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From Antarctica to the Gold Rushes
Commander Alexander Smith RN served his country with fearless resolution for seventeen years on the quarterdeck, encountering many adventures on the high seas - an intrepid voyager in the Atlantic,...
Limitless: The Autobiography
The thrilling autobiography of the astronaut who inspired a generation, from the #1 bestselling author of Hello, is this planet Earth? and Ask an Astronaut From the #1 bestselling author...
The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and
$12.00 AUD
An original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him. In the compendious history, Boorstin not only traces man's insatiable need to know, but also...
Enlightenment
A story of love and astronomy told over the course of twenty years through the lives of two improbable best friends **LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024** A story of...
Golden Age of Maritime Maps: When Europe Discovered the World
Portolan charts, so called from the Italian adjective portolano, meaning 'related to ports or harbours', were born during the 12th century in the maritime community. These charts, drawn on parchment...
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
*One of EcoLit Books' Best Environmental Books of 2018* *Winner of the 2019 PROSE Award in Popular Science & Popular Mathematics, Association of American Publishers* *Finalist for the 2019 Los...
The Secret Life of Dust: From the Cosmos to the Kitchen Counter, the
Hannah Holmes A mesmerizing expedition around our dusty world Some see dust as dull and useless stuff. But in the hands of author Hannah Holmes, it becomes a dazzling and...
Supercontinent: Ten Billion Years in the Life of our Planet
Two hundred and fifty million years from now, all the landmasses on Earth will come together in a single supercontinent - not the first to form on the planet, nor...
A History of the Universe in 100 Stars
'Inventive [...] done beautifully' - TLS From the Big Bang to the Gaia Mission, this is a very personal history of the universe through the author's favourite 100 stars. Astronomer...
Hubert Who?
How can a man who achieved so much be so little remembered? Explorer, pioneer aviator, war photographer, naturalist, meteorologist, author, student of the paranormal, and secret agent; loyal lieutenant to...
Collins World Atlas: Reference Edition
A new, fully updated edition of this popular atlas in the Collins world atlas range. Designed in the distinctive Collins style, it is the ideal reference atlas for school, home...
Nature's Ghosts: The world we lost and how to bring it back
Winner of the 2024 Richard Jefferies Award for nature writingShortlisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Writing on ConservationA Times Science Book of the Year 'Sophie writes fantastically, chronicling the...
A Journey Through The Universe: A traveler's guide from the centre of
There's a whole universe out there... Imagine you had a spacecraft capable of travelling through interstellar space. You climb in, blast into orbit, fly out of the solar system and...
20Th Century Discovery: The Planets
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom one of the twentieth century's most celebrated science communicators comes a thrilling guided tour of our solar...
Einstein's Universe: The Layman's Guide
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it truly mean to live in Einstein's universe? Nigel Calder's Einstein's Universe: The Layman's Guide answers...
The First Three Minutes: A Modern View Of The Origin Of The Universe
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the beginning, there was fire — and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg was there to...
The Space Book: From the Beginning to the End of Time, 250 Milestones
We live in a golden age of astronomy and space exploration that may allow us to unravel the biggest mysteries of the cosmos. The Space Book is a gateway into...
Vision Of The Future: The Art Of Robert Mccall
$100.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Faded boards; yellowed endpapers - internally sound. Few artists have captured humanity's dreams of the cosmos with the authority and grandeur of...
Australia - Land beyond Time: The 4 Billion Year Journey of a
This beautiful true story illustrates how the forces of nature drive evolution. Nowhere elso on Earth is this tale better told than on the ancient land of Australia, a "land...
The Cosmos - A Beginner's Guide
In this indispensable beginner's guide to the Cosmos, Adam Hart-Davis brings us the latest news from the outer reaches of the universe. By travelling the world to interview scientists at...
The London Blue Plaque Guide: Fifth Edition
Connecting people with places, London's distinctive Blue Plaque scheme highlights the buildings where some of the most remarkable men and women in our history and culture have lived and worked....
The Multiverse: When One Universe Isn't Enough
The universe was supposed to be all there was - the whole of existence. For centuries the size of the universe and whether or not it is finite, fascinated scientists...
Merlin's Tour of the Universe: A Traveller's Guide to Blue Moons and
*Fully revised and updated for the 21st century* The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry takes readers on an odyssey into the deepest,...
Starwatchers: A History of Discovery in the Night Sky
'An exhilarating exploration of how we've been touched by the cosmos across human history' LEWIS DARTNELL 'Combines scientific expertise with vivid storytelling and a childlike wonder that shines on every...
Yearbook of Astronomy 2026
Maintaining its appealing style and presentation, the Yearbook of Astronomy 2026 contains comprehensive jargon-free monthly sky notes and an authoritative set of sky charts to enable backyard astronomers and sky...
The Collegeville Atlas Of The Bible
2000 Catholic Press Association Award Winner! The Collegeville atlas of the Bible offers those with an interest in their historical and religious heritage a guided tour through the Bible. It...
Strange Universe: An Offbeat Tour of Our World and beyond
An illuminating and entertaining scientific exploration of everyday oddities Bob Berman's "Strange Universe "is a unique guidebook to some of the more bizarre moments in astronomy and astonishingly true facts...
Change of Course: Sailing into Love & Adversity on Caribbean Shores
In her mid 30s and trying to make sense of her floundering relationship, Regina is restless. Throwing caution into the wind, she books herself a one-way ticket to the Caribbean...
Stephen Hawking's a Brief History of Time: A Reader's Companion
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The book titled Stephen Hawking's a Brief History of Time: A Reader's Companion by the author Stephen Hawking. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...
Late Stone Age Hunters of the British Isles
The British Isles have been continually settled since 12500 years ago when hunter-gatherer bands returned in the wake of the retreating ice sheets. For seven thousand years, until the introduction...
Time Lord: Sir Sandford Fleming and the Creation of Standard Time
Even by Victorian standards, the Scots/Canadian Sir Sandford Fleming was a man of extraordinary energy - designer of Canada's first postage stamp and the first street maps of Canadian cities,...
What's Eating the Universe?: And Other Cosmic Questions
The story of the universe in thirty cosmological conundrums In the constellation of Eridanus there lurks a cosmic mystery. It's as if something has taken a huge bite out of...
The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus
The anthropological account of Columbus' discovery of the Americas 'The Admiral was quite certain that they were near land ... He promised to give a silk doublet to the first...
Collins School World Atlas (Collins School Atlas)
$8.00 AUD
An introductory atlas for secondary schools, perfectly designed to support and motivate Key Stage 3 students in geographical and mapping skills. Previously published as the award winning Collins Foundation World...
The Book of Sea Monsters: Leviathans of Literature
A fascinating and beautifully illustrated journey across the world and through the centuries in search of the sea monster. 'They rave for food with unceasing frenzy, being always ahungered and...
Captain James Cook and the Search for Antarctica
Two hundred and fifty years ago Captain James Cook, during his extraordinary voyages of navigation and maritime exploration, searched for Antarctica the Unknown Southern Continent. During parts of his three...
Antique Map (Foiled Blank Journal)
A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets...
Mesozoic Art II: Dinosaurs and Other Ancient Animals in Art
Following on from the hugely popular Mesozoic Art, this magnificent new volume showcases 25 amazing artists whose work represents the very best of palaeoart. Our knowledge of how dinosaurs and...
DK Space Encyclopedia
From the latest dramatic images transmitted by the Hubble Telescope to the possibility of fossil life from Mars space stories are making front-page news. In the 21st century more people...
Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of
In 1616, an English adventurer, Nathaniel Courthope, stepped ashore on a remote island in the East Indies on a secret mission - to persuade the islanders of Run to grant...
The Ages of Gaia
BBC 2's 1986 "Horizon" programme won many new followers for Jim Lovelock's startling new theory of life called Gaia. Existing theories held that plants and animals evolve on, but are...
The Edge of Infinity: Naked Singularities and the Destruction of
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The book titled The Edge of Infinity: Naked Singularities and the Destruction of by the author P. C. W. Davies. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...
Feynman's Lost Lecture: Motion of Planets Around the Sun
Richard Feynman's fame rests to a large extent on his picaresque exploits, but he was also a theoretical physicist of some significance. The discovery of the notes for his major...
Ten Tantalising Truths: Why the Sky is Blue, and other Big Answers to
Obvious questions do not always have obvious answers. John Gribbin is known for giving us simple explanations of big concepts in science. But there is another way to probe the...
Space: Posters & Paintings: Art About NASA
The countdown has started! In 2025 and 2026, NASA will launch two missions to the moon and beyond. Not only will they go further into space than ever before, but...
Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions in Search of Life,
Frigid, remote and inhospitable - the polar regions seem far removed from everyday lives. But these seemingly isolated ice realms shape life on our planet far more than we realise,...
The Historical Atlas of the World at War
$20.00 AUD
"The Historical Atlas "series explores pivotal events and areas of cultural interest in great detail. Most books in this series are available both in hardcover, and in paperback with flaps,...