Magnificent Women and Their Revolutionary Machines by Henrietta Heald
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
This was the great rallying cry of the pioneers who, in 1919, created the Women's Engineering Society. Spearheaded by Katharine and Rachel Parsons, a powerful mother and daughter duo, and Caroline Haslett, whose mission was to liberate women from domestic drudgery, it was the world's first professional ...Show more
Maths - Short Cuts: Navigate Your Way Through the Big Ideas by KATIE STECKLES
$35.99 AUD
Category: Science
Your expert guide to mastering the numbers behind the mysteries of modern mathematics. What with the mysteries of infinity and imaginary numbers, the power of mathematical modelling, and the logic and structures hiding behind real-life situations and digital worlds, the modern landscape of mathematics i ...Show more
Nuts and Bolts - Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World (in a Big Way) by Roma Agrawal
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2023* *AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 START THE WEEK, OFF AIR WITH FI AND JANE AND 99% INVISIBLE* 'Delightful' TIM HARFORD, FINANCIAL TIMES 'Appeals to the nerdy side of just about all of us... a great book to give' JANE GARVEY 'A splendid book: clearly writte ...Show more
Quantum Supremacy - How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything by Michio Kaku
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An exhilarating tour of humanity's next great technological achievement--quantum computing--which may supercharge artificial intelligence, solve some of humanity's biggest problems, like global warming, world hunger, and incurable disease, and eventually illuminate the deepes ...Show more
Sapiens A Graphic History, Volume 2: The Pillars of Civilization by Yuval Noah Harari
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
The second volume of an epic, beautifully illustrated graphic history of humankind, based on Yuval Noah Harari's internationally bestselling phenomenon. When nomadic Homo sapiens settled to live in one place, they started working harder and harder. But why didn't they get a better life in return? In Th ...Show more
The Big Switch: Australia's Electric Future by Saul Griffith
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
An inspiring, practical plan to transform Australia's energy system and supercharge our response to the climate crisis An optimistic - but realistic and feasible - action plan for fighting climate change while creating new jobs and a healthier environment- electrify everything. Climate change is a plane ...Show more
The Five-Million-Year Odyssey: The Human Journey from Ape to Agriculture by Peter Bellwood
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
The epic story of human evolution, from our primate beginnings more than five million years ago to the agricultural era.Over the course of five million years, our primate ancestors evolved from a modest population of sub-Saharan apes into the globally dominant species Homo sapiens. Along the way, humans ...Show more
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Picador Collection
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a fascinating mix of memoir and science, telling the story of how one woman's cells have saved countless lives. Now an HBO film starring Oprah Winfrey & Rose Byrne.'No dead woman has done more for the living . . . A fascinating, harrowing, necessary book.' - H ...Show more
The Universal History of Us: A 13.8 Billion Year Tale from the Big Bang to You by Tim Coulson
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
PRE-ORDER THE UNIVERSAL HISTORY OF US NOW AND UNCOVER THE SCIENCE OF HOW WE CAME TO EXIST''Most scientists know only their own field. Tim Coulson is at home with science as an integrated whole. A pleasure to read, and a lasting accomplishment'' Richard Dawkins''Step aside Star Wars - ours is the most as ...Show more
The World Itself - Consciousness and the Everything of Physics by Ulf Danielsson; Carlos Fiolhais (Introduction by)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
Can we ever truly comprehend the universe before we fully understand consciousness and the wonders, and limits, of the mind? Ulf Danielsson, an acclaimed theoretical physicist who has dedicated his career to probing the deepest mysteries of nature, thinks not. As he dismantles the arguments of esteemed ...Show more
Vector: A surprising story of space, time, and mathematical transformation by Robyn Arianrhod
$44.99 AUD
Category: Science
A celebration of the seemingly simple idea that allowed us to imagine the world in new dimensions — sparking both controversy and discovery. A celebration of the seemingly simple idea that allowed us to imagine the world in new dimensions — sparking both controversy and discovery. Vector takes readers o ...Show more
Wise Animals: How Technology Has Made Us What We Are by Tom Chatfield
$36.99 AUD
Category: Science
Combining compelling storytelling with erudite, compassionate and often profound insight about the human condition, this book will transform how you navigate the world.' - Richard Fisher, author of The Long View Wise Animals explores the history of our relationship with technology, and our deep involve ...Show more