Ebola: The Natural and Human History by David Quammen
14.99 AUD
Category: Science
In 1976 a deadly virus emerged from the Congo forest. As swiftly as it came, it disappeared, leaving no trace. Over the four decades since, Ebola has emerged sporadically, each time to devastating effect. It can kill up to 90 per cent of its victims. In between these outbreaks, it is untraceable, hiding ...Show more
How to Make a Tornado: The Strange and Wonderful Things That Happen When Scientists Break Free by NEW SCIENTIST
19.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: New Scientist Ser.
This is the newest title in the brilliant and bestselling "New Scientist" series. Science tells us grand things about the universe: how fast light travels, and why stones fall to earth. But scientific endeavor goes far beyond these obvious foundations. There are some fields we don't often hear about bec ...Show more
The Little Book of Shocking Global Facts by Barnbrook Design
19.99 AUD
Category: Science
Combining startling graphic imagery with truly shocking facts gathered from the world's most authoritative sources, "The Little Book of Shocking Global Facts" is a powerful visual manifesto by the world's most respected graphic designer, Jonathan Barnbrook and his studio. How is it that the developed wo ...Show more
The Origins of Everything in 100 Pages (More or Less) by David Bercovici
19.99 AUD
Category: Science
Covering 13.8 billion years, a calculatedly concise, wryly intelligent history of everything, from the Big Bang to the advent of human civilization With wonder, wit, and flair-and in record time and space-geophysicist David Bercovici explains how everything came to be everywhere, from the creation of s ...Show more
Now or Never: A Sustainable Future for Australia? by Tim Flannery
22.00 AUD
Category: Science
Now or Neveris an essential book about the most urgent issue of our time- climate change. In it, Tim Flannery begins by discussing the idea of sustainability and asks whether humanity can rise to this challenge. He brings to life the latest climate science and its implications. And he discusses in fasci ...Show more
Teach Yourself Understand Philosophy by Mel Thompson
22.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Teach Yourself - General
Understand Philosophy is an in-depth guide to the most important philosophical ideas. Covering all the key thinkers, both ancient and modern, and all the major branches of philosophy, it will give you new insights about the world we live in. Packed full of examples and clear explanations, and wit ...Show more
Naked Ape to Superspecies (2nd edition 2004) by David T. Suzuki
24.95 AUD
Category: Science
With breathtaking speed our species has undergone fundamental changes that have transformed us into what David Suzuki and Holly Dressel call a superspecies. As we enter the new millennium our impact on the ecological features of this planet will dominate our priorities and actions. Nevertheless, as we h ...Show more
The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten by Julian Baggini
24.95 AUD
Category: Science
And Ninety-Nine Other Thought Experiments Julian Baggini presents 100 thought experiments: short scenarios which pose a problem in a vivid and concrete way, and invites the reader to think about possible answers for him/herself. Experiments cover identity, religion, art, ethics, language, knowledge and ...Show more
Sex, Botany and Empire: Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks by Patricia Fara
24.99 AUD
Category: Science
When the imperial explorer James Cook returned from his first voyage to Australia, the scandal writers mercilessly satirised the amorous exploits of his botanist, Joseph Banks, whose trousers were reportedly stolen while he was inside the tent of Queen Oberea of Tahiti.Enlightenment botany was fraught w ...Show more
Stalin and the Scientists : A History of Triumph and Tragedy 1905-1953 by Simon Ings
9.99 AUD
24.99 (60% off)
Category: Science
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION. War-torn, unstable and virtually bankrupt, revolutionary Russia tried to light its way to the future with the fitful glow of science. It succeeded through terror, folly and crime - but also through courage, imagination and even genius. Stalin bel ...Show more
Atmosphere of Hope : Seaching for the Solutions to the Climate Crisis by Tim Flannery
24.99 AUD
Category: Science
"A decade after his internationally bestselling The Weather Makers, acclaimed scientist and author Tim Flannery argues that Earth's climate system is approaching a crisis. Catastrophe is not inevitable, but time is fast running out. Atmosphere of Hope provides both a snapshot of the trouble we are in an ...Show more