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Tracks on the Ocean: A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime
'Enthralling' Philip Ball 'Ingenious' Sujit Sivasundaram In Tracks on the Ocean , Sara Caputo tells how our journeys around the globe became fixed lines on maps - and how journey...
Tracks on the Ocean: A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime
'Enthralling' Philip Ball 'Ingenious' Sujit Sivasundaram In Tracks on the Ocean , Sara Caputo tells how our journeys around the globe became fixed lines on maps - and how journey...
Beyond Green: The Social Life of Australian Nature
How are we to think about nature and the environment? The idea of nature as it relates to culture, society and humans has always been in constant flux and highly...
The Right Stuff
What is it, I wondered, that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormous Roman Candle, such as a Redstone, Atlas, Titan, or Saturn rocket, and wait...
Ten Birds That Changed the World
For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food; venerated them in our mythologies, religion and rituals; exploited them for...
A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us
Over the past century, our species has made unprecedented technological innovations with which we have sought to control nature. In A Natural History of the Future , biologist Rob Dunn...
A Guide to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich
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Fully revised, this official guidebook to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, details the "home of time" that has been at the heart of nautical astronomy since the late 17th century--when Charles...
The Historical Atlas of the Celtic World
No other book presents the story of the Celts so graphically and accessibly. Ranging over archaeology and military, cultural, literary and political history, this is a superb volume and an...
Chasing the Sun: The New Science of Sunlight and How it Shapes Our
The full story of how our relationship with light shapes our health, productivity and mood. 'A sparkling and illuminating study, one of those rare books that could genuinely improve your...
Turning to Stone
'Vast and arresting' SPECTATOR 'A remarkably human take on the geological world' NEW STATESMAN Rocks are the record of our creative planet reinventing itself for four billion years. Nothing is...
The Explorers: Stories of Discovery and Adventure from the Australian
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A lively collection of extraordinary stories of adventure and discovery, The Explorers tells the epic saga of the conquest and settlement of Australia. Editor Tim Flannery selects sixty-seven accounts that...
Philip's Practical Astronomy
A fully revised edition of the popular Philip's Practical Astronomy, a classic introduction to observational astronomy, updated to include telescopes and accessories available in 2006, as well as planetary and...
Secrets of the Universe: How We Discovered the Cosmos
How did our universe come to exist? Why do stars shine? Is there life beyond the Earth? For millennia, humans have looked to the celestial sphere to explain the cosmos,first...
Empire Of The Stars: Friendship, Obsession and Betrayal in the Quest
In August 1930, on a boat trip from Bombay to England, the young Indian scientist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar calculated that certain stars could end their lives by collapsing indefinitely to a...
The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the
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Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize The early years of the nineteenth century saw an intriguing yet little-known scientific advance catapult a shy young Quaker to the dizzy...
Moonshot: The Inside Story of Mankind's Greatest Adventure
A thrilling and revealing account of one of the defining moments in human history - the 1969 moon landing 'It didn't matter that they were now three miles beyond their...
Honeymoons
Beautifully produced and a perfect gift for travellers newly wedded or not - by turn funny, tender, acerbic and charming. Includes extracts from: Paul Bowles, Dorothy Sayers, D. H. Lawrence,...
To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause (Pulitzer Prize Winner): The Many
**Winner, Pulitzer Prize 2025** **Winner, Pushkin House Russian Book Prize 2025** A 'riveting history' ( Wall Street Journal ) of the Soviet dissident movement, which hastened the end of the...
In The Footsteps Of Adam
Thor Heyerdahl is one of the greatest explorers of our day. At the age of 84 he has chosen to take a journey through his memories. This is not a...
Space: Discover fascinating facts about our solar system (All About)
Find out ALL ABOUT space in this fun-filled fact book for kids aged 7+. Launch into outer space and discover the solar system! Packed with fascinating facts, super stats, phenomenal...
OASIS IN SPACE PA
The book titled OASIS IN SPACE PA by the author Preston Cloud. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Spaceways: An Anthology of Space Poetry
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA stellar collection for young readers, Spaceways: An Anthology of Space Poetry brings together...
Floods, Famines And Emperors
Integrating science, archaeology and history, Brian Fagan shows how th e interaction of climate, land and people has shaped culture from the dawn of history to the present day. In...
Fossils in the Field
The aim of this volume is to provide a basis for evaluating the information potential of fossiliferous sediments and then to give an outline of the strategy and tactics to...
Pacific Empires
A new interest in European maritime exploration was aroused with the publication of the first volume of J. C. Beaglehole's edition of The Journals of Captain James Cook in 1955....
Discovering the Great South Land
Explains how the navigational problems of Australia's huge coastline were conquered by ships that were at the cutting-edge of technology for their time. The story covers the period from antiquity...
The Best Australian Science Writing 2023
Should we alter animals' DNA to save them from extinction? What secrets will old ice reveal to us about the Earth's deep past? How is the world's most expensive -...
Simplified Scientific Astrology: A Complete Textbook On The Art Of Erecting A Horoscope
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Binding protected by mylar sleeve. A foundational work in esoteric and metaphysical literature,...
On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks
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Cartography enthusiasts rejoice: the bestselling author of the Just My Type reveals the fascinating relationship between man and map. Simon Garfield's Just My Type illuminated the world of fonts and...
The Concise Planetary Ephemeris For 1950 To 2000 A.D. At Noon
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA foundational reference work in the field of astrology and astronomical calculation, The Concise...
Planets And Life
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA rigorous work of astrobiology and planetary science, Planets and Life by P. H....
Resolution: The Story of Captain Cook's Second Voyage of Discovery
A year and a day after James Cook arrived back on English soil having claimed Australia and New Zealand for the British crown, he set sail again on a three-year...
Communicating in Geography and the Environmental Sciences
This is a comprehensive source of information on presentation skills for all university students studying geography and environmental sciences. It provides students with an insight into the expectations of the...
Horary Astrology: The Technique Of Immediacies; With A Primer Of Symbolism
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Shelf wear. Pages clean and bright.A foundational work in the tradition of esoteric...
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...
Postcards From Mars: The First Photographer on the Red Planet
This work takes the reader on a fantastic voyage - strolling on mars with the spirit and opportunity robot missions. The cream of the astonishing crop of photographs brought back...
Space: An Illustrated History of Space Exploration in Photographs
In vivid and stunning detail this book captures every aspect of the astonishing developments that have taken place in space exploration over the last six decades. From the invention of...
The Dating Game: One Man's Search for the Age of the Earth
How old is the Earth? At the end of the nineteenth century, geologists, biologists, physicists and astronomers were all looking for a clock that would provide an answer to this,...
Planet Earth
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The book titled Planet Earth by the author Unknown. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Life in the Universe: A Beginner's Guide
Astrobiology, the study of life and its existence in the universe, is one of the hottest areas of scientific research. Lewis Dartnell considers some of the fascinating questions facing researchers...
The Evolution of the Galaxies
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Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, on wear on spine of binding, tannnig on pagesHow did the...
Limitless: The Autobiography: The bestselling story of Britain's
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 The inspirational autobiography of Britain's...
WHAT COLOR IS THE SUN (US EDITION
Why do your fingers go wrinkly in the bath? What kind of animal can have 21 limbs? Who would really win a fight between a T.Rex and Godzilla? Test your...
The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist's Journey to the Dawn of our Solar
NOW IN PAPERBACK A "captivating, behind-the-scenes account" of NASA's historic OSIRIS-REx mission to return an asteroid sample and unlock the mystery of formation on life on earth braided with the...
Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World
' John Keay is the master storyteller and historian. This grand narrative of Himalaya is as epic as the mountains and peoples he describes' Dan Snow 'Adds the human element...