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Gravity: Why what goes up must come down by Brian Clegg
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
Of the four forces that control the universe gravity may be the most obvious, but it is also the most mysterious. Newton managed to predict the force of gravity, but couldn t explain how it worked at a distance. Then Einstein recognised that gravity and acceleration are interchangeable to devise his min ...Show more
Introducing Infinity: A Graphic Guide by Brian Clegg, Oliver Pugh
$12.99 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing...
Compact INTRODUCING guide to a boundlessly intriguing topic. The Ancient Greeks were so horrified by the implications of an endless number that they drowned the man who gave away the secret. A German mathematician was driven mad by the repercussions of his discovery of transfinite numbers. How will you ...Show more
Light Years by Brian Clegg
$29.95 AUD
Category: Science
This book is now fully updated, with a new chapter, covering the thrilling developments in light science of the past five years...This is the story of the greatest puzzle in our universe: what is light?. "Light Years" is an engaging survey of everything we know of the universe's most enigmatic phenomeno ...Show more
Quantum Age: How the Physics of the Very Small Has Transformed Our Lives by Brian Clegg
$21.99 AUD
Category: Science
The stone age, the iron age, the steam and electrical ages all saw the reach of humankind transformed by new technology. Now we are living in the quantum age, a revolution in everyday life led by our understanding of the very, very small. Today, technologies based on quantum physics account for 30 per c ...Show more
Science for Life: A Manual for Better Living by Brian Clegg
$23.99 AUD
Category: Science
In Science for Life acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg cuts through the vested interests and confusing contradictory statements that litter the media and the internet, to give a clear picture of what science is telling us right now about changing our lives for the better. Discover the much-advertised ...Show more
Scientifica Historia: How the World's Great Science Books Chart the History of Knowledge by Brian Clegg
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Liber Historica Ser. | Reading Level: good-very good
Scientifica Historica is a unique, essay-based review of those books that marked the development of science from classical times to the new millennium. The result is a fascinating chronological exploration of human endeavour within the context of society, politics and even the military, where the twists ...Show more
Ten Patterns That Explain the Universe by Brian Clegg
$44.99 AUD
Category: Science
How patterns--from diagrams of spacetime to particle trails revealed by supercolliders--offer clues to the fundamental workings of the physical world. Our universe might appear chaotic, but deep down it's simply a myriad of rules working independently to create patterns of action, force, and consequence ...Show more
Ten Physicists Who Transformed Our Understanding of Reality by Brian Clegg
$21.99 AUD
Category: Science
Acclaimed popular-science writer Brian Clegg and popular TV and radio astronomer Rhodri Evans give us a Top Ten list of physicists as the central theme to build an exploration of the most exciting breakthroughs in physics, looking not just at the science, but also the fascinating lives of the scientists ...Show more
The Graphene Revolution - The Weird Science of the Ultra-Thin by Brian Clegg
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Hot Science Ser.
Welcome to the wonderful world of graphene, the thinnest substance known to science. In 2003, Russian physicists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov found a way to produce graphene - the thinnest substance in the world - by using sticky tape to separate an atom-thick layer from a block of graphite. T ...Show more
The Quantum Age: How the Physics of the Very Small has Transformed Our Lives by Brian Clegg
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
The stone age, the iron age, the steam and electrical ages all saw the reach of humankind transformed by new technology. Now we are living in the quantum age, a revolution in everyday life led by our understanding of the very, very small. Today, technologies based on quantum physics account for 30 per c ...Show more
The Universe Inside You: The Extreme Science of the Human Body from Quantum Theory to the Mysteries of the Brain by Brian Clegg
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
Built from the debris of exploding stars that floated through space for billions of years, home to a zoo of tiny aliens, and controlled by a brain with more possible connections than there are atoms in the universe, the human body is the most incredible thing in existence. In the sequel to his bestselli ...Show more
What Do You Think You Are?: The Science of What Makes You You by Brian Clegg
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
The popular science equivalent of the TV show Who Do You Think You Are?