Our Moon: A Human History by Rebecca Boyle
$34.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
'I learned more about the Moon by reading this book than after a lifetime of study'CHRIS HADFIELD, author of An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth'Boyle's writing shines, shifting through time and space, science and sentiment; a luminous read'REBECCA WRAGG SYKES, author of Kindred'A riveting feat of sci ...Show more
Size - How It Explains the World by Vaclav Smil
$24.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
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
Longitude by Dava Sobel
$22.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences | Reading Level: near fine
The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--"the longitude problem." Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma ...Show more
Making Numbers Count: The art and science of communicating numbers by Karla Starr
$35.00 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
From bestselling author Chip Heath, a lively, practical, first-of-its-kind guide to turning cold, clinical data into a memorable story. Whether you're interested in global problems like climate change, and understanding that the Australian wildfires destroyed an area twice the size of Portugal, or just ...Show more
Third Millennium Thinking by Saul Perlmutter
$34.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
Based on a wildly popular UC Berkeley course, a primer on how to think critically, make sound decisions, and solve problems--individually and collectively--using scientists' tricks of the trade. In our deluge of information, it's getting harder and harder to distinguish the revelatory from the contradic ...Show more
The Best Australian Science Writing 2020 by Sara Phillips (Editor)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
The annual collection – now in its tenth year – celebrating the finest voices in Australian science writing.Can fish feel pain? Does it matter if a dingo is different from a dog? Is there life in a glob of subterranean snot? Science tackles some unexpected questions. At a time when the world is buffeted ...Show more
Sunlight and Seaweed - Argument for How by Tim Flannery
$19.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
''Sunlight and Seaweedis the beginning of a new way of helping the planet we live on.'' AU Review Acclaimed scientist Tim Flannery investigates exciting new technologies currently being developed to address our most pressing environmental threats in a book that presents a positive future for us and our ...Show more
Blue Mind: How Water Makes You Happier, More Connected and Better at What You Do by Wallace J. Nichols
$24.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
Why are we drawn to the ocean each summer? Why does being near water set our minds and bodies at ease? In Blue Mind, Wallace J. Nichols revolutionizes how we think about these questions, revealing the remarkable truth about the benefits of being in, on, under, or simply near water. Grounded in cutting- ...Show more
Lonely Planet Stargazing Around the World: A Tour of the Night Sky by Lonely Planet
$39.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences | Series: Lonely Planet Ser.
Embark on an adventure to see the stars with this inspiring guide that spotlights the world's best places to explore the night sky. Discover 100 spectacular sites including dark sky parks, observatories and wild mountains and experience the meditative wonder of stargazing - with essential travel tips so ...Show more
Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilisation by Neil DeGrasse Tyson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson, bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time–war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, race, and tribalism–in a way that stimulates a deeper sense of ...Show more
The Perfect Bet by Adam Kucharski
$29.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
Gamblers have been trying to figure out how to game the system since our ancestors first made wagers over dice fashioned from knucklebones: in revolutionary Paris, the 'martingale' strategy was rumoured to lead to foolproof success at the roulette table; now, in the 21st century, professional gamblers a ...Show more
Adam Spencer's Big Book of Numbers by Adam Spencer
$29.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
A hilarious, enlightening romp through the world of numbers with one of Australia's best-loved broadcasters. Why do people get freaked out by Friday the 13th? Where does a 'dozen' come from? Who was Erno Rubik? And how do you become a master at Sudoku? In 100 bite-sized chapters, mathematician, broadcas ...Show more