Latin for Birdwatchers by Roger J Lederer
35.00 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
In every scientific discipline, there is an official language formed of many words derived from Latin. Ornithology and bird watching are perfect examples. The scientific names of birds define the identity and relationships among the approximately 10,000 known species. Latin for Birdwatchers introduces y ...Show more
The Tale of the Duelling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery by Sam Kean
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
For centuries, scientists had only one way to study the brain: wait for misfortune to strike - strokes, seizures, infections, lobotomies, horrendous accidents, phantom limbs, Siamese twins - and see how the victims changed afterwards. In many cases their survival was miraculous, and observers marvelled ...Show more
Wonders of the Universe by Brian Cox; Andrew Cohen
39.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
"Cox brings a magical enchantment to this life-changing book. . . . I swear that you will never be the same again after you turn the last page of this unique and irresistible book." --Sunday Express (London) Experience the cosmos as never before with Brian Cox's Wonders of the Universe, a gorgeously il ...Show more
Wonders of the Solar System by Brian Cox; Andrew Cohen
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Taking readers on a breathtaking visual and scientific adventure, renowned physicist Brian Cox reveals the Solar System as you have never seen it before: from Saturn's moons, where giant ice fountains spout into space and oceans are made of liquid methane, to Jupiter, where storms rage that are twice th ...Show more
Wonders of Life by Professor Brian Cox; Andrew Cohen
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
What is Life? Where did it come from? Why does it end? In this beautiful and definitive new book, Professor Brian Cox takes us on an incredible journey to discover how a few fundamental laws gave birth to the most complex, diverse and unique force in the Universe - life itself. There are thought to be a ...Show more
Human Universe by Professor Brian Cox
45.00 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE | Reading Level: General Adult
The nation's favourite scientist looks at the origins of life in our Universe. For somehow the laws of nature conspired to create a naked ape that can look up at the stars and wonder where it came from. For as long as humans have walked the Earth we have searched for our place in the cosmos. We have loo ...Show more
Molecules: The Elements and the Architecture of Everything (HB) by Theodore Gray
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE | Reading Level: very good
In his highly anticipated sequel to The Elements, Theodore Gray demonstrates how the elements of the periodic table combine to form the molecules that make up our world. Everything physical is made up of the elements and the infinite variety of molecules they form when they combine with each other. In M ...Show more
Birds by Jonathan Elphick
49.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
This beautiful book tells the story of the development of bird art through the ages. It ranges from the early decorative - but often fanciful - images of birds, through more accurate portrayals resulting from exploration and an increasing knowledge of the world's avifauna, to modern attempts at capturin ...Show more
What's in Your Genes?: From the color of your eyes to the length of your life, a revealing look at your genetic traits by Katie McKissick, Creator of Beatrice the Biologist
27.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
A crash course in genetics! Everyone knows that if you come from a family of brunettes, you're likely to be born with brown hair. But did you know your hair color may also affect how often you get sunburned? Or how often you need to take vitamin supplements? What's in Your Genes? goes beyond Gregor Mend ...Show more
The Planets: The Definitive Visual Guide to Our Solar System by DK
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE | Series: The Definitive Visual Guide
Featuring all-new 3D models built using data gathered by NASA and the European Space Agency, The Planets is an awe-inspiring journey through the Solar System, from Earth to Mars and beyond. Viewed layer by layer, planets and other objects in the Solar System are taken out of the night sky and presented ...Show more
Ocean: The Definitive Visual Guide by Dorling Kindersley
69.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Dive in to this breathtaking read about the world's oceans. Explore the last wilderness left on Earth, with an enhanced and updated edition of this exhaustive guide to the underwater world. From mangrove swamp to ocean floor, mollusc to manatee, the Japanese tsunami to Hurricane Sandy, unravel the myste ...Show more
The Catch : How Fishing Companies Reinvented Slavery and Plunder the Ocean by Michael Field
34.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE & NATURE | Reading Level: Very Good
On November 9, 2008, near Kiribati in the Pacific, a Korean ship came alongside Tai Ching 21. The Taiwan-flagged fishing boat was eerily silent. Three life rafts were missing, and all 29 of the Taiwanese officers and Chinese, Indonesian and Filipino crew. A quest to discover the men's identities led jou ...Show more