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Biomimetics: How Lessons from Nature can Transform Technology by Brian Clegg
$24.99 AUD
Category: Self Development | Series: Hot Science Ser.
An exploration of the transformative ways in which nature has inspired the technological advancement of humankind.
Conundrum - Crack the Ultimate Cipher Challenge! by Brian Clegg
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
The ultimate trial of knowledge and cunning, Enigma features 200 cryptic puzzles and ciphers. The solutions link throughout the book - so you need to solve them all to get to the final round. With a focus on ciphers and codebreaking, Enigma contains twenty sections, each built around a specific subject ...Show more
Game Theory: Understanding the Mathematics of Life by Brian Clegg
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
Brian Clegg was always fascinated by Isaac Asimov's classic Foundation series of books, in which the future is predicted using sophisticated mathematical modelling of human psychology and behaviour. Only much later did he realise that Asimov's 'psychohistory' had a real-world equivalent: game theory. Or ...Show more
Lightning Often Strikes Twice: The 50 Biggest Misconceptions in Science by Brian Clegg
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
You may well be familiar with the fact that lightning, contrary to the popular saying, often strikes the same place twice. But this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to what many of us wrongly believe about the way the world works. Whether it's word of mouth, myths you've read about online, ...Show more
Ten Days in Physics that Shook the World: How Physicists Changed Everyday Life by Brian Clegg
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
The breakthroughs that have had the most transformative practical impacts, from thermodynamics to the Internet. Physics informs our understanding of how the world works - but more than that, key breakthroughs in physics have transformed everyday life. We journey back to ten separate days in history to u ...Show more
Ten Patterns That Explain the Universe by Brian Clegg
$44.99 AUD
Category: Science
How patterns--from diagrams of spacetime to particle trails revealed by supercolliders--offer clues to the fundamental workings of the physical world. Our universe might appear chaotic, but deep down it's simply a myriad of rules working independently to create patterns of action, force, and consequence ...Show more
Weather Science: How Meteorology Has Gone from Folklore to High-Tech by BRIAN CLEGG
$26.99 AUD
Category: Science
Everyone has an interest in the weather, whether it's to check the prospects for a day out or to know when best to harvest a crop. The Earth's weather systems also provide some of the most dramatic forces of nature, from the vast release of energy in a lightning flash to the devastating impact of tornad ...Show more
What Do You Think You Are?: The Science of What Makes You You by Brian Clegg
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
The popular science equivalent of the TV show Who Do You Think You Are?
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