Roars from the Mountain - Colonial Management of the 1951 Volcanic Disaster at Mount Lamington by R. Wally Johnson
$65.00 AUD
Category: New Science | Series: Pacific Ser.
Mount Lamington broke out in violent eruption on 21 January 1951, killing thousands of Orokaiva people, devastating villages and destroying infrastructure. Generations of Orokavia people had lived on the rich volcanic soils of Mount Lamington, apparently unaware of the deadly volcanic threat that lay do ...Show more
Mind Performance Projects for the Evil Genius: 19 Brain-Bending Bio Hacks by Brad Graham
$39.95 AUD
Category: New Science | Series: Evil Genius
Now you can have evil fun inside your head. Here are 25 build-it-yourself projects featuring interesting high-tech gadgetry that can map, manipulate, and even improve the greatest computer on earth - the human brain. Every project in "Mind Performance Projects for the Evil Genius" is perfectly safe, eas ...Show more
Robot Wars : Build Your Own Robot Manual by James Cooper
$39.95 AUD
Category: New Science | Series: Haynes Manuals
Robot Wars is the highly successful TV series in which competitors aim to fight to the death using remote-controlled robots fighting within an enclosed arena. Robot Wars is currently being aired on BBC2 on Sunday evenings, with a new series coming to air in October 2017 to coincide with publication of t ...Show more
The Big Picture: Reflections on Science, Humanity, and a Quickly Changing Planet by David T. Suzuki
$29.99 AUD
Category: New Science
Whether he's discussing how to reconcile economy with ecology, why a warmer world will result in more poison ivy, why Britney Spears gets more hits on Google than global warming does, or why we might need to start eating jellyfish for supper, David Suzuki points the direction we must take as a society i ...Show more
Beautiful Symmetry: A Coloring Book about Math by Alex Berke
$34.99 AUD
Category: New Science | Series: The MIT Press
A coloring book that invites readers to explore symmetry and the beauty of math visually. Beautiful Symmetry is a coloring book about math, inviting us to engage with mathematical concepts visually through coloring challenges and visual puzzles. We can explore symmetry and the beauty of mathematics pla ...Show more
The Biology of Bananas - The Curious World of Kitchen Science by Katie Steckles
$29.99 AUD
Category: New Science | Series: The\Curious World of Kitchen Science Ser.
Age range 9 to 14Get ready to play (and learn!) with your food!Discover the truth about yeast, learn how to count calories, conduct experiments with rubbery eggs, and more. Become a Kitchen Scientist by dissecting an onion, decorating a cookie to look like a cell and discovering how gross things like mo ...Show more
The Menopause Brain: The New Science for Women To Navigate Midlife and Optimise Brain Health for Later Years by Lisa Mosconi
$34.99 AUD
Category: New Science
The New York Times bestselling author of The XX Brain outlines the latest science showing how to navigate perimenopause and menopause successfully, and come out the other side with an even better brain. Menopause and perimenopause are still a black box to most doctors, leaving patients exasperated as t ...Show more
Frogs of Victoria - A Guide to Identification, Ecology and Conservation by Nick Clemann; Michael Swan
$49.99 AUD
Category: New Science
Amphibians are one of the world's most rapidly declining fauna groups. In an era of devastating climate change, habitat destruction and irreplaceable loss of biological diversity, it has never been more important to have effective resources for identifying and managing wildlife. Tapping into the deep k ...Show more
Gemstones of the World: Newly Revised Fifth Edition by Walter Schumann
$39.99 AUD
Category: New Science
This is truly the ultimate one-volume book every hobbyist, jeweler, jewelry maker, and rockhound will ever need. Following the spectacular success of the first four editions of Gemstones of the World, the revised fifth edition exhibits important updates and a beautiful new cover. All the gemstones eve ...Show more
The Australian Beekeeping Manual - 3rd Edition by Robert Owen
$59.99 AUD
Category: New Science
Aimed at both the novice and experienced beekeeper, and supported by over 350 photographs and drawings, this is the ultimate guide to Australian beekeeping. Chapters cover equipment, including the Flow Hive; colony management; pests and diseases; extracting honey; the bee-friendly garden; entering honey ...Show more
Metazoa: Animal Minds and the Birth of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith
$24.99 AUD
Category: New Science
"Enthralling . . . breathtaking . . . Metazoa brings an extraordinary and astute look at our own mind's essential link to the animal world." --The New York Times Book Review(Editors' Choice)"A great book . . . [Godfrey-Smith is] brilliant at describing just what he sees, the patterns of behaviour of the ...Show more