Railway Dog by Olwyn M. Parker
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Set amidst South Australia's beautiful but isolated mid-north, The Railway Dog tells the true story of Bob, a scruffy brown stray, bought on impulse by a local railway man as a gift for his wife - and setting in motion the beginnings of a legend... Recognised near and far for his cheery bark, waving tai ...Show more
Black Holes - the Reith Lectures by Stephen Hawking
12.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
"It is said that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction, and nowhere is that more true than in the case of black holes. Black holes are stranger than anything dreamed up by science fiction writers."In 2016 Professor Stephen Hawking delivered the BBC Reith Lectures on a subject that fascinated him for d ...Show more
Soul Machine the Invention of the Modern Mind by George Makari
56.95 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Big Fat Myths by Ruben Meerman
34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
When you lose weight, where does the fat go? Most people assume it turns into heat and energy, but Albert Einstein showed us that diets would be devastating if this was true. The correct answer is that fat is converted to carbon dioxide and water. Energy is released, but no mass is created or destroyed. ...Show more
The Trainable Cat: How to Make Life Happier for You and Your Cat by John Bradshaw
49.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
The idea of a trained cat seems a contradiction in terms. As domestic pets, cats have evolved very differently from dogs: naturally solitary, wary, easily threatened by newcomers, they are attached to place rather than people, and much of their 'antisocial' behaviour arises in situations where that atta ...Show more
The Human Superorganism: How the Microbiome is Revolutionizing the Pursuit of a Healthy Life by Rodney Dietert
49.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
A cutting-edge new book that reveals how foreign microbes might actually be good for us, contrary to past belief. The microorganisms that we have sought to eliminate have been supporting our ancestors for centuries. They comprise 90 percent of the cells in our bodies and yet we have significantly reduce ...Show more
Skeletons: The Extraordinary Form and Function of Bones by Andrew Kirk
29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Bone is one of the most extraordinary materials in the natural world - flexible and strong, available in a number of types and densities. Yet we only absorb quite how amazing it is when we look at the range of different jobs it can do, from supporting and shaping a huge and heavy mammal like an elephant ...Show more
The Ultimate Guide to Cat Breeds: A Useful Means of Identifying the Cat Breeds of the World and How to Care for Them by Louisa Somerville
29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Cats have been domesticated since prehistoric times, perhaps for as long as 5,000 years. Throughout human history, they have been greatly valued as destroyers of vermin, as well as for their ornamental qualities.The domestic cat is related to lions, tigers, pumas and other wild cats and the similarity i ...Show more
Unlikely Friendships: Dogs by Jennifer S. Holland
29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Unlikely Friendships Ser.
A new book from the New York Times bestselling series.Enhanced with beautiful full-color photographs, these true stories of camaraderie, affection, and remarkable bravery are from the author of the New York Times bestsellers Unlikely Friendships, Unlikely Loves, and Unlikely Heroes, as well as other boo ...Show more
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes by Adam Rutherford
32.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Reading Level: very good
This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to you, as it is to each of the 100 billion modern humans who have ever drawn breath. But it is also our collective story, because in every one of our genomes we each carry the history of our species - birth ...Show more
Theodore Gray's Completely Mad Science: Experiments You Can Do at Home, but Probably Shouldn't (Complete and Updated HB Edition) by Theodore Gray
49.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Bestselling author Theodore Gray has spent more than a decade dreaming up, executing, photographing, and writing about extreme scientific experiments, which he then published between 2009 and 2014 in his monthly Popular Science column "Gray Matter." Previously published in book form by Black Dog in two ...Show more
How to Make a Spaceship: A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race and the Birth of Private Space Flight by Julian Guthrie
34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Alone in a spartan black cockpit, test pilot Mike Melvill rocketed towards space. He had eighty seconds to exceed the speed of sound and begin the climb to a target no civilian pilot had ever reached. He might not make it back alive. If he did, he would make history as the world's first commercial astro ...Show more