The Man Who Loved China : Joseph Needham : The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom by Simon Winchester
$26.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Series: P.S. (Paperback)
In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, brings to life the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham--the brilliant Cambridge scientist, freethinking intellectual, and practicing nudist who unlocked the most closely held secrets of China, o ...Show more
The Vagina Bible: The vulva and the vagina - separating the myth from the medicine by Dr. Jennifer Gunter
$32.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Does eating sugar cause yeast infections? Does pubic hair have a function?Should you have a vulvovaginal care regimen?Will your vagina shrivel up if you go without sex?What's the truth about the HPV vaccine? So many important questions, so much convincing, confusing, contradictory misinformation! In th ...Show more
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell
$22.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Reading Level: very good
Malcolm Gladwell's provocative new #1 bestseller -- now in paperback. Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a pebble and a sling-and ever since, the names of David and Goliath have stood for battles between underdo ...Show more
Creatures of a Day and other tales of psychotherapy by Irvin D. Yalom
$27.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
In his long and distinguished career, Irvin D. Yalom has pressed his patients and readers to grapple with life's two greatest challenges: that we all must die, and that each of us is responsible for leading a life worth living. In Creatures of a Day, he and his patients confront the difficulty of meetin ...Show more
Every Woman's Guide to Saving the Planet by Natalie Isaacs
$32.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
When it came to climate change, Natalie Isaacs used to think it was someone else's issue. After all, what can one person do to make a difference? Then she cut her electricity bill by 20 per cent and saw how much money and pollution she'd saved.Feeling empowered, she embraced action instead of apathy and ...Show more
CSI Told You Lies: Giving victims a voice through forensics. by Meshel Laurie
$34.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Meshel Laurie, host of the incredibly successful Australian True Crime podcast speaks to the forensic pathologists, homicide detectives, defence barristers and victims’ families in this moving and gripping study of violent crime and largescale natural disaster. CSI Told You Lies is a gripping account of ...Show more
How to Develop Emotional Health by Oliver James
$19.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
How to Create Emotional Health is a guide to leading a more enjoyable and fulfilling life. Rather than seeking to be happy, Oliver James encourages the idea of wellbeing -- a state in which we are self-aware, authentic, adaptable, vivacious and able to live in the moment. He shows that through self-refl ...Show more
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
$19.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Series: Picador Classic
With an introduction by Will Self A classic work of psychology, this international bestseller provides a groundbreaking insight into the human mind. If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self - himself - he cannot know it, because he is no longer t ...Show more
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
$19.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Series: Picador Collection
CELEBRATING FIFTY YEARS OF PICADOR BOOKSIf a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self - himself - he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it.In this extraordinary book, Dr. Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of patients struggling to a ...Show more
The Insect Crisis: Our Fragile Dependence on the Planet's Smallest Creatures by Oliver Milman
$24.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
How would we live if insects no longer existed?
The Geology of Australia by David Johnson; Bob Henderson
$95.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science
This book documents the rich and spectacular heritage of the Australian continent over the last 4400 million years. Now in its third edition, The Geology of Australia provides a comprehensive overview of Australia's geology, landscapes and Earth resources. Beginning with the Precambrian rocks that hold ...Show more
Cosmos: The Story of Cosmic Evolution, Science and Civilisation by Carl Sagan
$24.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Series: Abacus Science Greats Ser.
Narrado con la proverbial habilidad que tenía Sagan para conseguir que las ideas científicas fuesen comprensibles y apasionantes, Cosmos trata de la ciencia en su contexto humano más amplio y explica cómo la ciencia y la civilización se desarrollan conjuntamente. La obra aborda también el tema de las mi ...Show more