Books do Furnish a Life: Reading and Writing Science by Richard Dawkins
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Category: Science
At a time when science can seem complex and remote, it has a greater impact on our lives, and to the future of our planet, than ever before. It really matters that its discoveries and truths should be clearly and widely communicated. That its enemies, from the malicious to the muddled, the self-deluding ...Show more
Where Did the Universe Come From? And Other Cosmic Questions: Our Universe, from the Quantum to the Cosmos by Chris Ferrie, Geraint F. Lewis
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Category: Science
Do you ever look up to the stars and wonder about what is out there? Over the last few centuries, humans have successfully unraveled much of the language of the universe, exploring and defining formerly mysterious phenomena such as electricity, magnetism, and matter through the beauty of mathematics. B ...Show more
Adam Spencer's Maths 101: The Curly Questions Your Primary School Kids Will Ask You (With the Answers!) by Adam Spencer
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Category: Science
Adam Spencer’s Maths 101 is the reassuring maths book companion for parents and their children tackling primary school level maths. If you’ve ever been challenged mathematically (and who hasn't?), then Adam Spencer is here with this crucial refresher to help you confidently assist your kids learning mat ...Show more
What's Eating the Universe?: And Other Cosmic Questions by Paul Davies
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Category: Science
The story of the universe in thirty cosmological conundrumsIn the constellation of Eridanus there lurks a cosmic mystery. It's as if something has taken a huge bite out of the universe, leaving a super-void. What could be the culprit? A super massive black hole? Another, bigger universe? Or an expanding ...Show more
Do Not Erase: Mathematicians and Their Chalkboards by Jessica Wynne
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Category: Science
A photographic exploration of mathematicians' chalkboards "A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns," wrote the British mathematician G. H. Hardy. In Do Not Erase, photographer Jessica Wynne presents remarkable examples of this idea through images of mathematicians' chalkboards. ...Show more
Testosterone - The Story of the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us by Carole Hooven
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Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
Through riveting personal stories and the latest research, Harvard evolutionary biologist Carole Hooven shows how testosterone drives the behaviour of the sexes apart and how understanding the science behind this hormone is empowering for all.'With all the talk about testosterone in sex, sports and poli ...Show more
We, Hominids: An anthropological detective story by Frank Westerman
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Category: Science
A roving philosophical journey into what makes us human. In We, Hominids, one of Holland's greatest non-fiction writers hunts down answers to humanity's most fundamental questions- Who are we? What makes us different from animals? With an ancient skull as his starting point, he travels the globe, traci ...Show more
The Art of More: How Mathematics Created Civilisation by Michael Brooks
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Category: Science
Bestselling science writer Michael Brooks takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of civilisation, as he explains why maths is fundamental to our understanding of the world.Bestselling science writer Michael Brooks takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of civilisation, as h ...Show more
Free Will by Sam Harris
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Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.
The Universe in Your Hand: A Journey Through Space, Time and Beyond by Christophe Galfard
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
Imagine if The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy were a real, practical book about the mysteries of the universe...The Universe In Your Hand takes us on a wonder-filled journey to the surface of our dying Sun, shrinks us to the size of an atom and puts us in the deathly grip of distant Black Holes. Along ...Show more
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys by Michael Collins
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Category: Science
In July 1969, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon.Fifty years later, it is still one of the greatest achievements in human history. In this remarkable memoir, a defining classic, Michael Collins conveys, in a very personal way, the drama, beauty, ...Show more