The Darkness Manifesto by Johan Eklöf
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
This is the first book about the science and natural history of darkness How much light is too much light? Satellite pictures show our planet as a brightly glowing orb. In our era of 24/7 illumination, an excess of light is a pressing problem. Just about every creature on earth, humans included, operat ...Show more
The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg
$55.00 AUD
Category: 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
Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution by Richard Dawkins
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
The Wonder of Flight. The Science of Evolution. From both, Richard Dawkins weaves a fascinating and beautifully illustrated account of how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies. Do you sometimes dream you can fly like a bird? Gliding effortlessly above the ...Show more
The Demon in the Machine by Paul Davies
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
How does life create order from chaos? And just what is life, anyway? Leading physicist Paul Davies argues that to find the answers, we must first answer a deeper question- 'What is information?' To understand the origins and nature of life, Davies proposes a radical vision of biology which sees the un ...Show more
Electrify: An Optimist's Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future by Saul Griffith
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
An optimistic--but realistic and feasible--action plan for fighting climate change while creating new jobs and a healthier environment- electrify everything. Climate change is a planetary emergency. We have to do something now-but what? Saul Griffith has a plan. In Electrify, Griffith lays out a detail ...Show more
The Social Lives of Animals: How Co-Operation Conquered the Natural World by Ashley Ward
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
Everything you ever wanted to know about how animals live together, and what that means for us.
The Science of Animals: Inside their Secret World
$59.99 AUD
Category: Science
From tiny insects to sleek sharks and majestic elephants, this book invites you to explore the animal kingdom up close - from nose to tail. Whether you're interested in specific animal groups such as mammals or birds or have a passion for wildlife photography, this beautiful book will delight, fascinate ...Show more
The Pig - A Natural History by Richard Lutwyche
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: A\Natural History Ser.
Beautifully designed and illustrated, this edition provides a snout-to-tail natural history of this important species, from the prehistoric "hell pig" to today's placid porker, covering the pig's evolution and domestication, anatomy and biology, behavior, role in human life and culture, and breeds.
How Evolution Explains Everything About Life: From Darwin's brilliant idea to today's epic theory by New Scientist
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: New Scientist Instant Expert Ser.
How did we get here? It's the journey of a lifetime. All cultures have a creation story, but a little over 150 years ago Charles Darwin introduced a revolutionary new one. We, and all living things, exist because of the action of evolution on the first simple life form and its descendants. We no ...Show more
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber, David Wengrow
$26.99 AUD
Category: Science
'Pacey and potentially revolutionary' Sunday Times 'Iconoclastic and irreverent ... an exhilarating read' The Guardian 'This is not a book. This is an intellectual feast' Nassim Nicholas Taleb For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thu ...Show more
Mindsight: Change Your Brain and Your Life by Daniel J. Siegel
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
The groundbreaking bestseller on how your capacity for insight and empathy allows you to make positive changes in your brain -- and in your life Daniel J. Siegel, widely recognised as a pioneer in the field of mental health, coined the term 'mindsight' to describe the innovative integration of brain sc ...Show more
30-Second Medicine - The 50 Crucial Milestones, Treatments and Technologies in the History of Health, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Gabrielle M. Finn
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: 30 Second Ser.
What does the Hippocratic oath actually say? Who originally discovered antibiotics? And is it true that technology now allows reconstructive surgery to use customized 3D-printed body parts? Find out the answers to these questions and many others in 30-Second Medicine, an intriguing visit to the world of ...Show more