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A Brief History of Thailand: Monarchy, War and Resilience: The
Thailand is known for its picturesque beaches and famous temples, but there's much more to this popular holiday destination than many realise. A Brief History of Thailand offers an engaging...
Remnants of Ancient Life: The New Science of Old Fossils
The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of extinct life. We used to think of fossils as being composed of nothing but rock and minerals, all molecular traces...
The Accidental Universe
$45.00 AUD
Author: P.C.W. DaviesBinding: PaperbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Yellowed and faded cover. Light creasing on...
Nuclear Astrophysics: Proceedings of the Third International Summer School, LA Rabida, Huelva, Spain, June 19-July 2, 1988
$120.00 AUD
Author: M. Lozano, M.I. Gallardo, J.M. Arias (Eds.)Binding: PaperbackPublished: Springer-Verlag, 1989Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Faded spine. Nuclear Astrophysics: Proceedings...
The Atlas of Microstates
An ideal gift for anyone with an intrigue for geographical curiosities. Defined as sovereign states with a very small population, land area, or both, microstates serve as fascinating case studies...
Exploration of the Colorado River
It was May of 1869 when a Civil War veteran and nine other men descended with four boats into a branch of the Colorado River for what they believed would...
Forces of Nature
Sunday Times Bestseller How did life on Earth begin? What is the nature of space and time? What are the chances that we will discover life on other worlds? Think...
Mars: A beginner's guide to exploring the Red Planet
Perfect for anyone eager to learn more about the Red Planet Discover all you need to know about Mars - including the historic, cultural and scientific background and exploratory missions...
All Through the Night: How Dark Skies Can Save Our World
Best New Books on Space 2024 - Forbes 'Rarely is a non-fiction book about science this engaging' - Forbes Why darkness is so important - to plants, to animals, and...
Solar Eclipses 2024-2027: Where and When to Experience Totality
Seeing a total solar eclipse ('totality' - when the sun is fully obscured by the moon) is a bucket-list event, generating a sense of wonder and even an 'end-of-the-world' sensation....
Yearbook of Astronomy 2024
Maintaining its appealing style and presentation, the Yearbook of Astronomy 2024 contains comprehensive jargon-free monthly sky notes and an authoritative set of sky charts to enable backyard astronomers and sky...
A History of Polar Exploration in 50 Objects: From Cook's
A History of Polar Exploration in 50 Objects covers just over 150 years of polar exploration during which a mysterious southern continent and an elusive northern sea-route became less incognita...
The Ninth Metal: The Comet Cycle Book 1
'Great characters, fine writing, totally engrossing' STEPHEN KING It might have been the end of days. Instead it was the beginning of something shockingly new. They called the comet Cain,...
The Shark and the Albatross: Adventures of a wildlife film-maker
For twenty years John Aitchison has been travelling the world to film wildlife for the BBC and other broadcasters, taking him to far-away places on every continent. The Shark and...
Our Wild Calling: How Connecting with Animals Can Transform Our
"A book that offers hope." - The New York Times Book Review "A wondrous tapestry." -Carl Safina, author of Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel Audubon Medal winner Richard...
New Horizon Astron Pa
$12.00 AUD
The author introduces the reader to the growing cult community of amateur stargazers, then presents a wide range of solo and group observation projects that require only simple binoculars, hand-held...
The Seventh Voyage
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Journey into space with Polish scifi master Stanislaw Lem. The whimsical time-loops of Ijon Tichy's cosmic adventure 'The Seventh Voyage' are...
Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know (R)
"This is, for my money, the best single-source primer on the state of climate change." - New York Magazine"The right book at the right time: accessible, comprehensive, unflinching, humane." -...
The Atlas of Microstates
An ideal gift for anyone with an intrigue for geographical curiosities. Defined as sovereign states with a very small population, land area, or both, microstates serve as fascinating case studies...
The World's Heritage: The definitive guide to all World Heritage sites
Bestselling guide to all UNESCO World Heritage sites Fully updated to include the latest sites added to the World Heritage List. The List is managed by the World Heritage Committee...
Starborn: How the Stars Made Us - and Who We Would Be Without Them
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK Gold Winner of the 2025 Nautilus Book Awards 'A stunning and unforgettable voyage through the stars. Almost every page will make you...
Do Your Ears Pop in Space? and 500 Other Surprising Questions about
Everything you ever wanted to know about men (and women) in space-from a highly decorated astronaut who's been there Can people have sex in space? Did the Challenger crew survive...
Countdown!: Or How Nigh Is The End?
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Author: Patrick MooreBinding: PaperbackPublished: Pan Books, 1999Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis non-fiction work by renowned astronomer Patrick Moore presents a compelling examination of various doomsday...
2009 Australian Sky Guide
This popular guide is a must for 2009, which has been designated the International year of Astronomy, when people around the world will be encouraged to discover their place in...
Companion to the Cosmos
COMPANION TO THE COSMOS is the brilliant science populariser and an award-winning writer, John Gribbin tells us everything we want to know about the universe.
Australia's Best Short Getaways
We drive you to the best short destinations close to Australias capital cities. Well taste the food and wine and walk you through the accommodation. Highly illustrative this is must...
The Catch: Australia's love affair with fishing
Bringing her personal passion for throwing in a line, author and historian Anna Clark celebrates the enduring pleasure of fishing. In every coastal town in Australia, there's a bait shop...
GPS Made Easy: Using Global Positioning Systems in the Outdoors
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"A one-stop source of information" - Arizona Republic "Buying and reading this book won't guarantee you'll never get lost again, but it's a good start." - Los Angeles Daily News...
The Alpha And Omega
Since A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME scientists have been in the midst of a revolution in cosmology. Gradually, astronomers and physicists are answering questions that have plagued mankind since prehistory-...
Countdown To Apocalypse: A Scientific Exploration Of The End Of The
Inspired by the end of the millennium, celebrated science writer Paul Halpern tackles the fate of human civilization and our planet in this meditation on the end of the world....
The Big Bang Never Happened
The big bang theory of cosmology - the idea that the universe originated in a single cataclysmic explosion between ten and twenty billion years ago - has become the foundation...
Afterglow of Creation: Decoding the message from the beginning of time
It's the oldest fossil in creation. It accounts for 99.9% of all the light in the Universe Its discoverers mistook it for the 'glow' of pigeon droppings (yet still carried...
Einstein's Telescope: The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the
Cutting-edge astrophysics that builds on Einstein's theories to find the unseen matter that fills the Universe. Dark energy. Dark matter. These strange and invisible substances don't just sound mysterious: their...
The Unknown Universe: What We Don't Know About Time and Space in Ten
On 21 March 2013, the European Space Agency released a map of the afterglow of the Big Bang. Taking in 440 sextillion kilometres of space and 13.8 billion years of...
Laboratory Earth
The possibility of global climatic change as a result of increasing numbers of people requiring higher stands of living has spawned an international controversy over the appropriateness of controls on...
Achilles in the Quantum Universe: Definitive History of Infinity
In this guided tour down the centuries, Rich ard Morris shows how each new encounter with infinity has fu rthered the advancement of physics and mathematics. This is a mathematical...
The Gillett Model of the Real Universe
$12.00 AUD
Come with me and explore the universe from the perspective of time, rather than spatially as we usually live our lives and see the world. Everything you see, everything beyond...
Ninety Degrees North: The Quest For The North Pole
In the mid-nineteenth century the North Pole was a mystery. Some believed that it was an island of basalt in a warm crystal sea. Explorers who tried to penetrate the...
Women Travel: First Hand Accounts from More Than 60 Countries
Featuring more than 80 adventures around the world, this collection tells what it is like to backpack around India with your mother, be crowned Queen Mother of an African village,...
Food for a Hungry World
Food for a Hungry World is a new title in the Science and Our Future series, a collection of accurate, up-to-date and relevant books on a range of scientific topics...
Forests and their Environment
Forests and their Environment examines the nature of forests and the environment in Australia, the management of the forest, its economic importance and non-economic value. Specific attention is given to...
Atmosphere: Weather, Climate and Pollution
The world has centred its green revolution around the greenhouse effect. However, the working of the atmosphere and the nature of atmospheric change is poorly understood. The media and public...
Surfing Through Hyperspace: Understanding Higher Universes in Six Easy
Do a little armchair time-travel, rub elbows with a four-dimensional intelligent life form, or stretch your mind to the furthest corner of an uncharted universe. With this astonishing guidebook, Surfing...