How Contagion Works: Science, Awareness and Community in a Globalised World in Crisis by Paolo Giordano
6.99 AUD
Category: Science & Mathematics
'Sublimely elegant, provocatively simple, deeply troubling. In one short hour, in the midst of this difficult moment, Giordano reinforced my sense of hope in humanity, in the one and the many' Philippe Sands, author of East West Street The Covid-19 pandemic is the most significant health emergency of ou ...Show more
Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight Loss Drugs by Johann Hari
34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Mathematics
The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus takes a revelatory look at the new drugs transforming weight loss as we know it sharing his personal experience on Ozempic and examining our ability to heal society's dysfunctional relationship with food, weight and our bodies. In January 2023, ...Show more
AI: Game On: How to decide who or what decides by Tim Trumper
29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Mathematics
AI: Game On is written for today’s business leaders who seek to understand how AI can be leveraged for increased sustainability, improved competitive positioning and/or to drive better customer, shareholder and societal outcomes. The aim of AI: Game On is to help business leaders thrive in a world that ...Show more
FIRE: A Message from the Edge of Climate Catastrophe by Margi Prideaux
34.95 AUD
Category: Science & Mathematics
"From Kangaroo Island resident and writer Margi Prideaux, who holds a Ph.D in wildlife policy and law, comes Fire, a love letter to a small community who has a message for the world. The time for hollow words and targets and plans is over. Communities need to take back their control and consciously adap ...Show more
Flames of Extinction: The race to save Australia’s threatened wildlife by John Pickrell
29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Mathematics
Over Australia's 2019–20 Black Summer bushfire season, scientists estimate that more than three billion native animals were killed or displaced. Many species — koalas, the regent honeyeater, glossy black cockatoo, the platypus — are inching towards extinction at the hands of mega-blazes and the changing ...Show more
Human?: A Lie That's Been Killing Us Since 1788 by Ziggy Ramo
34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Mathematics
So-called Australia is built upon a lie- that 97% of the population are human, and the others simply 'Indigenous', devoid of the same basic rights. Human? is the story of Ziggy Ramo's experience growing up under the weight of this lie. We've had 235 years of continued destruction in the name of 'civilis ...Show more
Moons: The Mysteries and Marvels of our Solar System by Kate Howells
45.00 AUD
Category: Science & Mathematics
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
White Holes: Inside the Horizon by Carlo Rovelli
35.00 AUD
Category: Science & Mathematics
A mesmerizing trip to the strange new world of white holes, from Carlo Rovelli, 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 thi ...Show more
2024 Guide to the Night Sky Southern Hemisphere: A Month-by-Month Guide to Exploring the Skies Above Australia, New Zealand and South Africa by Storm Dunlop, Wil Tirion, Collins Astronomy
19.99 AUD
Category: Science & Mathematics
The ideal gift for all amateur and seasoned astronomers. A comprehensive handbook to the planets, stars and constellations visible from the southern hemisphere. 6 pages for each month covering January–December 2024. Diagrams drawn for the latitude of southern Australia, but including events visible from ...Show more
Fire, Storm And Flood: The Violence Of Climate Change by James Dyke
49.99 AUD
Category: Science & Mathematics
An unflinching photographic record of the epic effects of a violent climate, from the earliest extinction events to the present. An unflinching photographic record of the epic effects of a violent climate, from the earliest extinction events to the present. Violent geologic events have ravaged the Earth ...Show more
Fowl Play: A History of the Chicken from Dinosaur to Dinner Plate by Sally Coulthard
22.99 AUD
Category: Science & Mathematics
The humble chicken has conquered the world. This unlikely descendant of Tyrannosaurus Rex is now so ubiquitous there are more than 20 billion chickens pecking, strutting and scratching around the planet at any one time. And yet, of all animals, the chicken perhaps best represents the contradictory way w ...Show more
Headscratchers by Brian Hobbs, Rob Eastaway
34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Mathematics
A mind-bending collection of puzzles from the New Scientist published in book form for the first time