum Supremacy: How Quantum Computers will Unlock the Mysteries of Science - and Address Humanity's Biggest Challenges by Michio Kaku
$35.00 AUD
Category: Popular Science
"The runaway success of the microchip processor may be nearing its end, with profound implications for our economy, society and way of life, even leaving Silicon Valley as a new Rust Belt, its technology obsolete. Step forward the quantum computer, which harnesses the power and complexity of the atomic ...Show more
This Way to the Universe: A Journey into Physics by Michael Dine
$24.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Everything you need to know about physics, written in language anyone can follow by one of the greatest living physicistsThis Way to the Universe is a celebration of the astounding, ongoing scientific investigations that have revealed the nature of reality at its smallest, at its largest, and at the sca ...Show more
Meteorite: The Stones from Outer Space That Made Our World (PB) by Tim Gregory
$22.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Meteorite tells the fascinating story of the stones from outer space scattered across our planet. From the impact that finished off the dinosaurs to the dagger made of extraterrestrial iron found in Tutankhamun's tomb, this book is packed full of surprising information, unlikely pioneers and eye-opening ...Show more