As Far As the Eye Can See - A History of Seeing by S. Denham Wade
$49.99 AUD
Category: Science
From the mastery of fire a million years ago, humans repeatedly invented new ways to see their surroundings, each other and themselves. Artificial light, early art, mirrors, writing, lenses, printing, photography, film, television, the smart phone. These tools shaped Western culture and made us who we a ...Show more
Accidental: The Greatest (Unintentional) Science Breakthroughs and How They Changed The World by Tim James
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
We may imagine that science is a process of breakthroughs and light bulb moments. But in reality, science goes wrong 99% of the time.Almost every idea a scientist comes up with is quickly disproved by a failed experiment or rival research. Science moves at a rate of inches per decade and we like it that ...Show more
On the Origin of Time by Thomas Hertog
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
A new theory of the universe, twenty years in the making, by Stephen Hawking and his close collaborator Thomas Hertog. Perhaps the biggest question Stephen Hawking tried to answer in his extraordinary life was how the universe could have created conditions so perfectly hospitable to life. Pondering this ...Show more
Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control by Stuart Russell
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
Creating superior intelligence would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, according to the world's pre-eminent AI expert, it could also be the last. In this groundbreaking book, Stuart Russell explains why he has come to consider his own discipline an existential threat to his own spec ...Show more
The Redemption of Time: A Three-Body Problem Novel by Ken Baoshu: Liu
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
Published with the blessing of Cixin Liu, The Redemption of Timeextends the astonishing universe conjured by the Three-Body Trilogy. Death is no release for Yun Tianming- merely the first step on a journey that will place him on the frontline of a war that has raged since the beginning of time. At the ...Show more
Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space by Stephen Walker
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
'Thrilling ... High-definition history: tight, thrilling and beautifully researched' SUNDAY TIMES'This book is a triumph' DAN SNOW9.07 a.m., April 12, 1961. A top-secret rocket site in the USSR. A young Russian sits inside a tiny capsule on top of the Soviet Union's most powerful intercontinental ballis ...Show more
Escape from Model Land - How Mathematical Models Can Lead Us Astray and What We Can Do about It by Erica Thompson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
Shortlisted for Best Maths Book of 2022 by Chaulkdust Magazine 'A brilliant account of how models are so often abused and of how they should be used' John Kay How do mathematical models shape our world - and how can we harness their power for good? Models are at the centre of everything we do. Whether ...Show more
Why We Die: The New Science of Ageing and the Quest for Immortality by Venki Ramakrishnan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
The knowledge of death is so terrifying that we live most of our lives in denial of it. Our fear of death has underpinned our religions, inspired our cultures, and also driven our science. Today we are living through a revolution in biology. Giant strides are being made in our understanding of why we a ...Show more
The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery by Adam Gopnik
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
"[W]ise, companionable, and often extremely funny." --Oliver Burkeman, The AtlanticBest-selling author and New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik investigates a foundational human question: How do we learn--and master--a new skill?For decades now, Adam Gopnik has been one of our most beloved writers, a brilliant ...Show more
To Boldly Go Where No Book Has Gone Before: A Joyous Journey Through All of Science by Luke O'Neill
$45.00 AUD
Category: Science
A spellbinding and often hilarious history of (almost) the entirety of science from world-renowned immunologist Luke O'Neill *The Irish Times Top 10 Bestseller* Scientists have been participants in the best reality show of all time, with all the highs, lows, bust-ups, and strange personalities of any sh ...Show more
Size - How It Explains the World by Vaclav Smil
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
From the New York Times bestselling author of How the World Really Works, a wide-ranging look at the most fundamental governing principle of our world: size, whose laws, limits, and peculiarities offer the key to understanding health, wealth, and even happiness"No one writes about the great issues of ou ...Show more
I've Been Thinking by Daniel C. Dennett
$55.00 AUD
Category: Science
One of philosophy's finest minds looks back over a life in thought 'Who would have guessed that a philosopher's life could be so full of adventures?' Daniel C. Dennett, philosopher and cognitive scientist, has spent his career considering consciousness. I've Been Thinking traces the development of Denne ...Show more