Unearthing the Underworld A Natural History of Rocks by Ken McNamara
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
A geological saga that digs deep, revealing how even the most ordinary rocks can be stepping stones to the hidden history of our planet. Unearthing the Underworld reveals the hidden world of rocks--the keepers of secrets of past environments, changing climates, and the pulse of life over billions of yea ...Show more
Welcome to the Universe in 3D: A Visual Tour by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, J. Richard Gott, Robert J. Vanderbei
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
Journey into the vast depths of the observable universe by visualising the most spectacular images in astronomy in stereoscopic 3D.Welcome to the Universe in 3D takes you on a grand tour of the observable universe, guiding you through the most spectacular sights in the cosmos — in breathtaking 3D. Prese ...Show more
The Little Book of Exoplanets by Joshua N. Winn
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
A concise and accessible introduction to exoplanets that explains the cutting-edge science behind recent discoveries For centuries, people have speculated about the possibility of planets orbiting distant stars, but only since the 1990s has technology allowed astronomers to detect them. At this poin ...Show more
Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future by Ed Conway
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil and lithium. They built our world, and they will transform our future. These are the six most crucial substances in human history. They took us from the Dark Ages to the present day. They power our computers and phones, build our homes and offices, and create life-saving me ...Show more
Chance - The Science and Secrets of Luck, Randomness and Probability by New Scientist Magazine Staff
$19.98 AUD
Category: Science
For you to be here today reading this requires a mind-boggling series of lucky breaks, starting with the Big Bang and ending in your own conception. So it's not surprising that we persist in thinking that we're in with a chance, whether we're playing the lottery or working out the likelihood of extra-te ...Show more
Charted Territories - Astrology in Poetry by Kari Trottier-Whitsitt
$39.95 AUD
Category: Science
"Charted Territories: Astrology in Poetry" is a refreshing and unique exploration of astrological traits and characteristics. In this deeply beautiful and provocative poetry, seasoned astrologer, Kari Trottier-Whitsitt, shares with us the essence of each astrological sign, planet, house, element, and qu ...Show more
Backyard Biology - Discover the Life Cycles and Adaptations Outside Your Door with Hands-On Science Activities by Donna Latham; Michelle Simpson (Illustrator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Build It Yourself Ser.
Offering a deep peek into the world right outside your door, this life science book for middle readers gets kids excited about the natural world with fantastic hands-on science experiments Where can you study biology? Everywhere Do you need special equipment? No Biology is the study of life, and life ...Show more
The Earth Gazers by Christopher Potter
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
The most beautiful and influential photographs ever made were of the whole earth seen from space. They were taken, almost as an afterthought, by the astronauts of the Apollo space programme from the moon. They inspired a generation of scientists and environmentalists to think more seriously about our re ...Show more
A Briefer History of Time by Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow
$27.99 AUD
Category: Science
"Stephen Hawking s worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Its author s engaging voice is one reason, and the compelling subjects he addresses is another- the nature of space and time, the role of God in creation, the history and future of the uni ...Show more
Fermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh
$24.95 AUD
Category: Science
'I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.' It was with these words, written in the 1630s, that Pierre de Fermat intrigued and infuriated the mathematics community. For over 350 years, proving Fermat's Last Theorem was the most notorious unso ...Show more
How the Zebra Got its Stripes: And Other Darwinian Just So Stories by Leo Grasset
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
Why do giraffes have such long necks? Why are zebras striped? Why are buffalo herds broadly democratic while elephants prefer dictatorships? What explains the architectural brilliance of the termite mound or the complications of the hyena's sex life? And why have honey-badgers evolved to be one of natur ...Show more
Calculating the Cosmos: How Mathematics Unveils the Universe by Ian Stewart
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
Ian Stewart's up-to-the-minute guide to the cosmos moves from the earth and the planets to the galaxy and the universe. He describes how galaxies, stars and planets form, why stars implode, how everything began, and how it's going to end. He considers parallel universes, fine-tuning of the cosmos, wheth ...Show more