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10 Short Lessons in Time Travel by Brian Clegg
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Pocket Einstein Ser.
'10 Short Lessons in Time Travel lucidly sums up the essential parts of this fascinating subject.' John Gribbin________________________In Ten Short Lessons in Time Travel, Brian Clegg takes us on a fascinating and up-to-date tour of the workings of the universe that suggest the possibility of journeying ...Show more
Biographic - Einstein - Great Lives in Graphic Form by Brian CLEGG
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Biographic Ser.
Many people know that Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was the creator of the theory of relativity that revolutionized modern science. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he did not learn to speak until he was 4 years old; that he was asked to become the President of Israel in 1952, but refused; that he w ...Show more
Biographic Tesla: Great Lives in Graphic Form by Brian CLEGG
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Biographic Ser.
Many people know that Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was an engineer and inventor, instrumental in developing the alternating-current (AC) electrical system and wireless radio communications we still use today. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he was born during a lightning storm; that when he first arr ...Show more
Biomimetics: How Lessons from Nature can Transform Technology by Brian Clegg
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Hot Science Ser.
An exploration of the transformative ways in which nature has inspired the technological advancement of humankind.
Essential Science: The Only Science Book You Will Ever Need by Brian Clegg
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
Essential Science aims to be the most detailed, accessible and authoritative book of its kind. Each of the 34 discoveries is broken down into seven essential elements to aid comprehension and inform the reader about what really matters: THE ESSENTIAL IDEA: a concise summary of the idea or discovery that ...Show more
Game Theory: Understanding the Mathematics of Life by Brian Clegg
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
Brian Clegg was always fascinated by Isaac Asimov's classic Foundation series of books, in which the future is predicted using sophisticated mathematical modelling of human psychology and behaviour. Only much later did he realise that Asimov's 'psychohistory' had a real-world equivalent: game theory. Or ...Show more
How It All Works - All Scientific Laws and Phenomena Illustrated and Demonstrated by Adam Dant; Brian Clegg
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
The Universe is inconceivably complex. Its component parts though follow a set of unbreakable laws that have somehow been coded into their very fabric since the beginning of time. These laws play out in different ways at different scales, giving rise to the familiar phenomena of everyday life - as well ...Show more
Lightning Often Strikes Twice: The 50 Biggest Misconceptions in Science by Brian Clegg
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
You may well be familiar with the fact that lightning, contrary to the popular saying, often strikes the same place twice. But this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to what many of us wrongly believe about the way the world works. Whether it's word of mouth, myths you've read about online, ...Show more
Quantum Computing - The Transformative Technology of the Qubit Revolution by Brian Clegg
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
The ultimate non-technical guide to the fast-developing world of quantum computing.
Ten Days in Physics that Shook the World: How Physicists Changed Everyday Life by Brian Clegg
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
The breakthroughs that have had the most transformative practical impacts, from thermodynamics to the Internet. Physics informs our understanding of how the world works - but more than that, key breakthroughs in physics have transformed everyday life. We journey back to ten separate days in history to u ...Show more
Ten Days in Physics that Shook the World: How Physicists Transformed Everyday Life by Brian Clegg
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
The breakthroughs that have had the most transformative practical impacts, from thermodynamics to the Internet.
What Do You Think You Are?: The Science of What Makes You You by Brian Clegg
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
The popular science equivalent of the TV show Who Do You Think You Are?