Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
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Category: Science
THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Sapiens shows us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going. Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from ove ...Show more
Determined: Life Without Free Will by Robert M Sapolsky
$36.99 AUD
Category: Science
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the science and philosophy of decision-making to mount a devastating case against free will, an argument with profound consequences.Robert Sapolsky's Behave, his now classic account of why humans do good and w ...Show more
To Boldly Go Where No Book Has Gone Before: A Joyous Journey Through All of Science by Luke O'Neill
$45.00 AUD
Category: Science
A spellbinding and often hilarious history of (almost) the entirety of science from world-renowned immunologist Luke O'Neill *The Irish Times Top 10 Bestseller* Scientists have been participants in the best reality show of all time, with all the highs, lows, bust-ups, and strange personalities of any sh ...Show more
H is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z by Elizabeth Kolbert ; illustrated by Wesley Allsbrook
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Category: Science
Climate change resists narrative and yet we must see clearly what's happening in our world. Millions of lives are at stake, and upwards of a million species. We must act. In H Is for Hope, Elizabeth Kolbert investigates the history, and future, of climate change from A, for Svante Arrhenius, who created ...Show more
Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations by Simon Schama
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Category: Science
Cities and countries engulfed by panic and death, desperate for vaccines but fearful of what inoculation may bring. This is what the world has just gone through with Covid-19. But as Simon Schama shows in his epic history of vulnerable humanity caught between the terror of contagion and the ingenuity o ...Show more
Coders - Who They Are, What They Think and How They Are Changing Our World by Clive Thompson
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Category: Science
'Masterful . . . [Thompson] illuminates both the fascinating coders and the bewildering technological forces that are transforming the world in which we live.' David Grann, author of The Lost City of Z Facebook's algorithms shaping the news. Uber's cars flocking the streets. Revolution on Twitter and r ...Show more
When the Heavens Went on Sale - The misfits and geniuses racing to put space within reach by Ashlee Vance
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Category: Science
Acid-dropping NASA renegades and the new the space race no one knows is coming. When the Heavens Went on Sale is a fast-paced, exclusive, behind-the-scenes narrative about the race for space that's happening under our noses and over our heads. While the billionaire battles of Bezos vs Branson vs Musk do ...Show more
Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organise Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential by Tiago Forte
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Category: Science
A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER A FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE MONTHA FAST COMPANY TOP SUMMER PICK 'Completely changed my life' - Ali Abdaal, YouTuber and Entrepreneur'Reading this book feels like being let in on a secret. ... an absolute must read' - Ryder Carroll, author of The Bullet Journal ...Show more
A Brief History of Black Holes: And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong by Dr Becky Smethurst
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Category: Science
In A Brief History of Black Holes, the award-winning University of Oxford researcher Dr Becky Smethurst charts five hundred years of scientific breakthroughs in astronomy and astrophysics.Right now, you are orbiting a black hole.The Earth orbits the Sun, and the Sun orbits the centre of the Milky Way: a ...Show more
Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature by Sarah Hart
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Category: Science
"An exuberant enthusiasm for mathematics (and life in general) shines through Dr. Hart." --The New York Times "An absolute joy to read!" --Steven Levitt, New York Times bestselling author of Freakonomics For fans of Seven Brief Lessons in Physics, an exploration of the many ways mathematics can tran ...Show more
The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins
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Category: Science
From the author of The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins' The Blind Watchmaker has been acclaimed as the most influential work on evolution in the last hundred years. In 1802 the Rev. William Paley's argued in Natural Theology that just as finding a watch would lead you to conclude that a watchmaker must ex ...Show more
Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe by Brian Greene
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Category: Science
Instant New York Times Best-seller "A splendid and invigorating read." --Maria Popova, Brain Pickings From the world-renowned physicist and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe comes a captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's search for purpose. Until the End of Time is Brian Green ...Show more