Moons: The Mysteries and Marvels of our Solar System by Kate Howells
$45.00 AUD
Category: Popular Science/Environment
ALMOST EVERY PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM HAS ONE, SO WHY DO WE KNOW SO LITTLE ABOUT MOONS? Join astronomer Kate Howells on an interplanetary voyage to explore the mind-boggling moons of our solar system, from the volcanic hellscape of Io to the ice mountains and methane seas of Titan. Beautifully illustr ...Show more
Love Triangle: The Life-changing Magic of Trigonometry by Matt Parker
$39.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science/Environment
Explore the life-changing magic of trigonometry with Matt Parker, stand-up mathematician and No. 1 bestselling author of Humble Pi Why do mobile phones work when you're on a train? What happens when you pull a pop song apart into pure sine waves and play it back on a piano? And what did mathematicians h ...Show more
White Holes: Inside the Horizon by Carlo Rovelli
$24.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science/Environment
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 un ...Show more
The Age of AI: And Our Human Future by Henry A Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Daniel Huttenlocher
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Category: Popular Science/Environment
A Wall Street Journal Bestseller 'IT SHOULD BE READ BY ANYONE TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF GEOPOLITICS TODAY' FINANCIAL TIMES Three of our most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it is transforming human society - and what it means for us all. An ...Show more
The Forest Wars: The ugly truth about what's happening in our tall forests by David Lindenmayer
$34.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science/Environment
Lifts the lid on destruction of native forests by government corporations and logging industry that is making bushfires worse, killing wildlife and costing taxpayers millions, for the sake of woodchips for export. Since colonisation, Australia has been frantically logging our native forests as if our l ...Show more
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham
$36.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science/Environment
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster by New York Times-bestselling author Adam Higginbotham, based on fascinating new archival research and in-depth reporting - a riveting history that reads like a thriller From the New York Times-bestselling aut ...Show more
Biology: The Whole Story by Lindsay Turnbull
$55.00 AUD
Category: Popular Science/Environment
Biology: The Whole Story is a new sort of text-book: readable, enjoyable and accessible. From the origins of life to the structure of modern ecosystems, this beautifully illustrated and full-colour book follows the story of life on Earth, stopping along the way to relate how key developments have influe ...Show more
Deep Water: The World in the Ocean by James Bradley
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Category: Popular Science/Environment
Through history, science, nature writing, and environmentalism, Deep Water invites you to explore the deepest recesses of our natural world. 'Teeming with mysteries, wonders and heartbreaking facts, this beautiful, lucid hymn to the sea is a reminder of what we still have, what we stand to lose, and why ...Show more
The Coming Wave: A.I., Power, and the 21st Century's Greatest Dilemma by Mustafa Suleyman
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Category: Popular Science/Environment
Cofounder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind sounds the alarm on the unprecedented risks to global order posed by a wave of fast-developing technologies like artificial intelligence and genetic engineeringA stark and urgent warning on the unprecedented risks that a wave of fast-developing technologie ...Show more
Who Owns the Moon? : In Defence of Humanity's Common Interests in Space by A. C. Grayling
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Category: Popular Science/Environment
Silicon for microchips; manganese for batteries; titanium for missiles. The moon contains a wealth of natural resources. So, as the Earth's supplies have begun to dwindle, it is no surprise that the world's superpowers and wealthiest corporations have turned their eyes to the stars. As this new Space Ra ...Show more
The Cartoon Guide To Geometry by Larry Gonick
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Category: Popular Science/Environment
What’s so funny about a trapezoid Plus, what is a trapezoid Cartoonist Larry Gonick unlocks the formula to understanding geometry in the latest entry in his New York Times bestselling Cartoon Guide series.For years, Larry Gonick’s Cartoon Guide series has helped struggling high school and college studen ...Show more
Third Millennium Thinking by Saul Perlmutter
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Category: Popular Science/Environment
Based on a wildly popular UC Berkeley course, a primer on how to think critically, make sound decisions, and solve problems--individually and collectively--using scientists' tricks of the trade. In our deluge of information, it's getting harder and harder to distinguish the revelatory from the contradic ...Show more