Wild Design - The Architecture of Nature by Kimberly Ridley
49.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Wild Design reveals the wonders of the natural world as never seen before, through the stunning, extraordinary, and functional forms created by animals, plants, and other organisms all around us. Art and science beautifully intertwine in this fascinating exploration of structures and shapes found in nat ...Show more
How to Feed the World: A Factful Guide by Vaclav Smil
36.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
A myth-busting book about how the world produces and consumes its food and how to do so without killing the planet In this ambitious, myth-busting book, leading scientist and internationally bestselling author Vaclav Smil investigates many of the burning questions facing the world today- Why are some ...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
A Little History of Science by William Bynum
24.99 AUD
25.95 (3% off)
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Little Histories Ser.
Science is fantastic. It tells us about the infinite reaches of space, the tiniest living organism, the human body, the history of Earth. People have always been doing science because they have always wanted to make sense of the world and harness its power. From ancient Greek philosophers through Einste ...Show more
Simply Science: Facts Made Fast by DK
22.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
The clearest, simplest guide to science ever published Understanding science has never been easier. Combining bold graphics with easy-to-understand text, Simply Science is the perfect introduction for those who are short of time but hungry for knowledge. The book covers not only the core scienc ...Show more
The Science of Spin - The Force Behind Everything - from Falling Cats to Jet Engines by Roland Ennos
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Why exactly is the Earth round? How is it that boomerangs can turn in mid-air? And why do cats always land on their feet? It's time to stop thinking in straight lines... 'A wonderfully fascinating book with answers to so many everyday questions you never knew you needed to know.' Mark Miodownik, author ...Show more
The Age of Seeds: How Plants Hacked Time and Why Our Future Depends on It by Fiona McMillan-Webster
34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Plants evolved seeds to hack time. Thanks to seeds they can cast their genes forward into the future, enabling species to endure across seasons, years, and occasionally millennia. When a 2000-year-old extinct date palm seed was discovered, no one expected it to still be alive. But it sprouted a healthy ...Show more
Making Numbers Count: The art and science of communicating numbers by Karla Starr
35.00 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
From bestselling author Chip Heath, a lively, practical, first-of-its-kind guide to turning cold, clinical data into a memorable story. Whether you're interested in global problems like climate change, and understanding that the Australian wildfires destroyed an area twice the size of Portugal, or just ...Show more
A Handbook to Seashells of Australia: On Seashores East to West and North to South by n Barry Wilso
29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
A Handbook to Australian Seashells will help you to identify most of the shells you find, no matter where you are on the Australian coast. It includes over 375 species of the most common seashells found along our seashores. Each one is illustrated with a beautiful colour photograph showing its colours, ...Show more
The Interpretation of Cats - And Their Owners by Claude Béata; David Watson (Translator)
45.00 AUD
Category: Animals
'A guide to being the best humans we can be for our cats' Focus 'Fascinating. A must for every cat owner' Philippa Perry A trail-blazing guide to feline mental health from a leading veterinary psychiatrist Is your cat happy? What can you do to help? And what can cats teach us? The relationship betwe ...Show more
Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19 by Alina Chan; Matt Ridley
34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
It's the greatest whodunnit mystery of the century: how did the first detected outbreak of Covid-19 start in Wuhan city? We know that the natural reservoir of SARS-related coronaviruses is in bats, but we do not how, where, and when SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for Covid-19, acquired the ability to ...Show more
The Meaning of it All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist by Richard P. Feynman
29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Many appreciate Richard P. Feynmans contributions to twentieth-century physics, but few realize how engaged he was with the world around himhow deeply and thoughtfully he considered the religious, political, and social issues of his day. Now, a wonderful bookbased on a previously unpublished, three-part ...Show more