Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor
$22.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
There is nothing more essential to our health and wellbeing than breathing- take air in, let it out, repeat 25,000 times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences. Journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong and how t ...Show more
A History of the Universe in 100 Stars by Florian Freistetter
$39.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
From the Big Bang to the Gaia Mission, this is a very personal history of the universe through the author's favourite 100 stars.Astronomer Florian Freistetter has chosen 100 stars that have almost nothing in common. Some are bright and famous, some shine so feebly you need a huge telescope. There are bi ...Show more
Never Mind the B#ll*cks, Here's the Science by Luke O'Neill
$22.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
A number one Irish bestseller, and winner of the Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. In this fascinating and thought-provoking book, Professor Luke O’Neill grapples with life’s biggest questions and tells us what science has to say about them. Covering topics from global pan ...Show more
Speeches of Note: A celebration of the old, new and unspoken by Shaun Usher
$49.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
______________________ A richly illustrated and wonderfully eclectic collection of THE WORLD'S GREATEST SPEECHES - THE OLD, THE NEW AND THE UNSPOKEN - from the author of the international bestseller, Letters of Note. Discover speeches that altered the course of history, like NELSON MANDELA's on the day ...Show more
How We Became Human by Tim Dean
$34.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Over thousands of years, humans have developed mechanisms to help us live together in ever-larger social groups. We developed a set of 'moral emotions' such as empathy, guilt and outrage, as well as a tendency to favour people in our in-groups and a propensity to punish perceived wrongdoers. Our cultur ...Show more
Short Cuts: Psychology: Navigate Your Way Through Big Ideas by Jennifer Wild
$29.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Short Cuts
What with visual illusions and misinformation, positive mindsets and negative thoughts, social anxiety and personal constructs, the modern landscape of the human mind is an intriguing place to explore. But how are you expected to navigate this hidden world?
Good Vibes, Good Life: How Self-Love Is the Key to Unlocking Your Greatness by Vex King
$19.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Vex King is leading a revolution for the next generation of spiritual seekers. Despite an incredibly challenging childhood - his father died when Vex was just a baby, his family were often homeless and he grew up in a racist, violent neighbourhood - Vex went on to have a successful career and became a r ...Show more
The Future is Fungi: How Fungi Can Feed Us, Heal Us, Free Us and Save Our World by Michael Lim, Yun Shu
$49.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
The kingdom of fungi has survived all five major extinction events. They are the architects of the natural world, integral to all life. They sustain critical ecosystems, recycling nutrients and connecting plants across vast areas, and help to produce many staples of modern life, such as wine, chocolate, ...Show more
Immune: A journey into the system that keeps you alive - the book from Kurzgesagt by Philipp Dettmer
$49.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
A gorgeously illustrated deep dive into the immune system that will forever change how you think about your body, from the creator of the wildly popular science YouTube channel Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell'A truly brilliant introduction to the human body's vast system for fighting infections and other thr ...Show more
Our Moon: A Human History by Rebecca Boyle
$34.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
'I learned more about the Moon by reading this book than after a lifetime of study'CHRIS HADFIELD, author of An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth'Boyle's writing shines, shifting through time and space, science and sentiment; a luminous read'REBECCA WRAGG SYKES, author of Kindred'A riveting feat of sci ...Show more
Power Hungry: The Myths of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future by Robert Bryce
$30.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
The promise of "green jobs" and a "clean energy future" has roused the masses. But as Robert Bryce makes clear in this provocative book, that vision needs a major re-vision. We cannot- and will not- quit using carbon-based fuels at any time in the near future for a simple reason: they provide the horsep ...Show more
Troubled Minds: understanding and treating mental illness by Sidney Bloch, Nick Haslam
$35.00 AUD
Category: Popular Science
An authoritative resource for understanding the nature of mental illnesses and for pointing the way to recovery, written by two eminent mental health professionals with almost a century of academic achievement and clinical experience between them.Many of us take our mental health for granted. But we can ...Show more