A Human's Guide to the Future by Dr Jordan Nguyen
$34.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
TECHNOLOGY IS EVOLVING AT THE FASTEST RATE WE'VE EVER SEEN, BUT IT MAY BE THE SLOWEST RATE WE'LL EVER SEE AGAIN! What does this mean for the future of the human race? Do we resist these changes or embrace them?Australian biomedical engineer, inventor and visionary Dr Jordan Nguyen has lived a life of cu ...Show more
Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars by Andrew Rader
$22.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
From brilliant young polymath Andrew Rader--an MIT-credentialed scientist, popular podcast host, and SpaceX mission manager--an "engaging" (Tim Marshall, New York Times bestselling author) chronicle showcasing our human desire to continually explore new and uncharted territory, from civilization's earli ...Show more
Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality by Frank Wilczek
$39.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
One of our great contemporary scientists reveals the ten profound insights that illuminate what everyone should know about the physical world In Fundamentals, Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek offers the reader a simple yet profound exploration of reality based on the deep revelations of modern science. With ...Show more
Light in the Darkness: Unveiling the Secrets of Black Holes and the Nature of the Human Spirit by PROFESSOR HEINO. ROEMER FALCKE (JOERG.)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
For readers of Stephen Hawking, a fascinating account of the universe from the perspective of world-leading astrophysicist Heino Falcke, who took the first ever picture of a black hole. 10th April 2019: a global sensation. Heino Falcke, a man "working at the boundaries of his discipline and therefore a ...Show more
When Least Is Best - How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things As Small (or As Large) As Possible by Paul J. Nahin
$32.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences | Series: Princeton Science Library
What is the best way to photograph a speeding bullet? Why does light move through glass in the least amount of time possible? How can lost hikers find their way out of a forest? What will rainbows look like in the future? Why do soap bubbles have a shape that gives them the least area? By combining the ...Show more
Ten Days in Physics that Shook the World: How Physicists Changed Everyday Life by Brian Clegg
$24.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
The breakthroughs that have had the most transformative practical impacts, from thermodynamics to the Internet. Physics informs our understanding of how the world works - but more than that, key breakthroughs in physics have transformed everyday life. We journey back to ten separate days in history to u ...Show more
Joined-Up Thinking: The Science of Collective Intelligence and its Power to Change Our Lives by Hannah Critchlow
$32.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
At a time of existential global challenges we need our best brainpower to solve them.We can no longer rely on the myth of the lone genius to create a breakthrough.As neuroscientist and bestselling author of The Science of Fate Hannah Critchlow shows, two heads have always been better than one. Almost ev ...Show more
How Did It All Begin? by Stephen Hawking
$12.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences | Series: Brief Answers, Big Quest Ser.
'Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet'How did it all begin?Is there a God?Throughout his extraordinary career, Stephen Hawking expanded our understanding of the universe and unravelled some of its greatest mysteries. In How Did It All Begin? the world famous cosmologist and bestsel ...Show more
Connected World by Philip Larrey
$35.00 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
The world as we know it is changing. Driverless cars, drone deliveries and autonomous weapon systems are no longer the stuff of science fiction. But what's next for technology and business, and how will it impact our society? In Connected World, Philip Larrey of the Vatican University explores the conse ...Show more
Resurrection Science by Mr O'Connor
$29.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
In a world dominated by human interference and rapid climate change, species large and small are increasingly vulnerable to extinction. In Resurrection Science, journalist M.R. O'Connor explores the extreme measures that scientists are taking to try and save them, from captive breeding and translocating ...Show more
Science and Spiritual Practices: How hard science validates and improves prayer and other spiritual practices by Rupert Sheldrake
$32.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
Rupert Sheldrake, author of the bestselling Science Delusion and Richard Dawkins's nemesis is a prominent botanist and the most prominent scientist to argue that science supports rather than undermines religious belief.He has written this book to show that science can not only justify and authenticate r ...Show more
A Journey Through The Universe: A traveler's guide from the centre of the sun to the edge of the unknown by New Scientist
$29.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences | Series: New Scientist Instant Expert Ser.
There's a whole universe out there... Imagine you had a spacecraft capable of travelling through interstellar space. You climb in, blast into orbit, fly out of the solar system and keep going. Where do you end up, and what do you see along the way? The answer is: mostly nothing. Space is astonishingly, ...Show more