Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality by Manjit Kumar
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Reading Level: very good
For most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious, impenetrable science. And yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. In this magisterial book, Manjit Kumar gives a dramatic and superbly-written history of this fundamental scientific revolution, and the divisive deb ...Show more
Miniature Lives: Identifying Insects in Your Home and Garden by Michelle Gleeson
39.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Miniature Lives provides a range of simple strategies that people can use to identify and learn more about the insects in their homes and gardens. Featuring a step-by-step, illustrated identification key and colour photographs, the book guides the reader through the basics of entomology (the study of in ...Show more
Dog Speak by Rockpool Publishing
22.99 AUD
Category: Animals
Bond with your pooch and learn to train them the fun and easy way with this illustrated card deck. You'll have your pet leaping through hoops in no time! Learning to understand what your dog is telling you is half the battle when training them to be a great companion. Whether you want to teach y ...Show more
One Medicine: How understanding animals can save our lives by Matt Morgan
34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
It all started with a Hob Nob. As Dr Matt Morgan, an intensive care consultant, examined a patient who had suffered a cardiac arrest after inhaling some biscuit crumbs, he saw a flock of birds fly past the window. They must inhale objects all the time when flying, how do they survive? he thought to hims ...Show more
The Book of the Frog by Sally Coulthard
34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Frogs are remarkable creatures. They have mastered both land and water, and can breathe through their skins and their lungs. Some of them are so poisonous that just one tiny frog harbours enough toxins to kill ten people, while others hold the key to lifesaving medicines. Frogs have colonised some of th ...Show more
Stuck Monkey - The Deadly Planetary Cost of the Things We Love by James Hamilton-Paterson
22.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
People hunting monkeys in the jungle once devised a simple yet effective trap: When the creature found a banana in a large jar with a narrow neck, it would plunge its paw in to retrieve it. But it couldn't let go. And unless the monkey released the banana, it was stuck.We are, of course, the stuck monke ...Show more
Bird Migration by Ian Newton
29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Reading Level: very good
The phenomenon of bird migration has fascinated people from time immemorial. The arrivals and departures of different species marked the seasons, heralding spring and autumn, and providing a reliable calendar long before anything better became available. Migration is shown by many kinds of animals, incl ...Show more
Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett
34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Have you ever wondered why you have a brain? Let renowned neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett demystify that big grey blob between your ears. In seven short essays (plus a bite-sized story about how brains evolved), this slim, entertaining and accessible collection reveals mind-expanding lessons from t ...Show more
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
31.95 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Reading Level: very good
# 1 New York Times BestsellerLibraryReads PickSMLWhat is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? Today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. Now Neil deGrasse Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, within sp ...Show more
The Master Builder: How the New Science of the Cell is Rewriting the Story of Life by Alfonso Martinez Arias
34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
What defines who we are? Until now, the biological answer has been our genes. Leading biologist Alfonso Martinez Arias breaks with popular tradition to make a bold argument: what defines us is our cells. Drawing on groundbreaking research, he reveals that we are composed of a thrillingly complex, cons ...Show more
Deep Blue - My Ocean Journeys by Steve Backshall
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Take a deep breath Steve Backshall was nine years old the first time he saw a shark, while on holiday with his family in Malaysia. It was the beginning of a life-long fascination with these 'lords of the sea', and the oceanic life around them. His career as one of the world's most popular naturalists an ...Show more
The Dinosaur Hunters by Lowell Dingus; American Museum of National History
39.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Dinosaur bones had been found centuries before scientists understood what they were and what creatures they came from; ancient Chinese writings spoke of "dragon" bones, and large fossils discovered in the UK were thought to belong to human giants. It was only with the exploration and meticulous research ...Show more