15 Million Degrees:A Journey to the Centre of the Sun by Lucie Green
$34.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
110 times wider than Earth; 15 million degrees at its core; an atmosphere so huge that Earth is actually within it: come and meet the star of our solar system. Light takes eight minutes to reach Earth from the surface of the Sun. But its journey within the Sun takes hundreds of thousands of years. What ...Show more
Brain Rules - 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Home, School and Work by John Medina
$24.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
Most of us have no idea what's really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should know--like the need for physical activity to get your brain working its best. How do we learn? What exactly do sleep and stress do to our brain ...Show more
Origins: How the Earth Made Us by Lewis Dartnell
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Category: Popular Science
Why do so many of us eat cereal for breakfast?Is it because we like the taste? Or because 20 millions years ago, a certain species of plant colonised the same hospitable land that humanity did?Why is the world the way it is?If we follow chains of explanation as far back as they go - and keep asking, lik ...Show more
Symphony in C: Carbon and the Evolution of (Almost) Everything by Robert Hazen
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Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: 4 Science
An enchanting biography of the most resonant – and most necessary – chemical element on Earth. Carbon. It's in the fibres in your hair, the timbers in your walls, the food that you eat and the air that you breathe. It's worth billions as a luxury and half a trillion as a necessity, but there are still m ...Show more
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker
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Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: near fine
One of the world's greatest thinkers tells the heroic story of human progress - and why we neglect it at our peril.Is modernity really failing? Or have we failed to appreciate progress and the ideals that make it possible?If you follow the headlines, the world in the 21st century appears to be sinking i ...Show more
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes by Adam Rutherford
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Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
'A brilliant, authoritative, surprising, captivating introduction to human genetics. You'll be spellbound' Brian Cox This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to you, as it is to each of the 100 billion modern humans who have ever drawn breath. But ...Show more
Escape from Earth - The Secret History of How We Reached Space by Fraser MacDonald
$39.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
The long-buried truth about the dawn of the Space Age: lies, spies, socialism, and sex magickLos Angeles, 1930s: Everyone knows that rockets are just toys, the stuff of cranks and pulp magazines. Nevertheless, an earnest engineering student named Frank Malina sets out to prove the doubters wrong. With ...Show more
Unlocking the Universe by Lucy and Stephen Hawking
$26.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Have you ever wondered how the universe began? Or what it takes to put humans on the moon - or even on Mars? What would you do if you could travel through space and time?Embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this beautiful collection of up-to-the-minute essays by the world's leading scientists includ ...Show more
Australia's Volcanoes by Ferret Russel
$35.00 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Australia's Volcanoes will take you on a journey of discovery through Australia's volcanic upheaval. The book explains what happened all those years ago to create the volcanic landforms that you see today. Most of the sites featured are accessible by car or foot and maps are provided to help you find an ...Show more
Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe by Brian Greene
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Category: Popular Science
Instant New York Times Best-seller "A splendid and invigorating read." --Maria Popova, Brain Pickings From the world-renowned physicist and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe comes a captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's search for purpose. Until the End of Time is Brian Green ...Show more
Sky Gazing - A Guide to the Moon, Sun, Planets, Stars, Eclipses, and Constellations by Meg Thacher
$25.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
The sun, moon, stars, and planets have been a source of wonder and fascination for as long as humans have inhabited the earth. In Sky Gazing, a highly visual guide to observing the sky with the naked eye, kids aged 9-14 will delve into the science behind what they see, whether they live in a dark rural ...Show more
50 Quantum Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know by Joanne Baker
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Category: Popular Science | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Following on from the highly successful 50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know, author Joanne Baker consolidates the foundation concepts of physics and moves on to present clear explanations of the most cutting-edge area of science: quantum physics. With 50 concise chapters covering complex theories a ...Show more