Readings Recommends: Science & Nature
The Genome Generation
$32.95 – Hardback / Melbourne University Press
The year 2001 saw the completion of the human genome project, the culmination of a 14-year, $3 billion, international race to read every letter of the code that makes up a human being. Reading this code was the most profound... Buy or find out more→
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in Space
$23.00 – Paperback / Oneworld Publications
A surreally entertaining trip into the science of life in space. Buy or find out more→
Maintain Your Brain: What You Can Do to Improve Your Brain's Health and Avoid Dementia
$28.00 – Paperback / ABC Books
Avoiding the onset of dementia is a whole body, whole of life process. Maintain your Brain explains how this works and what to do and reassures us all we can take action before things go too far. Buy or find out more→
A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionised the Cosmos
$35.00 – Hardback / Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
During the 1530s, rumours of a potentially revolutionary theory of how the heavens worked emanating from a small city in Poland began to spread throughout Europe. The architect of this theory was a Polish cleric named Nicolaus... Buy or find out more→
2012 Australasian Sky Guide
$16.95 – Paperback / Powerhouse Museum
Compact, easy to use and reliable, this popular guide contains everything you need to know about the southern night sky with monthly star maps, diagrams and details of all the year's exciting celestial events. Wherever you are... Buy or find out more→
Astronomy 2012 Australia: Your Guide to the Night Sky
$27.95 – Paperback / Quasar Publishing
This critically acclaimed work, produced by three well known experts in the field, takes a unique approach to explaining and identifying the Sun, Moon, planets and constellations. It is simply the best publication of its type... Buy or find out more→
The Best Australian Science Writing 2011
$39.95 – Paperback / NewSouth Publishing
From the elemental forces that drive our expanding universe to the delicate hairs on the back of your neck, science offers talented writers the kind of scope that other subjects simply cant match. This dynamic genre of Australian... Buy or find out more→
Brain Food
$33.00 – Hardback / Pan Macmillan Australia
In his typically engrossing style, Dr Karl places the food industry under the microscope, gives an insight into your insides, reveals how hamburgers can kill, and puts his palate on the line all in the name of flavoursome... Buy or find out more→
Deceptive Beauties: The World of Wild Orchids
$59.95 – Hardback / The University of Chicago Press
Across the centuries, orchids have captivated us with their elaborate exoticism, their perfumes, and their sublime seductiveness. But the disquieting beauty of orchids is an unplanned marvel of evolution. This book features over... Buy or find out more→
Swainston's Fishes of Australia: The Complete Illustrated Guide
$125.00 – Hardback / Penguin Books Australia
Swainston's artwork provides a fascinating overview of the extraordinary diversity of Australia's marine and freshwater fishes. Here, more than 1500 illustrations portray every family of fishes ever recorded from Australian... Buy or find out more→
The Bedside Book of Physics
$24.99 – Hardback / Murdoch Books
The Bedside Book series is a fun, interactive introduction to a range of seemingly complex subjects. Buy or find out more→
Greeniology 2020: Greener Living Today, and in the Future
$37.00 – Paperback / Melbourne University Press
Do you want to live well, be green and make a difference? There's never been a better time to reduce your personal impact on the environment and prepare for change as our society moves towards sustainability. Covering... Buy or find out more→
A Brief History Of Time: From Big Bang To Black Holes
$19.95 – Paperback / Transworld Publishers Ltd
Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? This title reviews some of the great theories of the cosmos from Newton to Einstein, before delving into the secrets... Buy or find out more→
The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Decline of Violence in History and Its Causes
$13.95 – Hardback / Penguin Books Ltd
Reveals how, contrary to popular belief, humankind has become progressively less violent, over millenia and decades. This title argues that modernity and its cultural institutions are actually making us better people. It shows how... Buy or find out more→
Extreme Cosmos
$29.95 – Paperback / NewSouth Publishing
The universe is all about extremes. Space has a temperature 270°C below freezing. Stars die in catastrophic supernova explosions a billion times brighter than the Sun. A black hole can generate 10 million trillion volts of... Buy or find out more→
The Allergy Epidemic: A Mystery of Modern Life
$29.95 – Paperback / UWA Publishing
Dr Susan Prescott, an internationally renowned specialist in childhood allergy and immunology, takes us on a journey into the world and science behind the allergy epidemic. Why is allergic disease increasing so rapidly,... Buy or find out more→
Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science
$29.95 – Hardback / WW Norton & Co
A gripping new scientific biography of the revered Nobel Prize–winning physicist (and curious character). Buy or find out more→
Moby Duck The True Story Of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost At Sea And Of The Beachcombers Oceanographers Environmentalists And
$35.00 – Paperback / Scribe Publications
When the writer Donovan Hohn heard of the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at sea, he figured he would interview a few oceanographers, talk to a few beachcombers, and read up on Arctic science and geography. But questions... Buy or find out more→
Science 1001: Absolutely Everything That Matters in Science
$29.95 – Hardback / Quercus Publishing Plc
The ultimate reference guide to the worlds of science from quantum theory and the origin of life, to genetic modification and space exploration. Buy or find out more→
Evolution: The Story of Life on Earth
$28.00 – Hardback / Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
An accessible graphic introduction to evolution for the most science-phobic reader Illustrated by the brilliant duo Kevin Cannon and Zander Cannon, this volume is written by the noted comic author and professor... Buy or find out more→
Quirk: Brain Science Makes Sense of Your Peculiar Personality
$19.95 – Paperback / Random House Australia
Are you neurotic, eager to please, and honest? Or cheerful, gregarious, and disorganised? Whatever you're like, with the tweak of a couple of genes, scientists can make a mouse just like you. Hannah Holmes shows us by humorously... Buy or find out more→
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
$15.95 – Hardback / Random House USA Inc
From the bestselling author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos comes his most thrilling and accessible book to date--a state-of-the-art tour of the cutting-edge science that is changing the way we see our... Buy or find out more→
The Immortalization Commission: The Strange Quest to Cheat Death
$45.00 – Hardback / Penguin Books Ltd
An obsession with the nature of death lies at the heart of the human experience. For most of our history religion provided a clear explanation for life and the afterlife. This book raises a host of fascinating questions about what... Buy or find out more→
Tribal Science Brains Beliefs And Bad Ideas
$32.95 – Paperback / University of Queensland Press
How do you define science? And whose theories are the right ones? Take a humorous and intriguing journey through the unchartered territory of scientific squabbles with scientist Mike McRae. He explains how and why science... Buy or find out more→
2011 Australian Sky Guide
$22.95 – Paperback / Powerhouse Museum
The celestial equivalent of a street directory! Compact, easy to use and reliable, this popular guide contains everything you need to know about the southern night sky with monthly star maps, diagrams and details of all the years... Buy or find out more→
A Short History of Nearly Everything
$74.95 – Hardback / Transworld Publishers Ltd
Aims to make the world of science both understandable and entertaining to millions of people around the globe. This illustrated edition brings to life almost everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of... Buy or find out more→
From So Simple a Beginning: Darwin's Four Great Books
$49.95 – Hardback / WW Norton & Co
Never before have the four great works of Charles Darwin - Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle (1845), The Origin of Species (1859), The Descent of Man (1871) and The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) - been collected under... Buy or find out more→
The Butterflies of Australia
$49.99 – Paperback / Allen & Unwin
The world over people love butterflies but few understand much more about them than their physical beauty. Butterflies of Australia offers a unique guide to help identify the nearly 400 species to which our continent plays host... Buy or find out more→
Field Guide to Mammals of Australia
$39.95 – Paperback / Oxford University Press Australia
This is the only comprehensive guide to identifying all 378 species of mammals known in Australia. This updated edition uses classic field-guide layout and each two-page spread provides all the information needed to make an... Buy or find out more→
Wisdom From Philosophy To Neuroscience
$34.95 – Paperback / University of Queensland Press
In this fascinating journey from philosophy to science, Hall gives us a dramatic history of wisdom, from its sudden emergence in the fifth century BC to its modern manifestations in education, politics and the workplace. Yet he... Buy or find out more→
How To Cool The Planet Geoengineering And The Audacious Quest To Fix The Earths Climate
$35.00 – Paperback / Scribe Publications
Even if we could muster the political will for it, cutting greenhouse gas emissions alone may not be enough to reduce the risk of climate catastrophe. Goodell explores the scientific, political, financial, and moral aspects of... Buy or find out more→
Charles Darwin: an Australian Selection
$39.95 – Paperback / National Museum of Australia
Charles Darwin found much in Australia to challenge and inform his thinking. This book explores the impact that Darwins short visit to Australia in 1836 had on the man himself and on the emerging nation. Now, more than 170 years... Buy or find out more→
Bad Science
$19.99 – Paperback / HarperCollins Publishers
Guardian columnist Dr Ben Goldacre takes us on a hilarious, invigorating and informative journey through the bad science we're fed by the worst of the hacks and the quacks! Buy or find out more→
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing
$18.95 – Paperback / Oxford University Press
Selected and introduced by Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is a rich and vibrant anthology celebrating the finest writing by scientists for a wider audience - revealing that the best scientists have... Buy or find out more→
The Decisive Moment: How the Brain Makes Up Its Mind
$24.95 – Paperback / Text Publishing Co
Our best decisions are a finely tuned blend of feeling and reason - and the precise mix depends on the situation. The trick is to determine when to lean on which part of the brain. Jonah Lehrer arms us with the tools we need to... Buy or find out more→
Vitamin D Solution A Three Step Strategy To Cure Our Most Common Health Problem
$35.00 – Paperback / Scribe Publications
Vitamin D deficiency is the most common medical condition in the world. People lacking sufficient levels of vitamin D may suffer from chronic health conditions from fatigue and pain to life-threatening illnesses. Michael Holick... Buy or find out more→
Here on Earth: An Argument for Hope
$34.95 – Paperback / Text Publishing Co
We stand at a crossroads, where comprehension of our place in nature of our true abilities and of our history is supremely important. We have formed a global civilisation of unprecedented might, driven forward by the power of our... Buy or find out more→
Anticancer: A New Way of Life
$35.00 – Paperback / Scribe Publications
Dr Servan-Schreiber was first confronted with cancer when he was working as a medical resident, when he discovered he had cancer of the brain. He went on to research alternative medicine. This book is the culmination of his... Buy or find out more→
Original Skin: Exploring the Marvels of the Human Hide
$35.00 – Paperback / Scribe Publications
The grand and sweeping story of our largest organ - the exquisitely sensitive, constantly reactive, and staunchly protective human skin. It's a captivating journey, with surprise discoveries, rewarding diversions, and memorable... Buy or find out more→
Warmth Of The Heart Prevents Your Body From Rusting
$29.95 – Paperback / Scribe Publications
The inevitable ageing process does not condemn us to solitude, suffering, degradation or dependency. Marie de Hennezel guides us through a true 'art of growing old'. She recalls her encounters as a clinical psychologist with... Buy or find out more→
Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks
$34.99 – Paperback / Pan Macmillan
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - become one of the most important... Buy or find out more→
Imperfect Creation Cosmos Life And Natures Hidden Code
$32.95 – Paperback / Black Inc.
For millennia, humankind has searched for an intellectual Holy Grail - a scientific theory to explain the origins of the universe and our place in it. Gleiser argues that there is no grand plan, cosmic blueprint or overarching... Buy or find out more→
Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read
$23.95 – Paperback / Penguin Putnam Inc
In this riveting investigation, a renowned cognitive neuroscientist provides an accessible account of the brain circuitry of reading. Setting cutting-edge science in the context of cultural debate, Reading in the Brain is an... Buy or find out more→
Play How It Shapes The Brain Opens The Imagination And Invigorates The Soul
$27.95 – Paperback / Scribe Publications
As we become adults, taking time to play feels like a guilty pleasure - a distraction from 'real' work and life. But play is anything but trivial. It is a biological drive as integral to our health as sleep or nutrition. In fact,... Buy or find out more→