- Adam Spencer's NumberlandAustralia's funniest mathematician returns in 2019 with more rollicking romps through the world of science, technology, numbers and all things nerdy. This terrific new fully illustrated title follows on from Adam's bestselling Big Book of Numbers (2014); World of Numbers (2015), Time Machine (2016), The Number Games (2017), and Top 100 (2018), and is packed full of fascinating facts, tantalising trivia, brainbusting number puzzles, and much much more.
Praise for Adam Spencer's Big Book of Numbers:
`If you find this book boring, you should be in a clinic!' John Cleese
`Funny yet with hidden depths, like its author. A brilliant introduction to the world of numbers.' Brian Cox
`Even the page numbers will start to look fascinating once you've read this book!' Amanda Keller
`Every bright young mind in Australia should read Adam Spencer's Big Book of Numbers - and we oldies would benefit, too.' Peter FitzSimons
ISBN: 9781925589924
Publication date: 01/11/2019
Price: $37.99
Author: Spencer, Adam
Format: PaperbackPrice: $37.99 - Adam Spencer's Top 100Australia's funniest mathematician is back in 2019 with a small format edition of 2018's bestseller. Which number terrifies Ogdokontaheptaphobes? Why would you watch the same clock for 14 years? And have you met the 23-million-digit prime? The answers to all of these questions - and much, much more - are in Adam Spencer's Top 100. Bursting at the seams with puzzles, quizzes, games, numerical trivia and fun, this is the ultimate book for maths nerds and anyone with an inquiring mind. Whether you're 8 or 80, strap your thinking cap on, grab a pencil and get ready to count down from 100 to 1 with Australia's favourite - and funniest - mathematician, Adam Spencer.
Praise for Adam Spencer
`The things Adam Spencer writes about should be taught in every school worldwide.' Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point, Blink and Outliers
`Even the page numbers will start to look fascinating once you've read this book!' Amanda Keller
`Every bright young mind in Australia should read Adam Spencer's Big Book of Numbers - and we oldies would benefit, too.' Peter FitzSimons
ISBN: 9781922267023
Publication date: 01/03/2019
Price: $29.99
Author: Spencer, Adam
Format: PaperbackPrice: $29.99 - Adventures of a Young NaturalistIn 1954, a young television presenter was offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to travel the world finding rare and elusive animals for London Zoo's collection, and to film the expeditions for the BBC.
This is the story of those voyages. Staying with local tribes while trekking in search of giant anteaters in Guyana, Komodo dragons in Indonesia and armadillos in Paraguay, he and the rest of the team battled with cannibal fish, aggressive tree porcupines and escape-artist wild pigs, as well as treacherous terrain and unpredictable weather, to record the incredible beauty and biodiversity of these regions. The methods may be outdated now, but the fascination and respect for the wildlife, the people and the environment - and the importance of protecting these wild places - is not.
Written with his trademark wit and charm, Zoo Quest is not just the story of a remarkable adventure, but of the man who made us fall in love with the natural world, and who is still doing so today.
ISBN: 9781473664968
Publication date: 27/02/2018
Price: $27.99
Author: Attenborough, Sir David
Format: PaperbackPrice: $27.99 - Age of Empathy'Kindness and co-operation have played a crucial role in raising humans to the top of the evolutionary tree...We have thrived on the milk of human kindness.' - Observer
'There is a widely-held assumption that humans are hard-wired for relentless and ruthless competition...Frans de Waal sees nature differently - as a biological legacy in which empathy, not mere self-interest, is shared by humans, bonobos and animals.' - Ben Macintyre, The Times
Empathy holds us together. That we are hardwired to be altruistic is the result of thousands of years of evolutionary biology which has kept society from slipping into anarchy. But we are not alone: primates, elephants, even rodents are empathetic creatures too.
Social behaviours such as the herding instinct, bonding rituals, expressions of consolation and even conflict resolution demonstrate that animals are designed to feel for each other. From chimpanzees caring for mates that have been wounded by leopards, elephants reassuring youngsters in distress and dolphins preventing sick companions from drowning, with a wealth of anecdotes, scientific observations, wry humour and incisive intelligence, The Age of Empathy is essential reading for all who believe in the power of our connections to each other.
ISBN: 9781788164443
Publication date: 11/07/2019
Price: $24.99
Author: Waal, Frans De
Format: PaperbackPrice: $24.99 - Age of Islands: in Search of New and Disappearing IslandsNew islands are being built at an unprecedented rate whether for tourism or territorial ambition, while many islands are disappearing because of rising sea levels or fragmenting due to shrinking ice. It is a strange planetary spectacle, an ever-changing map which even Google Earth struggles to keep pace with.
But it is also, Alastair Bonnett believes, a spectacle which is imprinting itself on our hopes and anxieties. From a 'crannog', an ancient artificial island in a Scottish loch, to the militarized artificial islands China is building in the South China Sea, he sets out to explore some of the world's newest, most fragile and beautiful islands to find out why they have such a hold on our imaginations.
ISBN: 9781786498106
Publication date: 07/05/2020
Price: $32.99
Author: Bonnett, Alastair
Format: Trade PaperbackPrice: $32.99 - Ageless The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting OldAgeless is a guide to the science driving biology's biggest story: why we get old, and how we can stop it.
Ageing - not cancer, not heart disease - is the world's leading cause of death and suffering. We accept as inevitable that as we get older our bodies and minds begin to deteriorate, and we are increasingly likely to be struck by dementia or disease. Ageing is so deeply ingrained in human experience that we never think to ask: is it necessary?
Biologists, on the other hand, have been investigating that question for years.
Ageless introduces us to the cutting-edge research that is paving the way for a revolution in medicine. It takes us inside the laboratories where scientists are studying every aspect of the body - DNA, mitochondria, stem cells, our immune systems, even longevity genes that have helped animals to a tenfold increase in lifespan - all in an effort to forestall or reverse our decline.
Computational biologist Andrew Steele explains what is happening as we age and practical ways we can help slow down the process. He reveals how understanding the scientific implications of ageing could lead to the greatest discovery in the history of medicine - one that has the potential to improve billions of lives, save trillions of dollars, and transform the human condition.
ISBN: 9781526608291
Publication date: 24/12/2020
Price: $32.99
Author: Steele, Andrew
Format: Trade PaperbackPrice: $32.99 - Albert Einstein's Theory of RelativityUnderstand how Einstein came to write the most famous equation in history and see how the world was changed forever.
Broken into 10 bite-sized chapters, this step-by-step journey through Einstein's mind takes his original manuscripts and makes them accessible to budding scientists everywhere.
ISBN: 9781786277503
Publication date: 14/09/2020
Price: $39.99
Author: Wilkinson, Carl
Format: HardbackPrice: $39.99 - Alexs Adventures in NumberlandA tenth anniversary edition of the iconic book about the wonderful world of maths
Sunday Times bestseller | Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize
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 search of weird and wonderful mathematical phenomena, Alex Bellos travels across the globe and meets the world's fastest mental calculators in Germany and a startlingly numerate chimpanzee in Japan. Packed with fascinating, eye-opening anecdotes, Alex's Adventures in Numberland is an exhilarating cocktail of history, reportage and mathematical proofs that will leave you awestruck.
This anniversary edition is fully revised and updated.
ISBN: 9781526623997
Publication date: 14/05/2020
Price: $24.99
Author: Bellos, Alex
Format: PaperbackPrice: $24.99 - Alignment Problem How Can Machines Learn Human ValuesArtificial intelligence is rapidly dominating every aspect of our modern lives influencing the news we consume, whether we get a mortgage, and even which friends wish us happy birthday. But as algorithms make ever more decisions on our behalf, how do we ensure they do what we want? And fairly?
This conundrum - dubbed 'The Control Problem' by experts - is the subject of this timely and important book. From the AI program which cheats at computer games to the sexist algorithm behind Google Translate, bestselling author Brian Christian explains how, as AI develops, we rapidly approach a collision between artificial intelligence and ethics. If we stand by, we face a future with unregulated algorithms that propagate our biases - and worse - violate our most sacred values. Urgent and fascinating, this is an accessible primer to the most important issue facing Al researchers today.
ISBN: 9781786494313
Publication date: 03/11/2020
Price: $32.99
Author: Christian, Brian
Format: Trade PaperbackPrice: $32.99 - All Art Is EcologicalISBN: 9780141997001
Publication date: 31/08/2021
Price: $12.99
Author: Morton, Timothy
Format: PaperbackPrice: $12.99 - Am I Dreaming The New Science of Consciousness and How Altered States Reboot the BrainWhen a computer goes wrong, we are told to turn it off and on again. In Am I Dreaming?, science journalist James Kingsland reveals how the human brain is remarkably similar. By rebooting our hard-wired patterns of thinking - through so-called 'altered states of consciousness' - we can gain new perspectives into ourselves and the world around us.
From shamans in Peru to tech workers in Silicon Valley, Kingsland provides a fascinating tour through lucid dreams, mindfulness, hypnotic trances, virtual reality and drug-induced hallucinations. An eye-opening insight into perception and consciousness, this is also a provocative argument for how altered states can significantly boost our mental health.
ISBN: 9781786495518
Publication date: 01/08/2019
Price: $32.99
Author: Kingsland, James
Format: PaperbackPrice: $32.99 - An Idea Can Go ExtinctISBN: 9780241514412
Publication date: 26/08/2021
Price: $12.99
Author: McKibben, Bill
Format: PaperbackPrice: $12.99