Astronomy 2019 Australia by Glenn Dawes
$29.95 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
This annual gem (produced each year since 1991) continues to take the Australian stargazer on a wondrous journey of the night sky. This critically acclaimed work, produced by three well known experts in the field, takes a unique approach to explaining and identifying the Sun, Moon, planets and constella ...Show more
Thinking in Pictures - Adventures in Trying to Be Smart by Michael Blastland
$34.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
An original and witty guide to the world of smart-thinking that uses pictures to show where it goes right and wrong, by the creator of BBC Radio 4's More or Less.
The Curious World of Science: A visual miscelllany of stories, theories, discoveries & curiosities by Simon Flynn
$39.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
To some, science is simply a means to an end; to others it is an almost spiritual meditation on theories and formulae. The Curious World of Science embraces both views and much more besides. Focusing onthe human endeavours at the heart of science, it presents a miscellany of essentialclassifications, in ...Show more
Origins: How the Earth Shaped Human History by Lewis Dartnell
$22.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
The Sunday Timesbestseller that reveals the Earth's awesome impact on the shape of human civilizations.'Stands comparison with Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens... A thrilling piece of Big History'Sunday Times'A sweeping, brilliant overview of the history not only of our species but of the world' Peter Franko ...Show more
What's Eating the Universe?: And Other Cosmic Questions by Paul Davies
$22.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
Combining the latest scientific advances with storytelling skills unmatched in the cosmos, an award-winning astrophysicist and popular writer leads us on a tour of some of the greatest mysteries of our universe. In the constellation of Eridanus, there lurks a cosmic mystery: It's as if something has tak ...Show more
Black Holes - the Reith Lectures by Stephen Hawking
$12.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
"It is said that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction, and nowhere is that more true than in the case of black holes. Black holes are stranger than anything dreamed up by science fiction writers."In 2016 Professor Stephen Hawking delivered the BBC Reith Lectures on a subject that fascinated him for d ...Show more
General Relativity: The Theoretical Minimum by Leonard Susskind, Andre Cabannes
$55.00 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
The latest volume in the New York Times bestselling physics series explains Einstein's masterpiece: the general theory of relativity He taught us classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, and special relativity. Now, physicist Leonard Susskind, assisted by a new collaborator, André Cabannes, returns to ta ...Show more
The Quantum Universe - Everything That Can Happen Does Happen by Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw
$24.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences | Reading Level: very good
From the bestselling authors of "Why does E=mc2?" comes "The Quantum Universe", in which Brian Cox, presenter of the BBC's "Wonders of the Solar System" and "Wonders of the Universe", and Jeff Forshaw go on a brilliantly ambitious mission to show that everyone can understand the deepest questions of sci ...Show more
Brief Answers to the Big Questions: the final book from Stephen Hawking by Stephen Hawking
$32.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
'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 thoughts on the universe's biggest questions in this brilliant posthumous work. This limited editi ...Show more
The Algebra of Happiness: The pursuit of success, love and what it all means by Scott Galloway
$32.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
From the New York Timesbestselling author, a provocative book of hard-won wisdom for achieving a fulfilling career and life. As Scott Galloway puts it, by the time you hit your mid twenties sh*t gets real. Life become stressful. Even the smart, the hard working and the elite can feel lost in a chaotic, ...Show more
How To Build A Car: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Formula 1 Designer by Adrian Newey
$39.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences | Reading Level: very good
Second hand, near fine condition. 'Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing cars. He is ultra competitive but never forgets to have fun. An immensely likeable man.' Damon HillThe world's foremost designer in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE is arguably one of Britain's greatest engine ...Show more
The Good Virus: The Untold Story of Phages by Tom Ireland
$34.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
At every moment, within your body and all around you, trillions of microscopic combatants are fighting an invisible war. Countless times per second, 'good' viruses known as phages are infecting and destroying bacteria. These phages are the most abundant life form on the planet and have an incredible pow ...Show more