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How Emotions Are Made by Lisa Feldman Barrett
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
"Fascinating . . . A thought-provoking journey into emotion science." --Wall Street Journal "A singular book, remarkable for the freshness of its ideas and the boldness and clarity with which they are presented." --Scientific American "A brilliant and original book on the science of emotion, by the d ...Show more
Lifespan: Why We Age - and Why We Don't Have To by David Sinclair
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
In this paradigm-shifting book from acclaimed Harvard Medical School doctor and one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people on earth, Dr. David Sinclair reveals that everything we think we know about ageing is wrong, and shares the surprising, scientifically-proven methods that can help readers l ...Show more
The Alchemy of Us - How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another by Ainissa Ramirez
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
In the bestselling tradition of Stuff Matters and The Disappearing Spoon: a clever and engaging look at materials, the innovations they made possible, and how these technologies changed us. In The Alchemy of Us, scientist and science writer Ainissa Ramirez examines eight inventions--clocks, steel rails, ...Show more
Numbers Don't Lie - 71 Things You Need to Know about the World by Vaclav Smil
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
'There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil' Bill Gates 'Smil's title says it all: to understand the world, you need to follow the trendlines, not the headlines. This is a compelling, fascinating, and most important, realistic portrait of the world and where it's going' Stev ...Show more
Small Gases, Big Effect: the Climate Change by David Nelles; Christian Serrer
$16.99 AUD
Category: Science
When students David Nelles and Christian Serrer struggled to find a book that explained the nuts and bolts of climate change in a way that was comprehensive, concise and enjoyable to read, they decided to write it themselves. With meticulous research corroborated by over 100 scientists, Small Gases, Bi ...Show more
This Is Your Mind on Plants - Caffeine-Opium-Mescaline by Michael Pollan
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
Of all the many things humans rely on plants for, surely the most curious is our use of them to change consciousness- to stimulate, calm, or completely alter, the qualities of our mental experience. In This Is Your Mind On Plants, Michael Pollan explores three very different drugs - opium, caffeine, and ...Show more
Written in Bone - Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind by Sue Black
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
From the author of All That Remains, a tour through the human skeleton and the secrets our bones reveal. In her memoir All That Remains, internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and human anatomist Dame Sue Black recounted her life lived eye to eye with the Grim Reaper. During the course of it, ...Show more
Explaining Humans - What Science Can Teach Us about Life, Love and Relationships by Camilla Pang
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at the age of eight, Dr Camilla Pang struggled to understand the world around her. Desperate for a solution, Camilla asked her mother if there was an instruction manual for humans that she could consult. But, without the blueprint to life she was hoping for, Camil ...Show more
Weirdest Maths - At the Frontiers of Reason by David Darling; Agnijo Banerjee
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
Maths is everywhere, in everything. It's in the finest margins of modern sport. It's in the electrical pulses of our hearts and the flight of every bird. It is our key to secret messages, lost languages and perhaps even the shape of the universe of itself. David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee reveal the ma ...Show more
The Raven's Hat - Fallen Pictures, Rising Sequences, and Other Mathematical Games by Jonas Peters; Nicolai Meinshausen; Malte Meinshausen (Illustrator)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
Games that show how mathematics can solve the apparently unsolvable. This book presents a series of engaging games that seem unsolvable--but can be solved when they are translated into mathematical terms. How can players find their ID cards when the cards are distributed randomly among twenty boxes? By ...Show more
The Beauty of Chemistry - Art, Wonder, and Science by Philip Ball; Wenting Zhu (Photographer); Yan Liang (Photographer)
$64.99 AUD
Category: Science
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
Space is Cool as Fuck by Kate Howells
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
Bite-sized chunks of incredible, unbelievable information explaining everything you need to know about our universe from black holes to dark matter, featuring aliens, crazy scientists and incredible worlds! Space is Cool as Fuck features more than 100 wild artworks, photographs and illustrations from 40 ...Show more