Beyond Infinity - An Expedition to the Outer Limits of the Mathematical Universe by Eugenia Cheng
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
Even small children know there are infinitely many whole numbers - start counting and you'll never reach the end. But there are also infinitely many decimal numbers between zero and one. Are these two types of infinity the same? Are they larger or smaller than each other? Can we even talk about 'larger' ...Show more
Solar System - By the Numbers by Steve Jenkins
$14.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: By the Numbers Ser.
By the Numbers infographic readers, accessible nonfiction packed with full-color cut-paper illustrations from Caldecott honor-winning Steve Jenkins. Solar Systems focuses on ever-astonishing outer space. Through infographics and illustrations readers will learn about the unfathomably huge and fascin ...Show more
Deep-Sky Wonders - A Tour of the Universerse with Sky and Telescope's Sue French by Sue French
$39.95 AUD
Category: Science
"The quality of the deep-sky images is outstanding--a tribute to the various photographers as well as the book's printer. But it's the written word that will make or break a book like this, and Sue's writing is superb... For] an occasional stargazer, a serious observer, or anyone in between, you won't g ...Show more
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love by Dava Sobel
$9.95 AUD
Category: Science
Inspired by a long fascination with Galileo, and by the remarkable surviving letters of his daughter Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun, Dava Sobel has crafted a biography that dramatically recolors the personality and accomplishments of a mythic figure whose early-seventeenth-century clash with Catholic d ...Show more
Seeing Further : The Story of Science and the Royal Society by Bill Bryson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, and with contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, David Attenborough, Martin Rees and Richard Fortey amongst others, this is a remarkable volume celebrating the rich history of the Royal Society. Since its inception in 1660, the Royal Society has pioneer ...Show more
Grounded: How soil shapes the games we play, the lives we make and the graves we lie in by Alisa Bryce
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
An Aussie scientist digs up some dirt about the history and science of soilLife on land could not exist without soil. Almost everything we need can be traced to the soil- food, fibre, medicines - even oxygen produced by plants. What would we be without it? Certainly not a planet worthy of the name Earth ...Show more
Astronomy 2023 Australia: Your Guide to the Night Sky by Glenn Dawes, Peter Northfield, Ken Wallace
$32.95 AUD
Category: Science
This annual gem (produced each year since 1991) continues to take the Australian stargazer on a wondrous journey of the night sky. This critically acclaimed work, produced by three well known experts in the field, takes a unique approach to explaining and identifying the Sun, Moon, planets and constella ...Show more
Lifespan: Why We Age - and Why We Don't Have To by David Sinclair
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
In this paradigm-shifting book from acclaimed Harvard Medical School doctor and one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people on earth, Dr. David Sinclair reveals that everything we think we know about ageing is wrong, and shares the surprising, scientifically-proven methods that can help readers l ...Show more
Otherworlds: Visions of Our Solar System by Michael Benson; Joseph Michalski
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
Otherworlds is a record of humanity's planetary exploration and a tribute to the stunning beauty of our solar system in spectacular high-resolution landscape images, processed by Michael Benson to capture how the planets would look if we could visit them and see them with our own eyes. We start in low E ...Show more
Dawn of the New Everything - Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality by Jaron Lanier
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
Jaron Lanier, 'the father of Virtual Reality ... a high-tech genius' (Sunday Times), tells the extraordinary story of how in just over three decades Virtual Reality went from being a dream to a reality - and how its power to turn dreams into realities will transform us and our world. Virtual Reality has ...Show more