Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
$31.95 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: near fine
# 1 New York Times BestsellerLibraryReads PickSMLWhat is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? Today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. Now Neil deGrasse Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, within sp ...Show more
Lifespan: Why We Age - and Why We Don't Have To by David Sinclair
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
In this paradigm-shifting book from acclaimed Harvard Medical School doctor and one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people on earth, Dr. David Sinclair reveals that everything we think we know about ageing is wrong, and shares the surprising, scientifically-proven methods that can help readers l ...Show more
The Brain that Changes Itself: stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science by Norman Doidge
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: The Neuroplasticity Chronicles | Reading Level: very good
An astonishing new scientific discovery called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the adult human brain is fixed and unchanging. It is, instead, able to change its own structure and function, even into old age. Psychiatrist and researcher Norman Doidge, MD, travelled around th ...Show more
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Lab Girl is her revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is also a celebration of the lifelong curiosity, humility, and passion that drive every scien ...Show more
Memory Craft: Improve your memory using the most powerful methods from around the world by Lynne Kelly
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Methods from around The World
In her bestselling book The Memory Code Lynne Kelly uncovers the memory methods of the ancients. She has now tested them thoroughly and in Memory Craft she shows how anyone of any age can use traditional memory methods to expand their memory capacity and to memorise whatever they want.
Wonderful Life With The Elements by Bunpei Yorifuji
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
From the brilliant mind of Japanese artist Bunpei Yorifuji comes Wonderful Life with the Elements, an illustrated guide to the periodic table that gives chemistry a friendly face. Look hydrogen in the eye, run your fingers through carbon's bushy beard, admire the glorious shine of iodine's bulbous head- ...Show more
Adam Spencer's Maths 101: The Curly Questions Your Primary School Kids Will Ask You (With the Answers!) by Adam Spencer
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
Adam Spencer’s Maths 101 is the reassuring maths book companion for parents and their children tackling primary school level maths. If you’ve ever been challenged mathematically (and who hasn't?), then Adam Spencer is here with this crucial refresher to help you confidently assist your kids learning mat ...Show more
The Curious World of Science: A visual miscelllany of stories, theories, discoveries & curiosities by Simon Flynn
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
To some, science is simply a means to an end; to others it is an almost spiritual meditation on theories and formulae. The Curious World of Science embraces both views and much more besides. Focusing onthe human endeavours at the heart of science, it presents a miscellany of essentialclassifications, in ...Show more
Remember - The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting by Lisa Genova
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: near fine
A fascinating exploration of the intricacies of how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do to protect our memories, from the Harvard-trained neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Alice. Have you ever felt a crushing wave of panic when you can't for the life of you remember the name of t ...Show more
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
$24.99 AUD
Category: 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
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
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Category: Science | Reading Level: good-very good
THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Sapiens shows us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going. Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from ove ...Show more
Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World by Simon Winchester
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018 Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson. Precision is the key to everything. It is an in ...Show more