| Author: | Professor Brian Cox; Andrew Cohen |
| Category: |
Science and Discovery |
| Reading Level: | 4 Science |
Jupiter: The Ruthless One - Mars: The Doomed One - Sun: The Fiery One - Saturn: The Beautiful One - Pluto: The Mysterious One Professor Brian Cox is back with another insightful and mind-blowing exploration of space.
This time he shows us our solar system as we've never... read more
| Author: | Andrew Nahum |
| Category: |
Science and Discovery |
Frank Whittle always maintained that he was held back by a lack of government support. At the very moment in 1943 when his invention was unveiled to the world, his company, Power Jets, was forcibly nationalised. Yet, as Andrew Nahum shows in this brilli... read more
| Author: | Joel Levy |
| Category: |
Science and Discovery |
| Series: | Amazing Minds Ser. |
Hawking explores the life and work, explaining the breakthroughs at the cutting edge of cosmology, from the Big Bang to black holes, and the ups and downs of Stephen Hawking's extraordinary and often turbulent life. The death of Stephen Hawking in March 2018 brought to a clos... read more
| Author: | Karl Kruszelnicki |
| Category: |
Science and Discovery |
Get your pulse racing with Australia's most popular scientist, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki.Discover why people tell lies, why some planets are hotter than stars and how humans are terraforming the Earth. Is cockroach milk really the next Superfood? Why are birds so smart? Why do t... read more
| Author: | Matt Morgan |
| Category: |
Science and Discovery |
'This book offers real insight into life and death medicine' - Dr. Michael Mosley Critical is an intelligent, compelling and profoundly insightful journey into the world of intensive care medicine and the lives of people who have... read more
| Author: | Sarah-Jayne Blakemore |
| Category: |
Science and Discovery |
Winner of the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Prize 2018. Up to the minute brain science from a world class scientist. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore explains how the adolescent brain transforms as it develops and shapes the adults... read more
| Author: | Gina Rippon |
| Category: |
Science and Discovery |
Gendered brains- a sexist myth, or a fact of life?Reading maps or reading emotions? Barbie or Lego? We live in a gendered world where we are bombarded with messages about sex and gender. On a daily basis w... read more
| Author: | Robert Stone; Alan Andres (As told to) |
| Category: |
Science and Discovery |
This companion to the six-hour "American Experience" documentary airing on PBS goes beyond the series to reveal the stories of the visionaries who helped America complete the 1961 vision of President John F. Kennedy, with the first lunar landing in 1969.
| Author: | Editors of Life |
| Category: |
Science and Discovery |
One hundred years ago, a ship thought to be indestructible suffered the ill fate to strike an iceberg during its maiden voyage across the North Atlantic. The unthinkable occurred, and the Titanic went to the ... read more
| Author: | Marcus Chown |
| Category: |
Science and Discovery |
Bestselling author Marcus Chown explores some of the most profound and important science about us, our world and beyond by examining some astonishing facts that reveal the vast complexities of the universe.Ther... read more
| Author: | Rod Pyle |
| Category: |
Science and Discovery |
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking Apollo 11 mission, this lavishly illustrated book--featuring stunning photographs, many previously unpublished, and other rarely seen images and documents--tells the inc... read more
| Author: | Anthony Warner |
| Category: |
Science and Discovery |
Who or what is to blame for us getting fat and ill in increasing numbers?
Sugar or fat? Gut microbes or genes? Laziness or poverty? Whatever it is, it's placing a devastating burden on our healthcare system, and scientists in every field are desperate to explain... read more
