Royal Society Prize for Science Books 2009 Shortlist
Bad Science
$19.99 – Paperback book / Harper Perennial
When Dr Ben Goldacre saw someone on daytime TV dipping her feet in an ′Aqua Detox′ footbath, releasing her toxins into the water and turning it brown, he thought he′d try the same at home. ′Like some kind of Johnny Ball ... Buy or find out more →
The Age Of Wonder: How The Romantic Generation Discovered The Beauty And The Terror Of Science
$19.99 – Paperback book / Harper Collins
A decade in the making, pre-eminent biographer Richard Holmes presents this marvellously original look of the early scientific movement in Britain at a time when the distinction between the arts and sciences had yet to b... Buy or find out more →
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
$26.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
Often historical, occasionally hysterical, and consistently smart and funny, this book challenges everything we think we know about how the world works' Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness
'A wonderfully rea... Buy or find out more →
Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into The 3.5 Billion Year History Of The Human Body
$26.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
Have you ever wondered why our bodies look and work and fail the way they do?
One of the world's leading experts in evolutionary history, Neil Shubin reveals that if we want to understand our limbs we should take a close... Buy or find out more →
What The Nose Knows: The Science Of Scent In Everyday Life
$39.95 – Hardcover book / Crown
• How many smells are there? And how many molecules would it take to create every smell in nature, from roses to stinky feet?
• Who was the bigger scent freak: the perfume-obsessed Richard Wagner or Emily Dickinson, wi... Buy or find out more →