Simplexity: The Simple Rules of a Complex World by Jeffrey Kluger
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: good
Why does kicking the TV work? What can the US military learn from the lowly bacterium? Why are the instruction manuals for cell phones incomprehensible? How does a spark of a single virus trigger an epidemic that claims millions? In recent years, cutting-edge studies in fields such as economics, genetic ...Show more
The Science of Happiness: How Our Brains Make Us Happy and What We Can Do to Get Happier by Stefan Klein
$30.00 AUD
Category: Science
We all know what if feels like to be happy, but what mechanisms inside our brains trigger such a positive emotion? What does it really mean to be happy, and why can't we feel that way all the time? Psychologists and neuro-surgeons have been studying negative emotions for decades, but until recently few ...Show more
Rocks and Minerals - OUT OF PRINT
$29.95 AUD
Category: Science | Series: DK Handbooks
"The Dorling Kindersley Handbook of Rocks and Minerals" is packed with 600 full-colour photographs of more than 500 specimens. Authoritative text clear photographs and a systematic approach help you to cut through the complicated identification process and recognize a specimen easily. Each entry combine ...Show more
Visual Encyclopedia of Space by Kerrod Robyn, Hughes David
$29.95 AUD
Category: Science
The Visual Encyclopedia of Space is the essential reference guide to space science and astronomy, with fantastic double-page spreads that go into each topic in depth. Find out how stars are born and how to measure their distance apart. Discover which is the biggest planet, and view all the latest inform ...Show more
Discover the Night Sky by Robin Kerrod
$49.95 AUD
Category: Science
This four-part introduction to star watching is the work of astronomer Robin Kerrod. It consists of a "planisphere", two 128-page spiral-bound books and a torch, all packed into a sturdy case. The planisphere is two rotating discs fixed one above the other. It shows the constellations at different time ...Show more
The Accidental Mind by David J. Linden
$49.95 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
You've probably seen it before: a human brain dramatically lit from the side, the camera circling it like a helicopter shot of Stonehenge, and a modulated baritone voice exalting the brain's elegant design in reverent tones. To which this book says: pure nonsense. In a work at once deeply learned and wo ...Show more
"Science Magazine's" State of the Planet by Donald Kennedy
$34.95 AUD
Category: Science
How often in today's environmental debates have you read that "the science is in dispute" - even when there is overwhelming consensus among scientists? Too often, the voice of science is diminished or diluted for the sake of politics, and the public is misled. Now, the most authoritative voice in U.S. s ...Show more
Crocodile: Evolution's Greatest Survivor by Lynne Kelly
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
The fascinating story of an animal that has been around since the dinosaurs and how it interacts with us. Addresses the question of what is the true nature of the crocodile, anecdotal and reader friendly it has a solid scientific basis.