Climate Change: An Archaeological Study: How Our Prehistoric Ancestors Responded to Global Warming by JOHN D. GRAINGER
$75.00 AUD
Category: Science
Global warming is among the most urgent problems facing the world today. Yet many commentators, and even some scientists, discuss it with reference only to the changing climate of the last century or so. John Grainger takes a longer view and draws on the archaeological evidence to show how our ancestors ...Show more
Astronomy 2024 Australia: Your Guide to the Night Sky by Glenn Dawes, Peter Northfield, Ken Wallace
$32.95 AUD
Category: Science
This annual gem (produced each year since 1991) continues to take the Australian stargazer on a wondrous journey of the night sky. This critically acclaimed work, produced by three well known experts in the field, takes a unique approach to explaining and identifying the Sun, Moon, planets and constella ...Show more
Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations by Simon Schama
$59.99 AUD
Category: Science
Cities and countries engulfed by panic and death, desperate for vaccines but fearful of what inoculation may bring. This is what the world has just gone through with Covid-19. But as Simon Schama shows in his epic history of vulnerable humanity caught between the terror of contagion and the ingenuity o ...Show more
Heat: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet by Jeff Goodell
$37.99 AUD
Category: Science
A searing examination of the impact that temperature rise will have on our lives and what we can do to stop it, by the author of The Water Will Come.'When heat comes, it's invisible. It doesn't bend tree branches or blow hair across your face to let you know it's arrived ... The sun feels like the barre ...Show more
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Biog of Cancer
A magnificent, beautifully written biography of cancer -- from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles to cure, control and conquer it, to a radical new understanding of its essence. In The Emperor of All Maladies, Siddhartha Mukherjee, doctor, researcher and awa ...Show more
A Brief History Of Time: From Big Bang To Black Holes by Stephen Hawking
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
From the Big Bang to the theory of relativity, Stephen W. Hawking will challenge your imagination and expand your grasp of the cosmos. This is the classic revelatory science book of the last century. Here is a landmark book written for those of us who prefer words to equations. Told by an extraordinary ...Show more
Art, Culture and International Development - Humanizing Social Transformation by John Clammer
$110.00 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Rethinking Development Ser.
Culture is not simply an explanation of last resort, but is itself a rich, multifaceted and contested concept and set of practices that needs to be expanded, appreciated and applied in fresh ways if it is to be both valued in itself and to be of use in practical development. This innovative book places ...Show more
2024 Australasian Sky Guide by Nick Lomb
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Australasian Sky Guide Ser.
This popular guide by astronomer and author Dr Nick Lomb provides stargazers with everything they need to know about the southern night sky. It contains the latest information on the solar system, historical features, monthly sky maps, details of the year’s exciting celestial events, and viewing tips fo ...Show more
Moon: A Beginner's Guide to Lunar Features and Photography by JAMES HARROP
$54.99 AUD
$75.00 (26% off)
Category: Science
A practical guide aimed at beginners interested in learning about the Moon and how to image our closest satellite neighbor. The book contains the complete photographic process including equipment, settings, capture techniques, stacking and image processing, each of which is vitally important to producin ...Show more
Adventures in Climate Science: Scientists' tales from the frontiers of climate change Foreword by Karl Kruszelnicki
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
These tales of adventure and research in remote and remarkable corners of the earth investigate a multitude of ways the world is changing and explain the science behind exactly what a couple of degrees of warming mean. Addressed are glacier melt, rising seas, extreme weather, ocean currents, changing ec ...Show more
All In The Mind: the new book from the popular ABC radio program and podcast by Lynne Malcolm
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
Inspiring and transformational stories from the forefront of brain science -- from the popular ABC Radio program and podcast Understanding the human mind remains one of the most alluring challenges we face. Now pioneering investigations and technologies are enabling science to gain new insights into the ...Show more
Dr Matt's Guide to Life in Space: The search for Planet B, why Earth is so special, and where are the aliens? by Matt Agnew
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
The search for Planet B. Why Earth is so special? And where are the aliens? Dr Matt Agnew takes us through this fun, information-packed, fascinating look at life in space. Sit back, relax, let your imagination run wild and enjoy this scientific journey. 'This is a great first book for diving into astron ...Show more