Earth Detox: How and Why we Must Clean Up Our Planet by Julian Cribb
$19.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Every person on our home planet is affected by a worldwide deluge of man-made chemicals and pollutants - most of which have never been tested for safety. Our chemical emissions are six times larger than our total greenhouse gas emissions. They are in our food, our water, the air we breathe, our homes an ...Show more
How To Keep Your Brain Young: Preserve memory, reduce dementia risk, harness neuroplasticity and restore function by Kerryn Phelps
$34.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Professor Kerryn Phelps AM, Australia's most trusted GP, reveals how to keep our most important organ at its best throughout our lives. In her standout new book, Professor Phelps addresses what we all fear: losing mental function as we age. While ageing physically is inevitable, ageing mentally is not. ...Show more
Where Did the Universe Come From? And Other Cosmic Questions: Our Universe, from the Quantum to the Cosmos by Chris Ferrie, Geraint F. Lewis
$32.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Do you ever look up to the stars and wonder about what is out there? Over the last few centuries, humans have successfully unraveled much of the language of the universe, exploring and defining formerly mysterious phenomena such as electricity, magnetism, and matter through the beauty of mathematics. B ...Show more
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
$19.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Back on the earth after three spaceflights, Chris Hadfield's captivating memoir <i>An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth </i>reveals extraordinary stories from his life as an astronaut, and shows how to make the impossible a reality. This edition contains a new afterword. Colonel Chris Hadfi ...Show more
An Introduction to Galaxies and Cosmology by Mark H. Jones
$86.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science
This well-received textbook has been designed by a team of experts for introductory courses in astronomy and astrophysics. Starting with a detailed discussion of our Galaxy, the Milky Way, it goes on to give a general introduction to normal and active galaxies including models for their formation and ev ...Show more
Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity by Sandrine Dixson-Decleve, Owen Gaffney, Jayati Ghosh, Jorgen Randers, Johan Rockstrom, Per Espen Stoknes
$34.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Earth For All is an antidote to despair. Combining the global economy, population, inequality, food, and energy in a state-of-the art computer model, a leading group of scientists and economists present a plan of five system-shifting steps to achieve prosperity for all within planetary limits in a singl ...Show more
The Secret Life of Stars: Astrophysics for Everyone by Lisa Harvey-Smith
$34.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
The Secret Life of Stars takes us on a cosmic journey to meet some of the weirdest, most extreme and enigmatic stars in the universe.‘Astrophysics made fun!’Pam Melroy, former astronaut and space shuttle commander‘The most enjoyable stroll through the cosmos’Gerry Griffin, former flight director, Apollo ...Show more
Elementary - The Periodic Table Explained by James M. Russell
$16.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
The periodic table, created in the early 1860s by Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, marked one of the most extraordinary advances in modern chemistry. This basic visual aid helped scientists to gain a deeper understanding of what chemical elements really were: and, astonishingly, it also correctly pre ...Show more
Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscapes by Steve Morton
$59.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscapes is about the vast sweep of the Outback, a land of expanses making up three-quarters of the continent – the heart of Australia. Steve Morton brings his extensive first-hand knowledge and experience of arid Australia to this book, explaining how Australian desert ...Show more
Dark Winter: An insider’s guide to pandemics and biosecurity by Raina MacIntyre
$32.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Renowned epidemiologist and biosecurity expert Raina MacIntyre reveals her insights into biological warfare, pandemics and the threats that lie ahead.In Dark Winter, world-leading epidemiologist Professor Raina MacIntyre navigates the past, present and future of pandemics and biosecurity. MacIntyre exam ...Show more
The Ten Equations that Rule the World: And How You Can Use Them Too by David Sumpter
$22.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'An entertaining tour that will change how you see the world' Sean Carroll, author of Something Deeply Hidden Is there a secret formula for improving your life? For making something a viral hit? For deciding how long to stick with your current job, Netflix series, or even re ...Show more
On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's final theory by Thomas Hertog
$35.00 AUD
Category: Pop Science
A new theory of the universe, twenty years in the making, by Stephen Hawking and his close collaborator Thomas Hertog. Perhaps the biggest question Stephen Hawking tried to answer in his extraordinary life was how the universe could have created conditions so perfectly hospitable to life. Pondering this ...Show more