The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us If We Let Them by Peter Wohlleben
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
The follow-up to the international bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees, offering compelling insights into the lungs of our planet and the fragility of our intertwined futures. Trees can survive without humans, but we can't live without trees. Even if human-caused climate change devastates our plant, tr ...Show more
The Elements: 1000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle by Gray Theodore
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Elements
This title offers the most beautiful periodic table puzzle available! This gorgeous and challenging 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle of Theodore Gray's photographic periodic table is based on the bestseller, "The Elements". "The Elements", by Theodore Gray, both the hardcover print book and the ebook app for th ...Show more
Life Stories by Sir David Attenborough
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
A personal view of the natural world "I daresay my mind would wander over a range of animals remarkable for the extravagance of their reproductive techniques" - Sir David Attenborough, when asked which animal he would like to be if he returned to Earth This fantasy reincarnation was reserved only when i ...Show more
The Origin of Species: and The Voyage of the Beagle (Vintage Classics) by Charles Darwin; Ruth Padel (Introduction by)
$12.95 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
"WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DARWIN'S GREAT-GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER, RUTH PADEL When the eminent naturalist Charles Darwin returned from South America on board the H.M.S Beagle in 1836, he brought with him the notes and evidence which would form the basis of his landmark theory of evolution of species by a proc ...Show more
How Bad are Bananas?: The carbon footprint of everything by Mike Berners-Lee
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
From a text message to a war, from a Valentine's rose to a flight or even having a child, How Bad are Bananas? gives us the carbon answers we need and provides plenty of revelations. By talking through a hundred or so items, Mike Berners-Lee sets out to give us a carbon instinct for the footprint of lit ...Show more
Tracy Anderson's 30-day Method by Tracy Anderson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
Did you know that muscles get bored, just like people do? Also there's a 9 out of 10 chance that you're working the wrong muscles when you exercise. Based on 10 years of scientific research and experience getting A-list stars and everyday people red-carpet ready, Tracy Anderson has developed a unique 30 ...Show more
The Wavewatcher's Companion by Gavin Pretor-Pinney
$23.99 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: good
One bright February afternoon on a beach in Cornwall, Gavin Pretor-Pinney took a break from cloudspotting and started watching the waves rolling into shore. Mesmerised, he wondered where they had come from, and decided to find out. He soon realised that waves don't just appear on the ocean, they are eve ...Show more
A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionised the Cosmos by Dava Sobel
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
In the 1520s a Polish cleric named Nicolaus Copernicus developed a revolutionary theory which placed the Sun, not the Earth, at the centre of our universe. The secret existence of this manuscript tantalised scientists everywhere in Europe. Then in 1539 a young German mathematician, Rheticus, travelled t ...Show more
From 0 to Infinity in 26 Centuries: The Extraordinary Story of Maths by Chris Waring
$19.95 AUD
Category: Science
We may remember their equations and discoveries from school, but do we remember who the men behind the maths were? From the theories of Pythagoras (and did you know he ran a secret brotherhood that studied maths, music and gymnastics?) to coining the term 'Googol', "Fom 0 to Infinity in 26 Centuries: Th ...Show more
Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls and the Consequences of a World Full of Men by Mara Hvistendahl
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
This is a shocking expose of the causes of Asia's massive gender imbalance and its consequences across the globe. In 2007, the booming port city of Lianyungang achieved the dubious distinction of having the most extreme gender ratio for children under five in China: 163 boys for every 100 girls. The num ...Show more
Hubble's Universe: Greatest Discoveries and Latest Images by Terence Dickinson
$54.99 AUD
Category: Science
The Hubble Space Telescope. No other telescope combines instant name recognition with the production of consistently spectacular images. Yet few people outside the astronomy community realize that Hubble is now at the apex of its imaging capabilities. A collection of stunningly detailed pictures, made p ...Show more
50 Shades of Grey Matter by Karl Kruszelnicki
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
Welcome to the wonderful world of Doctor Karl: where oddities are embraced, facts reign supreme, curiosity is king and brightly coloured shirts are compulsory! In his brand new book, our much beloved and National Living Treasure Doctor Karl Kruszelnicki applies his trademark straight-talkin'-no-high-fal ...Show more