Chemistry For Dummies by John T. Moore
$30.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Series: For Dummies
This is the hardcover format of Chemistry For Dummies, 2nd EditionSee how chemistry works in everything from soaps to medicines to petroleum We're all natural born chemists. Every time we cook, clean, take a shower, drive a car, use a solvent (such as nail polish remover), or perform any of the countle ...Show more
Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
$27.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Reading Level: very good
From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution--a #1 international bestseller--that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human." One hundred thousand years ago, at least six ...Show more
Sensational: A New Story of Our Senses by Ashley Ward
$24.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
'A future classic of popular science' Mail on Sunday'A dazzling account' Financial Times'Absorbing, surprising and at times profound. After reading this, reality will never be quite the same' Dave GoulsonOur senses are how we navigate the world: they help us recognise the expressions on a loved one's fa ...Show more
Entangled Life Illustrated: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake
$65.00 AUD
Category: Pop Science
The smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller now illustrated with over 100 spectacular full-colour images, showcasing this wondrous and wildly various lifeform as never before'. Astonishing ... it seems somehow to tip the natural world upside down' Observer'. Completely mind-blowing ... reads like an advent ...Show more
Earth Almanac - A Year of Witnessing the Wild, from the Call of the Loon to the Journey of the Gray Whale by Ted Williams; Verlyn Klinkenborg (Foreword by)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Noted nature writer Ted Williams invites readers along on a year-long immersion in the wild and fleeting moments of the natural world, from winter candy and spring quackers to summer's scarlet farewell and autumn reveilles. This beautifully crafted collection of short, seasonal essays combines in-depth ...Show more
The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi: Exploring the microscopic world around us by Keith Seifert
$32.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
An enthralling look at our relationship with fungi, from an author who has spent more than forty years studying them on five continents.Fungi are essential to all life on Earth and yet fungal diseases lead to over one million deaths each year. How can we strike a better balance with our microbial cousin ...Show more
2024 Australasian Sky Guide by Nick Lomb
$24.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Series: Australasian Sky Guide Ser.
This popular guide by astronomer and author Dr Nick Lomb provides stargazers with everything they need to know about the southern night sky. It contains the latest information on the solar system, historical features, monthly sky maps, details of the year’s exciting celestial events, and viewing tips fo ...Show more
The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature (25th Anniversary Edition) by David Suzuki
$34.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Series: David Suzuki Institute Ser.
'The Sacred Balance has a beautiful spirit.' — E.O. WilsonWith a new foreword from Robin Wall Kimmerer, New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass — and an afterword from Bill McKibben — this special 25th anniversary edition of a beloved bestseller invites readers to see ourselves as part ...Show more
Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet by Hannah Ritchie
$36.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Feeling anxious, powerless or confused about the future of our planet? This book will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems - and how we can solve them We are bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won't be able to support crops, fish will vanish from our oceans, that ...Show more
Stuff : Humanity's Epic Journey from Naked Ape to Nonstop Shopper by Chip Colwell
$49.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
The fascinating tale of humankind’s journey from owning nothing to being owned—by our stuff. Why, when and how did our needs become world-destroying addictions? The fascinating tale of humankind’s journey from owning nothing to being owned — by our stuff. Why, when and how did our needs become world-des ...Show more
Our Fragile Moment - How lessons from Earth's past can help us survive the climate crisis by Michael Mann
$35.00 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Reading Level: ear fine
In this sweeping work of science and history, the renowned climate scientist and author of The New Climate War shows us the conditions on Earth that allowed humans not only to exist but thrive, and how they are imperilled if we veer off course. For the vast majority of its 4.54 billion years, Earth has ...Show more
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber, David Wengrow
$26.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
'Pacey and potentially revolutionary' Sunday Times 'Iconoclastic and irreverent ... an exhilarating read' The Guardian 'This is not a book. This is an intellectual feast' Nassim Nicholas Taleb For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thu ...Show more