Power Up! The Big Book of Energy by Charles Hope
$24.99 AUD
Category: Children's Non-Fiction
Power. We need it to light our houses, heat our lounge rooms and make our cars move. Almost everything you use in a day needed power to make it, and to get it to you. Power is changing our world every day. But where does this power come from? Will it ever run out? How is it changing? Switch on with th ...Show more
Brains Explained: How They Work & Why They Work That Way | STEM Learningabout the Human Brain | Fun and Educational Facts about Human Body by PhD Alison Caldwell
$39.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Curious about how billions of neurons make up your consciousness? How anxiety hijacks your body? Why Freud was such a weirdo? Whether AI will replace your therapist? This witty, enlightening book, written by a brilliant neuroscientist and clinical therapist duo, uncovers the stunningly-intricate univers ...Show more
Why Trust Science? by Naomi Oreskes
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Category: Popular Science
Why the social character of scientific knowledge makes it trustworthy Are doctors right when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust science when so many of our political leaders don't? Nao ...Show more
At the Edge of Time - Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe's First Seconds by Dan Hooper
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Category: Popular Science | Series: Science Essentials Ser.
A new look at the first few seconds after the Big Bang--and how research into these moments continues to revolutionize our understanding of our universe Scientists in the past few decades have made crucial discoveries about how our cosmos evolved over the past 13.8 billion years. But there remains a ...Show more
In Plain Sight: An Investigation into UFOs and Impossible Science by Ross Coulthart
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Category: Popular Science
An award-winning journalist investigates a story largely ignored by mainstream media but right there, in front of our eyes ... Investigative journalist Ross Coulthart has been intrigued by UFOs since mysterious glowing lights were reported near New Zealand's Kaikoura mountains when he was a teenager. Th ...Show more
Testosterone - The Story of the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us by Carole Hooven
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Category: Popular Science
Through riveting personal stories and the latest research, Harvard evolutionary biologist Carole Hooven shows how testosterone drives the behaviour of the sexes apart and how understanding the science behind this hormone is empowering for all.'With all the talk about testosterone in sex, sports and poli ...Show more
Galileo: And the Science Deniers by Mario Livio
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Category: Popular Science
An "intriguing and accessible" (Publishers Weekly) interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of history's greatest and most fascinating scientists, that sheds new light on his discoveries and how he was challenged by science deniers. "We really need this story now, because we're living through ...Show more
Power Play: Elon Musk, Tesla, and the Bet of the Century by Tim Higgins
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Category: Popular Science
The fast-paced business story of Tesla- Egos, Engines and Elon's battle to build the mass-market electric car to change the world Join the race to drive the future Can a startup conquer the biggest and most entrenched industry in the global economy? The petrol car transformed our lives, both as a life ...Show more
Be the Change - A Toolkit for the Activist in You by Gina Martin
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Category: Popular Science
Inspiring and practical, BE THE CHANGE is the essential handbook for the budding activist.'Gina Martin is a sensation' The Secret Barrister'Gina Martin's powerful campaigning and vital activism changed the law, making our country safer for women and girls. This book tells us how she did it - and how you ...Show more
Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children's Memories of Previous Lives by Jim B. Tucker
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Category: Popular Science
Children who remember a previous life usually begin talking about it, quite spontaneously, at the age of two or three. This remarkable book builds on the ground-breaking investigations into reincarnation carried out by Professor Ian Stevenson at the University of Virginia. For the past 40 years, doctors ...Show more
The Sleeping Beauties: and other stories of the social life of illness by Suzanne O'Sullivan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
'In my view the best science writer around - a true descendant of Oliver Sacks.' Sathnam Sanghera, author of The Boy with the TopknotIn Sweden, refugee children fall asleep for months and years at a time. In upstate New York, high school students develop contagious seizures. In the US Embassy in Cuba, e ...Show more
Latitude: The Astonishing Adventure that Shaped the World by Nick Crane
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Category: Popular Science
By knowing the shape of our earth we can create maps, survive the oceans, follow rivers, navigate the skies, and travel across the globe. This is the story of our world, of how we discovered what no one thought possible - the shape of the earth. A thrilling and page-turning account of the first major e ...Show more