The History of Colour: A Universe of Chromatic Phenomena by Neil Parkinson
$49.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
This comprehensive, beautiful book delves deep into the complex but fascinating story of our relationship with colour throughout human history. Color is fundamental to our experience and understanding of the world. It crosses continents and cultures, disciplines and decades. It is used to convey inf ...Show more
The Handover by David Runciman
$34.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Does it matter if we are ceding power to AI? Especially if we have been there before. 'The Singularity' is what Silicon Valley calls the idea that, eventually, we will be overrun by machines that are able to take decisions and act for themselves. What no one says is that it happened before. A few hundr ...Show more
Pathogenesis - How infectious diseases shaped human history by Jonathan Kennedy
$35.00 AUD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
Humans did not make history - we played host. This book is Guns, Germs and Steel without the guns and steel, Sapiens for the pandemic era. A major new history of the world. This humbling and revelatory book shows how infectious disease has shaped humanity at every stage, from the first success of Homo s ...Show more
Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilisation by Neil DeGrasse Tyson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson, bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time–war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, race, and tribalism–in a way that stimulates a deeper sense of ...Show more
The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe by Theodore Gray, Nick Mann
$29.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
The Elements has become an international sensation, with over one million copies in-print worldwide. The highly-anticipated paperback edition of The Elements is finally available. An eye-opening, original collection of gorgeous, never-before-seen photographic representations of the 118 elements in th ...Show more
Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker
$22.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
'Astonishing ... an amazing book ... absolutely chocker full of things that we need to know' Chris Evans 'Matthew Walker is probably one of the most influential people on the planet' Evening Standard THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER TLS, OBSERVER, SUNDAY TIMES, FT, GUARDIAN, DAILY MAIL AND EVENING STANDAR ...Show more
Psycho-Logical by Dean Burnett
$22.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
An expertly written, extremely accessible primer on mental health from the bestselling author of The Idiot Brain.
Principled 10 Leadership Practices for Building Trust by Paul Browning
$32.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
In the era of #metoo, 'fake news' and 'alternative facts' few would dispute that we face a global crisis around trust in the workplace and more broadly in society. When the CSIRO released its Australian National Outlook 2019, it identified trust as one of the future key challenges the nation faces in re ...Show more
Mortals: How the fear of death shaped human society by Rachel Menzies, Ross Menzies
$34.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Human society is shaped by many things, but underlying them all is one fundamental force - our fear of death. This is the ground-breaking theory explored in Mortals.Mortals is a ground-breaking book uncovering the fear of death as the hidden driver of most of our species' endeavours over millennia. The ...Show more
365 Days of Wonder by Palacio R J
$19.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
August Pullman stole the hearts of over a million readers in the bestselling, award-winning WONDER. 365 DAYS OF WONDER is a beautiful companion to the novel - a collection of quotes and wise words, one for every day of the year. It includes funny, insightful, inspiring thoughts from WONDER's fans, famou ...Show more
Complicit: How Our Culture Enables Misbehaving Men by Reah Bravo
$34.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
A thoroughly researched and deeply personal examination of how women unintentionally condone workplace abuse in a post-#MeToo world--and what we can do to change things for the better.When Reah Bravo began working at the Charlie Rose show, the open secret of Rose's conduct towards women didn't deter her ...Show more
The Men Who Killed the News: The Inside Story of How Media Moguls Abused Their Power, Manipulated the Truth and Distorted Democracy by Eric Beecher
$36.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Crikey owner and ex-News Corp and Fairfax editor lifts the lid on the abuse of power by media moguls - from William Randolph Hearst to Elon Musk - and on his own unique experience of working for (and being sued by) the Murdochs. What's gone wrong with our media? Eric Beecher's answer is: its owners, ma ...Show more