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Biology: An Illustrated History of Life Science (Ponderables) by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Encycopaedias, Science, Maths & reference materials | Series: Ponderables
Hardcover with removable fold-out Timeline
Brain Ponderables by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Ponderables Ser.
Here is the essential guide to the human brain, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines the three pounds of matter inside our heads that does all our thinking for us. With 100 billion nerve cells joined by thousands more to every corner of the body, the brain is wired together with 10 ...Show more
Chilled: How Refrigeration Changed the World and Might Do So Again by Tom Jackson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
The refrigerator. This white box that sits in the kitchen may seem mundane nowadays, but it is one of the wonders of 20th century science - life-saver, food-preserver and social liberator, while the science of refrigeration is crucial, not just in transporting food around the globe but in a host of bran ...Show more
Elements Ponderables by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Encycopaedias, Science, Maths & reference materials | Series: Ponderables
NEW EDITION includes a 12-page removable fold-out Timeline History of the Periodic Table that's been updated through 2017, as well as an updated chart of the elements which includes the four latest additions to the Periodic Table (Tennessine, Nihonium, Moscovium, and Oganesson).
Engineering : An Illustrated History From Ancient Craft To Modern Technology by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Ponderables Ser.
From ancient aqueducts to soaring skyscrapers, explore engineering milestones over the centuries. Combining engaging text with captivating images and helpful diagrams, renowned science writer Tom Jackson guides readers through the history of Engineering in this engaging installment of the groundbreaking ...Show more
Mathematics Ponderables by Tom Jackson
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Category: Encycopaedias, Science, Maths & reference materials | Series: Ponderables
Legend has it that the first magic square, where all lines and diagonals add up to the same figure, was revealed more than 2,000 years ago when a river turtle appeared to have ancient Chinese numerals inscribed on sections of its shell. Patterns are everywhere in nature, and counting, measuring, and cal ...Show more
Music Technology (Technology Timelines) by Tom Jackson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Art, music, language, craft and humanities | Series: Technology Timelines
From early music players such as the gramophone to today's digital music platforms and players, trace the evolution of technology's developments in all things music-related. A host of famous musical inventions show how music has become more portable over the years and how other inventions such as the In ...Show more
Numbers: How Counting Changed the World by Tom Jackson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Encycopaedias, Science, Maths & reference materials | Reading Level: General Adult
Think math is boring? Think again! Numbers: How Counting Changed the World cracks open the history of numbers to explore the surprising, fascinating, and sometimes mind-boggling evolution of mathematics through the ages. Did you know that the division symbol is actually a dagger? Or that something as si ...Show more
Philosophy (Ponderables) by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Ponderables Ser.
Here is the essential guide to philosophy. Philosophy: An Illustrated History of Thought is an authoritative yet fun reference book and timeline on the compilation of human knowledge. Both art and science attempt answers to the big questions -- what is truth, how to be good, and where did we come from? ...Show more
Physics Ponderables by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Encycopaedias, Science, Maths & reference materials | Series: Ponderables
NEW EDITION includes a recently updated removable 12-page fold-out timeline that traces the history of physics from the very beginning all the way up to 2017.
Space Atlas: A Journey from Earth to the Stars and Beyond (Amazing Adventures) by Tom Jackson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Encycopaedias, Science, Maths & reference materials | Series: Amazing Adventures
What is life like on the International Space Station? Can we survive on Mars? Why is Pluto no longer a planet? Just how big is the universe anyway? The ultimate guide to our galaxy, Space Atlas answers all these questions and more while exploring the far reaches of space, from our own planet to neutron ...Show more
The Elements: An Illustrated History of the Periodic Table (Ponderables) by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Ponderables
In 1869 Dmitri Mendeleev presented the world with the Periodic Table. It contained 63 elements, many more than the four elements established in the ancient world, but less than half the total in our modern table. Mendeleev believed there were many elements still to come. He was right. This gloriously il ...Show more