The Island of the Colour-Blind by Oliver Sacks
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Category: Science
'Sacks is rightly renowned for his empathy . . . anyone with a taste for the exotic will find this beautifully written book highly engaging' Sunday Times Always fascinated by islands, Oliver Sacks is drawn to the Pacific by reports of the tiny atoll of Pingelap, with its isolated community of islanders ...Show more
30-Second Psychology by Christian Jarrett
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Category: Science | Series: 30 Second
A compact yet detailed introduction to the primary theories of psychology and the history of its development.
Alex's Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos
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Category: Science
The world of maths can seem mind-boggling, irrelevant and, let's face it, boring. This groundbreaking book reclaims maths from the geeks. Mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives: from the surprising geometry of the 50p piece to how probability can help you win in any casino. In se ...Show more
The Bedside Book of Physics by Isaac McPhee
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Category: Science
The Bedside Book of Physics is an entertaining and informative introduction to the world of physics, written with the curious beginner in mind. Covering history of physics from the early Greek thinkers to the modern international scientific collaborations, The Bedside Book of Physics takes readers on a ...Show more
The Music Instinct: How Music Works and Why We Can't Do without it by Philip Ball
29.99 AUD
Category: Science
This is a pre-read / used book. Fair to Good condition. minor marks & foxing on pages. minor crease at spine. Why have all human cultures - today and throughout history - made music? Why does music excite such rich emotion? And how do we make sense of musical sound? These are questions that have ...Show more
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins
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Category: Science
A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.
The Psychology of Love: Popular Penguins by Sigmund Freud
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Category: Science | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
Freud's landmark writings on love and sexuality, including the famous case study of Dora newly translated and in one volume for the first time This original collection brings together the most important writings on the psychology of love by one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century. Sigmund F ...Show more
On Natural Selection: Popular Penguins by Charles Darwin
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Category: Science | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves--and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives--and destroyed them. Now, Penguin brings you th ...Show more
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
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Category: Science
On the Origin of Species is Charles Darwin's classic treatise on his theory of evolution and natural selection and is among the most important works in the history of science and evolutionary biology. When on board H.M.S. Beagle, as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of ...Show more
The Concise Human Body Book: An Illustrated Guide to Its Structure, Function and Disorders by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
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Category: Science
The Concise Human Body Book is an all-in-one guide to the most important possession any of us can own. It combines up-to-the-minute description and illustration of the body's physical structure, chemical workings, and potential problems, with a comprehensive coverage of individual elements and processes ...Show more
Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
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Category: Science
Ben Goldacre's wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists and evil pharmaceutical corporations. Since 2003 Dr Ben Goldacre has been exposing dodgy medical data in his popular Guardian column. In this e ...Show more
God Part of the Brain by Matthew Alper
34.99 AUD
Category: Science
Acclaimed by a wide range of experts, The "God" Part of the Brain is a classic. Matthew Alper presents a stunning argument: that our brain is hardwired to believe in a God. He offers a scientific explanation that we inherit an evolutionary mechanism that allows us to cope with our greatest terror - deat ...Show more