When the Dogs Don't Bark a Forensic Scientist's Search for the Truth by Angela Gallop
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Technology
When the Rivers Run Dry - The Global Water Crisis and How to Solve It by Fred Pearce
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Technology
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: Science & Technology
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
White Holes: Inside the Horizon by Carlo Rovelli
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science & Technology
A mesmerizing trip to the strange new world of white holes, from Carlo Rovelli, the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics. Let us journey, with beloved physicist Carlo Rovelli, into the heart of a black hole. Let us slip beyond its boundary, the horizon, and tumble - on and on - down thi ...Show more
White Holes: Inside the Horizon by Carlo Rovelli
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Technology
A mesmerizing trip to the strange new world of white holes from the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Let us journey, with beloved physicist Carlo Rovelli, into the heart of a black hole. Let us slip beyond its boundary, the horizon, and tumble - on and on - down this crack in the uni ...Show more
Who's in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the Brain by Michael Gazzaniga
$23.99 AUD
Category: Science & Technology
The prevailing orthodoxy in brain science is that since physical laws govern our physical brains, physical laws therefore govern our behaviour and even our conscious selves. Free will is meaningless, goes the mantra; we live in a 'determined' world. Not so, argues the renowned neuroscientist Michael S. ...Show more
Why Animals Talk - A Zoologist's Journey into the Communication of Animals by Arik Kershenbaum
$45.00 AUD
Category: Science & Technology
Why Animals Talk is a scientific journey through the untamed world of animal communication. From the majestic howls of wolves and the enchanting chatter of parrots to the melodic clicks of dolphins and the spirited grunts of chimpanzees, these diverse and seemingly bizarre expressions are far from mere ...Show more
Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?: And 114 Other Questions by New Scientist
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science & Technology
Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? is the latest compilation of readers' answers to the questions in the 'Last Word' column of New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly. Following the phenomenal success of Does Anything Eat Wasps? - the Christmas 2005 surprise bestseller - this new collection ...Show more
Why Humans Like to Cry: Tragedy, Evolution, and the Brain by Michael R. Trimble
$27.95 AUD
Category: Science & Technology
Human beings are the only species to have evolved the trait of emotional crying. We weep at tragedies in our lives and in those of others - remarkably even when they are fictional characters in film, opera, music, novels, and theatre. Why have we developed art forms - most powerfully, music - which move ...Show more
Why We Die: The New Science of Ageing and the Quest for Immortality by Venki Ramakrishnan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Technology
The knowledge of death is so terrifying that we live most of our lives in denial of it. Our fear of death has underpinned our religions, inspired our cultures, and also driven our science. Today we are living through a revolution in biology. Giant strides are being made in our understanding of why we a ...Show more
Wild Souls - Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World by Emma Marris
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science & Technology | Reading Level: very good
From an acclaimed environmental writer, a groundbreaking and provocative new vision for our relationships with--and responsibilities toward--the planet's wild animals. Protecting wild animals and preserving the environment are two ideals so seemingly compatible as to be almost inseparable. But in fact, ...Show more
Will Artificial Intelligence Outsmart Us? by Stephen Hawking
$16.99 AUD
Category: Science & Technology | Series: Brief Answers, Big Questions Ser.
'Real science can be far stranger than science fiction, and much more satisfying'Will artificial intelligence outsmart us?Is there other intelligent life in the universe?Throughout his extraordinary career, Stephen Hawking expanded our understanding of the universe and unravelled some of its greatest my ...Show more