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Night Sky: Stargazing with the Naked Eye
Can you spot the Big Dipper in the night sky? Or Orion's Belt? Or Cassiopeia? Even in cities, and without the aid of a telescope, these are a few of...
The Art of Astrophotography
In The Art of Astrophotography, astronomer and Popular Astronomy columnist Ian Morison provides the essential foundations of how to produce beautiful astronomical images. Every type of astroimaging is covered, from...
No Miracles Needed: How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and
The world needs to turn away from fossil fuels and use clean, renewable sources of energy as soon as we can. Failure to do so will cause catastrophic climate damage...
The Cosmic Revolutionary's Handbook: (Or: How to Beat the Big Bang)
Free yourself from cosmological tyranny! Everything started in a Big Bang? Invisible dark matter? Black holes? Why accept such a weird cosmos? For all those who wonder about this bizarre...
The Loss of the Ship Essex Sunk By a Whale
The gripping first-hand narrative of the whaling ship disaster that inspired Melville's Moby-Dick and informed Nathaniel Philbrick's monumental history, In the Heart of the Sea In 1820, the Nantucket whaleship...
Beneath the Night: How the stars have shaped the history of humankind
From Stone Age to space age, people have looked up at the stars and been inspired by their beauty, their patterns, and their majesty. Beneath the Night is a history...
The Story of Gaia: The Big Breath and the Evolutionary Journey of Our
Explores how the Universe, our planet, ourselves, and everything in existence has inherent meaning and evolutionary purpose * 2023 Nautilus Gold Award * Examines our emergence as self-aware members of...
West with the Night: A Memoir
A new edition of a great, underappreciated classic of our time Beryl Markham's West with the Night is a true classic, a book that deserves the same acclaim and readership...
Patrick Moore: The Autobiography
Throughout his distinguised career, Patrick Moore has, without a doubt, done more to raise the profile of astronomy amoung the British public than any other figure in the scientific world.As...
Sea People: In Search of the Ancient Navigators of the Pacific
Winner of the 2020 Australian Prime Minister's Literary Award for nonfiction and the 2019 NSW Premier's History Awards for general history 'Wonderfully researched and beautifully written' Philip Hoare, author of...
The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy In The Development Of Western Thought
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark work in the history and philosophy of science, The Copernican...
The Sleepwalkers: A History Of Man's Changing Vision Of The Universe
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. The Sleepwalkers is a landmark work of intellectual history that chronicles humanity's...
To the Ends of the Earth: The History of Polar Exploration
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The history of individual Polar expeditions has been told many times, but usually only as personal accounts of individual adventures. This misses the overall context of polar exploration - why...
Dark Emu in the Classroom: Teacher Resources for High School Geography
Dark Emu in the Classroom: Teacher Resources for High School Geography is a rich resource for teachers to use in the Geography classroom. Based on the concepts in Bruce Pascoe's...
Big Sky: When the Emu Left the Earth
Big Sky, when the emu left the earth is an exquisite conversation of sky knowledge between Aboriginal farmer and award-winning writer Bruce Pascoe and astrophysicist Professor Ray Norris. This meeting...
My Home in Kakadu
Age 5-7 Respected elder Jane Christopherson reveals through the eyes of her granddaughter, Tarrah, the beauty of life in Kakadu and the significance of the changing seasons. Through the eyes...
The Evolution Revolution
The last decade has seen remarkable new discoveries regarding the evolution of life based on the fossil record--from new information about the earliest multi-celled animals to a new candidate for...
The Cosmography and Geography of Africa
The first new translation in over 400 years of one of the great works of the Renaissance- an African diplomat's guide to Africa In 1518, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan, a...
What is Geography Teaching, Now?
What is Geography Teaching, Now? is a comprehensive guide compiling teaching methods for over 40 aspects of geography teaching, from everyday topics such as assessment, pedagogy and resources, to the...
The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths
'Holds up a mirror to a pioneering explorer of the deep seas' Financial Times 'Exquisite . . . full of fascinating technology, novel marine discoveries - and unusual scientists' New...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
$15.00 AUD
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...
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....
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
$15.00 AUD
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
$80.00 AUD
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...