Every Living Thing by Jason Roberts
$36.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
"The dramatic, globe-spanning and meticulously-researched story of two scientific rivals and their race to survey all life. In the 18th century, two men dedicated their lives to the same daunting task: identifying and describing all life on Earth. Their approaches could not have been more different. Car ...Show more
To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey N. Walker
$54.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
Linked to a special mini season of the award-winning StarTalk podcast, this enlightening illustrated narrative by the world's most celebrated astrophysicist explains the universe from the solar system to the farthest reaches of space with authority and humor. No one can make the mysteries of the univers ...Show more
Why is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality by Jared Diamond
$22.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences | Series: Science Masters
Why are humans one of the few species to have sex in private? Why do humans have sex any day of the month or year, including when the female is pregnant, beyond her reproductive years, or between her fertile cycles? Why are human females one of the few mammals to go through menopause? Human sexuality se ...Show more
Cosmos - The Art and Science of the Universe by Roberta J. M. Olson; Jay M. Pasachoff
$80.00 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
Since time immemorial, the nocturnal skies have mesmerized us, and heavenly bodies have inspired the imaginations of artists, poets, and scientists. Featuring paintings, sculpture, drawings, watercolors, prints, as well as plates from books, celestial diagrams, and astronomical photography, this book sh ...Show more
Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation by George Musser
$44.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
For centuries, we have separated mind from matter. While physicists have pursued a theory of 'everything' with single-minded purpose, the matter of the mind, of human consciousness, has been conveniently sidestepped and ignored - consigned to priests, philosophers and poets. With the ambition of Stephe ...Show more
The Dawn of Modern Cosmology: From Copernicus to Newton by Nicolaus Copernicus; Galileo Galilei; Johannes Kepler; René Descartes; Isaac. Newton; Aviva Rothman (Editor, Translator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
New to Penguin Classics, the astonishing story of the Copernican Revolution, told through the words of the ground-breaking scientists who brought it aboutIn the late fifteenth century, it was believed that the earth stood motionless at the centre of a small, ordered cosmos. Just over two centuries later ...Show more
Brief Answers to the Big Questions: the final book from Stephen Hawking by Stephen Hawking
$24.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences | Reading Level: very good
THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. 'A beautiful little book by a brilliant mind'- DAILY TELEGRAPH. 'Effortlessly instructive, absorbing, up to the minute and - where it matters - witty'- GUARDIAN. The world-famous cosmologist and #1 bestselling author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final t ...Show more
Dr Space Junk vs the Universe - Archaeology and the Future by Alice Gorman
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Category: Physical Sciences | Reading Level: very good
Going boldly forth as a pioneer in the fledgling fieldof space archaeology, Dr Alice Gorman (aka Dr Space Junk) turns the commonperception of archaeology as an exploration of the ancient on its head. Hercaptivating inquiry into the most modern and daring of technologies spanningsome 60 years -- a mere s ...Show more
A Housefly Buzzes in the Key of F: Hilarious and fascinating facts on all things flora and fauna from BBC Radio 4's award-winning series Nature Table by Simon Nicholls, Simon Nicholls
$32.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
Based on the smash BBC Radio 4 popular science and comedy series Nature Table and written by same team. FROM THE TEAM BEHIND BBC RADIO 4'S AWARD-WINNING NATURE AND COMEDY SERIES NATURE TABLE Did You Know That... A housefly buzzes in the key of F? A cockroach can live for a week without its head, before ...Show more
Farts Aren't Invisible: Mind-Blowing Facts From Science, History, Sport and The Universe by Mick O'Hare
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Category: Physical Sciences
Want to challenge your brain, tickle your sides and turn your world upside down all at once? Then this is the book for you! A mind-bending, brain-expanding cornucopia of facts for curious minds from the bestselling author of Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? and Does Anything Eat Wasps? Own the room with ...Show more
Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett
$32.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
Longlisted for the National Book AwardLonglisted for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardAn NPR"Science Friday"Best Book of 2015A "Boston Globe "Best Book of 2015 "Rain is elemental, mysterious, precious, destructive." It is the subject of countless poems and paintings; the top of the wea ...Show more
Crick, Watson and DNA (The Big Idea) by Paul Strathern
$12.95 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences | Series: Big Idea | Reading Level: From 2 to 99
The discovery of DNA - the building blocks of life - by Crick and Watson opened up an entirely new field of science. This account discusses the implications for the 20th century and beyond. "The Big Idea" series aims for a clear-cut presentation of complex and revolutionary scientific ideas.