Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe by Professor Brian Cox
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
A brilliant exploration of the most exotic objects in the universe by Professor Brian Cox and Professor Jeff Forshaw. Lying at the centre of every galaxy are the strangest objects in the Universe: black holes. Of extraordinary density and huge gravitational pull, no matter or even light can escape their ...Show more
Superpower: Australia's Low-Carbon Opportunity by Ross Garnaut
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
'The fog of Australian politics on climate change has obscured a fateful reality- Australia has the potential to be an economic superpower of the future post-carbon world.'-Ross Garnaut We have unparalleled renewable energy resources. We also have the necessary scientific skills. Australia could be the ...Show more
Metazoa: Animal Minds and the Birth of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
From the human being to the octopus, the shark to the humble sea squirt, all animals are physical beings made up entirely of cells. And yet they can think, to varying degrees. How did this come to be? How did a mind first grow from the matter that is the body? And at what stage did that clump of cells b ...Show more
Machines Behaving Badly : The Morality of AI by Toby Walsh
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
Can we build moral machines? Toby Walsh, AI expert, examines the ethical issues we face in a future dominated by artificial intelligence.Artificial intelligence is an essential part of our lives - for better or worse. It can be used to influence what we buy, who gets shortlisted for a job and even how w ...Show more
Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
Ben Goldacre's wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists and evil pharmaceutical corporations. Since 2003 Dr Ben Goldacre has been exposing dodgy medical data in his popular Guardian column. In this e ...Show more
Humanity's Moment: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope by Joëlle Gergis
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
Acknowledging that the world as we know it is coming apart is an act of courage. If I live to look back at this troubled time, I want to say that I did all that I could, that I was on the right side of history. The question is, do you want to be part of the legacy that restores our faith in humanity? Wh ...Show more
Here be Monsters: Is Technology Reducing Our Humanity? by Richard King
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
Technology is developing fast — so fast that it threatens to overwhelm the very species whose genius lies in its technological cunning: us. From the metaverse to genetic engineering and mood-altering pharmaceuticals, to cybersex and cyberwar and the widespread automation of work, new technologies are re ...Show more
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
$16.95 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
A grain in the balance will determine which individual shall live and which shall die...'. Darwin's theory of natural selection issued a profound challenge to orthodox thought and belief: no being or species has been specifically created; all are locked into a pitiless struggle for existence, with extin ...Show more
Planet of Microbes: The Perils and Potential of Earth's Essential Life Forms by Ted Anton
$49.99 AUD
Category: Science
We live in a time of unprecedented scientific knowledge about the origins of life on Earth. But if we want to grasp the big picture, we have to start small--very small. That's because the real heroes of the story of life on Earth are microbes, the tiny living organisms we cannot see with the naked eye. ...Show more
Shaman: A Novel of the Ice Age by Kim Stanley Robinson
$19.98 AUD
Category: Science
Kim Stanley Robinson, the New York Times bestselling author of science fiction masterworks such as the Mars trilogy and 2312, has, on many occasions, imagined our future. Now, in Shaman, he brings our past to life as never before. There is Thorn, a shaman himself. He lives to pass down his wis ...Show more