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
Why We Die: The New Science of Ageing and the Quest for Immortality by Venki Ramakrishnan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
The knowledge of death is so terrifying that we live most of our lives in denial of it. Our fear of death has underpinned our religions, inspired our cultures, and also driven our science. Today we are living through a revolution in biology. Giant strides are being made in our understanding of why we a ...Show more
Wise Animals: How Technology Has Made Us What We Are by Tom Chatfield
$36.99 AUD
Category: Science
Combining compelling storytelling with erudite, compassionate and often profound insight about the human condition, this book will transform how you navigate the world.' - Richard Fisher, author of The Long View Wise Animals explores the history of our relationship with technology, and our deep involve ...Show more
A Delicate Game: Brain Injury, Sport and Sacrifice by Hana Walker-Brown
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
A footballer dies of dementia, younger than he should.A 14-year old-rugby player is told to play on through multiple blows. He never wakes up from the last one.A scientist reveals endemic brain disease in NFL players and is discredited.A survivor of domestic abuse can't remember details when standing up ...Show more
2024 Guide to the Night Sky Southern Hemisphere: A Month-by-Month Guide to Exploring the Skies Above Australia, New Zealand and South Africa by Storm Dunlop, Wil Tirion, Collins Astronomy
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
The ideal gift for all amateur and seasoned astronomers. A comprehensive handbook to the planets, stars and constellations visible from the southern hemisphere. 6 pages for each month covering January–December 2024. Diagrams drawn for the latitude of southern Australia, but including events visible from ...Show more
The Internet of Animals: Discovering the Collective Intelligence of Life on Earth by Martin Wikelski
$36.99 AUD
Category: Science
For readers of An Immense World, this thrilling book unveils a new scientific technology that tracks animal movements from space and 'could fundamentally reshape the way we understand the role of mobility on our changing planet'. -The New York Times Animal senses are finely tuned to their environments. ...Show more
Platypus Matters - The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals (HB) by Jack Ashby
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
Scientifically informed and funny, a firsthand account of Australia's wonderfully unique mammals--and how our perceptions impact their future.Think of a platypus: They lay eggs (that hatch into so-called platypups), produce milk without nipples and venom without fangs, and can detect electricity. Or a w ...Show more
Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well by Gabrielle Lyon
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
Learn how to reboot your metabolism, build strength, and extend your life with this accessible new guidebook that demonstrates the importance of muscle for health and longevity from the founder of the Institute for Muscle-Centric Medicine®.After years of watching patients cycle through her practice, Dr. ...Show more
Invisible Killer by Fuller Gary
$34.95 AUD
Category: Science
More than 90% of the world's population is exposed to air pollutant concentrations exceeding World Health Organisation guideline levels. Having air that is healthy to breathe is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st Century. Some of this is unfinished business from the last 60 years, but as more an ...Show more
The Illustrated Brief History Of Time: the beautifully illustrated edition of Professor Stephen Hawking's bestselling masterpiece by Stephen Hawking
$55.00 AUD
Category: Science
An updated, expanded and illustrated edition of Stephen Hawking's classic work, which includes the most recent developments in the field, many of which were forecast by him. In this edition, Professor Hawking explains his complex theories through a fresh visual dimension. Over one hundred and fifty stu ...Show more
The Sun - One Thousand Years of Scientific Imagery by Katie Barrett; Harry Cliff
$44.99 AUD
Category: Science
Dazzling, beautiful, powerful, mysterious - the Sun has fascinated people throughout history. This book charts our changing understanding of the Sun through a rich collection of scientific imagery: from from a 10th-century manuscript drawing of an earth-centred universe, to awe-inspiring close-ups of ou ...Show more
2020 Australasian Sky Guide by Nick Lomb
$16.95 AUD
Category: Science
Compact, easy to use and reliable, this popular guide by well-known astronomer and author Dr Nick Lomb has been providing stargazers with everything they need to know about the southern night sky for over 25 years. The 2020 guide contains monthly sky maps, an Indigenous astronomy section, viewing tips a ...Show more