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Brief Answers to the Big Questions: The Final Book from Stephen Hawking by Stephen Hawking
$22.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
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 tho ...Show more
The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis by Christiana Figueres
$27.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
The Paris Agreement was a landmark for humanity. In this timely and important book, two of the principle creators of that agreement show us why and how we can now realise its' promise. I hope it is widely read and acted on' Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger o ...Show more
Flight Lines: Across the globe on a journey with the astonishing ultramarathon birds by Andrew Darby
$32.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Reading Level: near fine
Andrew Darby follows the extraordinary migratory shorebirds from Australia's southern ocean to the Arctic and back. On these travels he explores the power of science to reveal the mysteries of these birds, and to heal both their endangered world - and unexpectedly - himself. As the sun lowered and turne ...Show more
Dr Karl's Random Road Trip Through Science by Karl Kruszelnicki
$35.00 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Reading Level: 4 Science
In this, his 45th book, Dr Karl goes full kolour, with brilliant and funny illustrations to match his dress sense. So take a technikolour trip through science with the intrepid Dr Karl, Australia's favourite science guru. Q: HOW MANY DR KARL BOOKS ARE THERE IN THE UNIVERSE?A: MORE THAN A MILLION! Dr Kar ...Show more
Curious: Life Hacks Through Maths by Lily Serna
$29.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Find love. Win at games and sport. Look smart. Save time.Lily Serna, a curious mathematician, believes passionately that 'mathematics is our golden key to unlocking the secrets of the universe'. She is on a quest to share her own sense of wonder about maths, and to leave all of us - even the maths phobi ...Show more
The Uninhabitable Earth - A Story of the Future by David Wallace-Wells
$22.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
The slowness of climate change is a fairy tale, perhaps as pernicious as the one that says it isn't happening at all, and if your anxiety about it is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible, even within the lifetime of a teenager today. Ov ...Show more
Between Hope and Fear - A History of Vaccines and Human Immunity by Michael Kinch
$29.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science
If you have a child in school, you may have heard stories of long-dormant diseases suddenly reappearing--cases of measles, mumps, rubella, and whooping cough cropping up everywhere from elementary schools to Ivy League universities because a select group of parents refuse to vaccinate their children.Bet ...Show more
Backlash Australia's Conflict of Values Over Live Exports by Bidda Jones and Julian Davies
$23.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science
An in-depth investigation of the live export trade and an analysis of the intense public drama of 2011. The backstory of this powerful industry and the campaign to bring it to an end are revealed, including aspects of the inner political story that have not been told until now. Bidda Jones, head of scie ...Show more
Inner Worlds Outer Spaces by Ceridwen Dovey
$34.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
What does it feel like to be passionate about your daily work? How do people find their way into fascinating, unusually fulfilling careers, even against the odds? Space lawyers and bibliotherapists; euthanasia activists and women's rugby champions; shark experts and solar power visionaries; a master per ...Show more
No.1 Book of Numbers: Exploring the Meaning by Ruth Binney
$27.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Why is 7 such a lucky number and 13 so unlucky? Why does a jury traditionally have '12 good men and true', and why are there 24 hours in the day and 60 seconds in a minute? This fascinating new book explores the world of numbers from pin numbers to book titles, and from the sixfold shape of snowflakes t ...Show more
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch
$19.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!! "Gretchen McCulloch is the internet's favorite linguist, and this book is essential reading. Reading her work is like suddenly being able to see the matrix." --Jonny Sun, author of everyone's a aliebn when ur a aliebn too Because Internet is for anyone who's ever ...Show more
This Is Not a Drill: The Extinction Rebellion Handbook by Extinction Rebellion Staff
$19.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Extinction Rebellion are inspiring a whole generation to take action on climate breakdown. Now you can become part of the movement - and together, we can make history. It's time. This is our last chance to do anything about the global climate and ecological emergency. Our last chance to save the world a ...Show more
