The Best Australian Science Writing 2021 by Dyani Lewis (Editor); Cathy Foley (Foreword by)
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Science | Series: The\Best Australian Science Ser.
This much-loved anthology showcases the nation’s best science writing. New voices join prominent science writers and journalists, taking us to the depths of the ocean, the fuels of the future, and to the Ryugu asteroid and back. The anthology also takes us straight the heart of complex ethical dilemmas ...Show more
The Art of More: How Mathematics Created Civilisation by Michael Brooks
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Science
Bestselling science writer Michael Brooks takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of civilisation, as he explains why maths is fundamental to our understanding of the world.Bestselling science writer Michael Brooks takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of civilisation, as h ...Show more
Eddie Woo's Magical Maths 2 by Eddie Woo
$19.98 AUD
Category: New Science
A bumper book of maths fun stuffed with things to draw, puzzle, invent, order, unscramble, code, decode for kids aged 7+ years from Australia's best known maths man. There's magic in maths - if you know where to look...
Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations by MONTGOMERY David
$52.99 AUD
Category: New Science
Dirt, soil, call it what you want--it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, our cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that we are running out of dirt, and it's no laughing matter. An engaging natural and cultural history of soil that ...Show more
King Solomon's Ring by Konrad Lorenz
$24.95 AUD
Category: New Science | Series: Routledge Classics Ser.
Solomon, the legend goes, had a magic ring which enabled him to speak to the animals in their own language. Konrad Lorenz was gifted with a similar power of understanding the animal world. He was that rare beast, a brilliant scientist who could write (and indeed draw) beautifully. He did more than any o ...Show more
Lucifer's Legacy The Meaning of Asymmetry by CLOSE FRANK
$26.95 AUD
Category: New Science
As we begin a new millennium, it becomes clearer that true understanding of our Universe will come only from identifying and understanding the asymmetries that surround us. While modern scientific theory describes a uniformly perfect and symmetrical creation, we know if that were so, matter would have b ...Show more
Snowy River Story by Claire Miller
$35.00 AUD
Category: New Science
This stirring David and Goliath story tells of the townspeople of Dalgety on the Snowy River, whose grassroots campaign took on the massive power of the Snowy Hydro in an attempt to save their homes, communities and the Snowy River itself from a slow death.
WILDLIFE OF THE PENNINE HILLS by KENNEDY DOUG
$54.99 AUD
Category: New Science
Have you ever wondered why a particular bird is found on a particular moor or mountain range or valley? Why a certain plant grows where it does, and nowhere else? The Pennines are a range of magnificent hills which form the spine of England, creating a watershed from which rivers run east and west throu ...Show more
Sunlight and Seaweed - Argument for How by Tim Flannery
$19.98 AUD
Category: New Science
''Sunlight and Seaweedis the beginning of a new way of helping the planet we live on.'' AU Review Acclaimed scientist Tim Flannery investigates exciting new technologies currently being developed to address our most pressing environmental threats in a book that presents a positive future for us and our ...Show more
Climate Wars by Mark Butler
$27.99 AUD
Category: New Science
As the consequences of climate change become perilously close to the point of no-return, time-wasting wars over what to do distract us from taking real action. Mark Butler, the opposition minister for climate change and energy, makes a forceful case for using less and cleaner energy as part of global a ...Show more
Lapidarium: The Secret Lives of Stones by Hettie Judah
$45.00 AUD
Category: New Science
'A delightful storybook . . . a portrait of our whole world created from the contents of the ground' Literary Review 'A real cabinet of curiosities' Sunday Times From the hematite used in cave paintings to the moldavite that became a TikTok sensation; from the stolen sandstone of Scone to the unexpecte ...Show more
The Complete Field Guide to the Butterflies of Australia by Michael F. Braby
$49.95 AUD
Category: New Science
The second edition of the award-winning book The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia is a fully updated guide to all butterfly species on Australia's mainland and remote islands. Written by one of Australia's leading lepidopterists, the book is stunningly illustrated with colour photographs ...Show more