From One Cell - A Journey into Life's Origins and the Future of Medicine by Ben Stanger (Contribution by)
$70.00 AUD
Category: Science & technology
Each of us began life as a single cell. From this humble origin, we embarked on a risky journey fraught with opportunities for disaster. Yet, amazingly, we reached our destination intact, emerging as dazzlingly complex, exquisitely engineered assemblages of trillions of cells. This metamorphosis constit ...Show more
The Seven Measures of the World by Piero Martin
$39.95 AUD
Category: Science & technology
The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical world "Entertaining popular science and a literate tale of why things are as they are."--Kirkus Reviews From the beginning of history, measurement has been interwoven into the human experienc ...Show more
Begin Again: How We Got Here and Where We Might Go - Our human story. So far by Oliver Jeffers
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science & technology | Reading Level: near fine
A powerful, thoughtful and bold comment on humanity and its future from one of today's most thought-provoking artists. In his first picture book created specifically with a wider audience in mind, Oliver Jeffers shares a history of humanity and his dreams for its future. Where are we going? With his bol ...Show more
Ground Breaking by Philip Mulvey, Freya Mulvey
$34.95 AUD
Category: Science & technology
Practical solutions for agricultural management, enabling the restoration of landscape, climate and community. Reaching zero emissions alone won't stop the Earth heating up. There's another factor at play, even bigger than rising greenhouse gas levels: agricultural land use, and it is turning th ...Show more
2024 Australasian Sky Guide by Nick Lomb
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science & technology | 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
Green Murder (PB) by Ian Plimer
$45.00 AUD
Category: Science & technology
It has never been shown that human emissions of the gas of life drive global warming. Large bodies of science that don’t fit the narrative have been ignored by IPCC, COP and self-interested scientists paid by taxpayers. A huge subsidised industry of intermittent unreliable wind and solar electricity has ...Show more
Human Universe by Andrew Cohen; Brian Cox
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science & technology
Where are we? Are we alone? Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future? Human Universe tackles some of the greatest questions that humans have asked to try and understand the very nature of ourselves and the Universe in which we live. Through the endless leaps of human minds, it explores the extr ...Show more
The Night Sky of the Southern Hemisphere by James Kavanagh
$14.99 AUD
Category: Science & technology | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
This innovative - Glow-in-the-Dark - pocket reference highlights prominent constellations and stars that are visible with the naked eye south of the equator. Simply shine a light on the guide to illuminate the constellations and their names on the summer or winter star charts. Also includes descriptions ...Show more
The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi: Exploring the microscopic world around us by Keith Seifert
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science & technology
An enthralling look at our relationship with fungi, from an author who has spent more than forty years studying them on five continents.Fungi are essential to all life on Earth and yet fungal diseases lead to over one million deaths each year. How can we strike a better balance with our microbial cousin ...Show more
Helgoland by Carlo Rovelli
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science & technology
In June 1925, twenty-three-year-old Werner Heisenberg, suffering from hay fever, retreated to a small, treeless island in the North Sea called Helgoland. It was there that he came up with one of the most transformative scientific concepts- quantum theory. Almost a century later, quantum physics has giv ...Show more
The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science & technology
Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists and poets have long explored its meaning while scientists have found that its structure is different from the simple intuition we have of it. From Boltzmann to quantum theory, from Einstein to loop quantum gravity, our understandi ...Show more
Aussie STEM Stars: Fiona Wood: Inventor of spray-on skin by Cristy Burne
$14.95 AUD
Category: Non-fiction | Series: Aussie Stem Star Ser.
Age range 9 to 14Fiona Wood is a plastic surgeon whose expertise in burns treatment came to the world's attention in 2002 in the wake of the Bali bombings. From defending the weak and fixing the broken to fighting for her chance to study medicine, the story of plastic surgeon and spray-on skin inventor ...Show more