Brilliant Green - The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence by Stefano Mancuso; Alessandra Viola; Joan Benham (Translator); Michael Pollan (Foreword by)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
Are plants intelligent? Can they solve problems, communicate, and navigate their surroundings? Or are they passive, incapable of independent action or social behavior? Philosophers and scientists have pondered these questions since ancient Greece, most often concluding that plants are unthinking and ine ...Show more
Gray's Anatomy: Gray (HB) by GRAY HENRY
$24.99 AUD
$44.95 (44% off)
Category: Science
Although written in the middle of the nineteenth century, this book is still the most famous and important medical reference book ever written. An essential element of the book is the remarkable illustrative work of Henry Vandyke Carter, indisputedly the most talented medical artist of his day. It was w ...Show more
Space 2. 0 by Rod Pyle; Buzz Aldrin (Foreword by)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
We're on the cusp of new era in the great adventure of space exploration. More than a half-century ago, humanity first hurled objects into space, and almost 50 years ago, astronauts first walked on the moon. Since then, we have explored Earth's orbit with shuttles, capsules, and space stations; sent rob ...Show more
Cosmos - The Art and Science of the Universe by Roberta J. M. Olson; Jay M. Pasachoff
$80.00 AUD
Category: Science
Since time immemorial, the nocturnal skies have mesmerized us, and heavenly bodies have inspired the imaginations of artists, poets, and scientists. Featuring paintings, sculpture, drawings, watercolors, prints, as well as plates from books, celestial diagrams, and astronomical photography, this book sh ...Show more
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
$17.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Ecological Main Event Ser.
These astonishing portraits of the natural world explore the breathtaking diversity of the unspoiled American landscape - the mountains and the prairies, the deserts and the coastlines. A stunning tribute to our land and a bold challenge to protect the world we love.
Origins: How the Earth Made Us by Lewis Dartnell
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
Why do so many of us eat cereal for breakfast?Is it because we like the taste? Or because 20 millions years ago, a certain species of plant colonised the same hospitable land that humanity did?Why is the world the way it is?If we follow chains of explanation as far back as they go - and keep asking, lik ...Show more
Biodiversity: Integrating Conservation and Production: Case Studies from Australian Farms, Forests and Fisheries by Ted Lefroy
$89.95 AUD
Category: Science
Australia's experience in community-based environmental repair is unique in the world, with no shortage of analysis by bureaucrats, academics and environmentalists. This collection of 17 case studies gives a view from ground level. It includes heroic accounts of families who changed their way of farming ...Show more
Curious: Life hacks through maths by Lily Serna
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
Find love. Win at games and sport. Look smart. Save time.Lily Serna, a curious mathematician, believes passionately that 'mathematics is our golden key to unlocking the secrets of the universe'. She is on a quest to share her own sense of wonder about maths, and to leave all of us - even the maths phobi ...Show more
The Best Australian Science Writing 2019 by Bianca Nogrady (Editor); Lisa Harvey-Smith (Foreword by)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: The\Best Australian Science Writing Seri Ser.
Good science writing makes us feel. It makes us delight in the discovery of a black hole munching on a star, laugh at the image of aliens puzzling over golf balls on the Moon, wonder at the mystery of the Spanish influenza's deadly rampage, grieve for baby shearwater chicks dying with plastic-filled sto ...Show more
Nature’s Explorers: Adventurers Who Recorded the Wonders of the Natural World by Natural History Museum
$40.00 AUD
Category: Science
Nature's Explorers celebrates the individuals who made great personal endeavours to document the natural world. Superb artworks and photographs spanning three centuries have been chosen to illustrate each essay.From ground-breaking theorists such as Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace to evocative ...Show more
In Search of Stardust : Amazing Micrometeorites and Their Terrestrial Imposters by Jon Larsen
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
Tiny pieces of space rock called micrometeorites are everywhere on Earth. In Search of Stardust shows you how to find them and keep them safe. The solar system is a dusty place. Every day approximately 100 metric tons of cosmic dust collides with Earth, mainly in the form of micrometeorites. Most of th ...Show more
Greener Pastures on Your Side of the Fence - Better Farming with Voisin Management Intensive Grazing by B. Murphy
$60.00 AUD
Category: Science
Tired of cash flows that leave little money in your pocket? If youre feeding livestock in confinement rather than on pasture, youre working too hard and spending too much money. Your permanent pasture is a valuable resource that up till now has been wasted. Forget about how pastures are. Think of how th ...Show more