Lost in Transit: The Strange Story of the Philip K Dick Android by David Dufty
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
In 2004, a group of men built the Philip K Dick Android. Then, en route to a presentation at Google, the android head was left on a plane. It has never been found. Meet the Philip K Dick Android. It wears the famous science-fiction author's clothes, thinks his thoughts and speaks his mind. All the while ...Show more
Brain Bugs: How the Brain's Flaws Shape Our Lives by Dean Buonomano
$32.95 AUD
Category: Science
The human brain is more beautiful and complex than anything we could ever build but it's far from perfect. Our memory is unreliable; we can't multiply large sums in our heads; advertising manipulates our judgment; we tend to distrust people who are different from us; supernatural beliefs are hard to sha ...Show more
The Man of Numbers - Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution by Keith Devlin
$30.00 AUD
Category: Science
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing by Richard Dawkins
$19.95 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Oxford Landmark Science Ser.
Selected and introduced by Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is a celebration of the finest writing by scientists for a wider audience - revealing that many of the best scientists have displayed as much imagination and skill with the pen as they have in the laboratory. This is a ...Show more
The Reason Why : The Miracle of Life on Earth by John Gribbin
$45.00 AUD
Category: Science
Does one planet really matter among the immensity of the Cosmos? John Gribbin is here to persuade us that it does. In this ground-breaking and provocative new book Gribbin argues that we owe our existence to the impact of a 'supercomet' with Venus 600 million years ago. But this is only part of the stor ...Show more
Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery by Sir David Attenborough
$29.95 AUD
Category: Science
The Royal Collection, held at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace and Holyroodhouse, has been shaped by royal taste over five hundred years. In "Amazing Rare Things", the collection's natural history artworks are supplemented by an introduction and commentary by David Attenborough. This exploration of the ...Show more
In Search of the Multiverse by John Gribbin
$49.95 AUD
Category: Science
We once had to abandon the idea of earth being at the centre of the universe. Now, we need to confront an even more profound possibility: the universe itself might just be one universe among many. "In Search of the Multiverse" takes us on an extraordinary journey, examining the most fundamental question ...Show more
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins
$55.00 AUD
Category: Science
Charles Darwin's masterpiece, "On the Origin of Species", shook society to its core on publication in 1859. Darwin was only too aware of the storm his theory of evolution would provoke but he would surely have raised an incredulous eyebrow at the controversy still raging a century and a half later. Evol ...Show more
Roger's World : Toward a New Understanding of Animals by Charles Siebert
$29.95 AUD
$35.00 (14% off)
Category: Science
In Roger's World, Charles Siebert encounters a chimpanzee in a Florida retirement home for former ape entertainers, stars of the big screen, TV shows and commercials, and Big Top circuses. Of the 46 retirees at this facility, Roger, a 28-year-old former Ringling Brothers entertainer, is the only one who ...Show more
How We Live and Why We Die: A Short History of the Cell by Lewis Wolpert
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
Cells are the basis of all life in the universe. Our bodies are made up of billions of them: an incredibly complex society that governs everything, from movement to memory and imagination. When we age, it is because our cells slow down; when we get ill, it is because our cells mutate or stop working. In ...Show more
Finding Moonshine : A Mathematician's Journey Through Symmetry by Marcus du Sautoy
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
This new book from the author of 'The Music of the Primes' combines a personal insight into the mind of a working mathematician with the story of one of the biggest adventures in mathematics: the search for symmetry. This is the story of how humankind has come to its understanding of the bizarre world ...Show more
Beware Invisible Cows: My Search for the Source of the Universe by Andy Martin
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
What really happened at the moment of the Big Bang? And how the hell do we know? And why is finding out so important? And who are these people who design and build these experiments? And is it all worth it?Andy Martin sets out on a road trip to search for the soul of the universe. In his personal quest ...Show more