Magicians: Great Minds and the Central Miracle of Science by M. CHOWN
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
The spellbinding story of the 'magicians': scientists whose eureka breakthroughs in modern physics reveal science's mysterious predictive power.
Magnitude : The Scale of the Universe by Kimberly Megan; Arcand Watzke
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
In Magnitude, Kimberly Arcand and Megan Watzke take us on an expansive journey to the limits of size, mass, distance, time, and temperature in our universe, from the tiniest particle within the structure of an atom to the most massive galaxy in the universe; from the speed at which grass grows (about 2 ...Show more
Making Numbers Count: The art and science of communicating numbers by Karla Starr
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
From bestselling author Chip Heath, a lively, practical, first-of-its-kind guide to turning cold, clinical data into a memorable story. Whether you're interested in global problems like climate change, and understanding that the Australian wildfires destroyed an area twice the size of Portugal, or just ...Show more
Making the Monster - The Science Behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by Kathryn Harkup
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
A thrilling and gruesome look at the science that influenced Mary Shelley'sFrankenstein. The year 1818 saw the publication of one of the most influential science-fiction stories of all time.Frankenstein: Or, Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley had a huge impact on gothic horror and science-fiction genres ...Show more
Mars by Stephen James O'Meara
$49.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Kosmos Ser.
Mars is a small world with a big reputation. This mysterious, singular planet--with volcanoes that dwarf Mount Everest, a canyon system that would stretch fully across the United States, and curious landscapes that perhaps once harbored water--has fascinated us for centuries. In the most up-to-date acco ...Show more
Mars Rovers by DAVID BAKER
$49.99 AUD
Category: Science
Written by expert author who previously worked with NASA and the USAF. Full of images, diagrams and animated mock-ups. Looks at the history of the Mars programmes and their future. Inspiring science fiction writers for decades, it was no surprise when the space age began in the late 1950s that Mars was ...Show more
Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future by Ed Conway
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil and lithium. They built our world, and they will transform our future. These are the six most crucial substances in human history. They took us from the Dark Ages to the present day. They power our computers and phones, build our homes and offices, and create life-saving me ...Show more
Math Through the Ages - A Gentle History for Teachers and Others by William P. Berlinghoff; Fernando Q. Gouvea
$27.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Dover Books on Mathematics Ser.
"This is a beautiful, important book, a pleasure to read, in which the history recounted truly illuminates the mathematical ideas, and the ideas themselves are superbly explained; a wonderful accomplishment." -- Barry Mazur, Harvard University"Math Through the Ages is a treasure, one of the best history ...Show more
Math Without Numbers (HB) by Milo Beckman
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
The only numbers in this book are the page numbers. Math Without Numbers is a vivid and wholly original guide to the three main branches of abstract math - topology, analysis, and algebra - which turn out to be surprisingly easy to grasp. Milo Beckman upends the conventional approach to mathematics, in ...Show more
Mathematics Ponderables by Tom Jackson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Ponderables
Legend has it that the first magic square, where all lines and diagonals add up to the same figure, was revealed more than 2,000 years ago when a river turtle appeared to have ancient Chinese numerals inscribed on sections of its shell. Patterns are everywhere in nature, and counting, measuring, and cal ...Show more
Meeting the Universe Halfway by Karen Barad
$66.00 AUD
Category: Science
Meeting the Universe Halfway is an ambitious book with far-reaching implications for numerous fields in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. In this volume, Karen Barad, theoretical physicist and feminist theorist, elaborates her theory of agential realism. Offering an account of the w ...Show more
Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think by Andrew Norman
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
Astonishingly irrational ideas are spreading. Covid denial persists in the face of overwhelming evidence. Anti-vaxxers compromise public health. Conspiracy thinking hijacks minds and incites mob violence. Toxic partisanship is cleaving nations, and climate denial has pushed our planet to the brink. Mean ...Show more