The Dinosaur Hunters by Lowell Dingus; American Museum of National History
39.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Dinosaur bones had been found centuries before scientists understood what they were and what creatures they came from; ancient Chinese writings spoke of "dragon" bones, and large fossils discovered in the UK were thought to belong to human giants. It was only with the exploration and meticulous research ...Show more
The Body Illustrated: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
65.00 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
A new, beautifully illustrated edition of the Number One Bestseller and Sunday Times Science Book of the Year, which takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. A directory of wonders' - Guardian 'Jaw-dropping' -The Times 'It is a feat of narrative skill to bake so many facts in ...Show more
The Astronomers' Library: The Books that Unlocked the Mysteries of the Universe by Karen Masters
59.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Liber Historica Ser.
Indulge in this collection of the best astronomy books from the past 800 years. The Astronomers' Library is a rich history of astronomy (and astrology) publishing across Europe. This is a carefully selected arrangement of publications from all over the continent - Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands ...Show more
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us (2023 Royal Science Society Book Prize) by Ed Yong
24.99 AUD
Category: Animals
**SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**A NEW YORK TIMES, GUARDIAN, ECONOMIST, SPECTATOR, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT and NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARThe Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed withi ...Show more
Gemstones Minerals of Australia by Sutherland Lin ; Gayle
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
This text is an accessible reference and identification guide to all gemstones and minerals found in Australia. The book introduces the reader to the chemical and crystal systems of the stones, before providing detailed descriptions of each stone including composition, structure and distribution.
Photographic Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia by Kuiter Rudie
19.95 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Photographic Guides
A guide for the diver, traveller, fishing enthusiast, or layperson, which aims to provide easy identification of the 222 species of fish covered. Photographs and distribution maps accompany each description, and some show juvenile and adult, or sex variations.
2023 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
19.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
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 2023. Diagrams drawn for the latitude of southern Australia, but including events visible from ...Show more
Artificial Intelligence in Byte-Sized Chunks by Peter J. Bentley
27.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Bite-Sized Chunks Ser.
Artificial intelligence is headline news with the launch of the latest ChatGPT and Google Bard. But when did we start making computers mimic the human mind? And what is the reality of the capabilities of AI now, and in the future? AI has always stirred emotions and caused great excitement and concern. ...Show more
Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death by Nick Lane
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
For decades, biology has been dominated by the study of genetic information. Information is important, but it is only part of what makes us alive. Our inheritance also includes our living metabolic network, a flame passed from generation to generation, right back to the origin of life. In Transformer, b ...Show more
Anaximander: And the Nature of Science by Carlo Rovelli
29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics tells the thrilling story of one of the greatest intellectual leaps of all time Over two millennia ago, a Greek philosopher had a number of wondrous insights that paved the way to cosmology, physics, geography, meteorology and biology, setting in ...Show more
Bitch: A Revolutionary Guide to Sex, Evolution and the Female Animal by Lucy Cooke
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
What does it mean to be female? Mother, carer, the weaker sex? Think again.Whether it's the female lemurs of Madagascar, dominating the males of their species both physically and politically, the female albatross couples, hooking up together to raise their chicks in Hawaii, or the murderous meerkat moth ...Show more
Sleeping Beauties - The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture by Andreas Wagner
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Why do some of nature's marvels have to wait millions of years for their time in the sun? Life innovates constantly, producing perfectly adapted species - but there's a catch. A TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF 2023 'Hopeful and fascinating.' THE TIMES Many animals and plants eke out seemingly unremark ...Show more