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The Weather Makers: The Past and Future Impact of Climate Change
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E=mc 2 (Hb): A Biography of the Worlds Most Famous Equation
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Author: Karl Kruszelnicki Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Australia's favourite scientist's twenty-sixth book!...
Why It's Not All Rocket Science: Scientific Theories and Experiments Explained
Author: Robert Cave Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Robert Cave examines 100 extraordinary projects, theories and experiments that have been conducted in the name of science. Some, including various...
Imagination and a Pile of Junk: A Droll History of Inventors and Inventions
Author: Trevor Norton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 Although inventors were often scientists or engineers, many were not: Samuel Morse (Morse code) was a painter, Laszlo Biro (the ballpoint...
Northern Lights: The definitive guide to auroras
Author: Tom Kerss Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 112 The perfect gift for anyone with a desire to see the Northern Lights. Discover the incomparable beauty of the...
The Goat
Author: Sue Weaver Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 The Goat: A Natural History offers a complete overview of this captivating creature, from the goatish Greek god Pan, to their...
Look Up: Our story with the stars
Author: Sarah Cruddas Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 'Sarah Cruddas is a gifted writer and Look Up is an inspired book. I am hopeful that we will...
No Need for Geniuses: Revolutionary Science in the Age of the Guillotine
Author: Professor Steve Jones Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Paris at the time of the French Revolution was the world capital of science. Its scholars laid the foundations of...
The Earth: From Myths to Knowledge
Author: Hubert Krivine Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Our planet's elliptical orbit around the Sun and its billions-of-years existence are facts we take for granted, matters every literate high...
Blueprint: How our childhood makes us who we are
Author: Lucy Maddox Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 'The best book I've read this year ... It's written in such a beautiful way' - Dr Suzi Gage,...
Code: STEM: Smart Homes
Author: Max Wainewright Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 32 Discover how today's amazing inventions and technologies work while developing your coding skills In SMART HOMES, find out about...
Astronomical Mindfulness: Your Cosmic Guide to Reconnecting with the Sun, Moon, Stars, and Planets
Author: Christopher G De Pree Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Using the power of the sun, moon, stars, and planets, this unique, illustrated guide is filled with...
The Four-Dimensional Human: Ways of Being in the Digital World
Author: Laurence Scott Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 You are a four-dimensional human. A constellation of everyday digital phenomena is rewiring your inner life, increasingly coaxing you...
All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon's Perspective on Climate Change
Author: Michael Klare Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 The Pentagon, unsentimental and politically conservative, might not seem likely to be worried about climate change-still linked, for many people, with...
How Long Is Now?: Fascinating Answers to 191 Mind-Boggling Questions
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Author: New Scientist Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 Big or small, there's an answer to every question, and sometimes there are even a few!How long is now?...
Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood
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Author: Rose George Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 An eye-opening exploration of blood, the lifegiving substance with the power of taboo, the value of diamonds and the promise of...
Animal Rights: All That Matters
Author: Mark Rowlands Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 Animal Rights is a big deal. From animal testing to vegetarianism, and hunting to preservation of fish stocks, it's...
Instant Engineering: Key Thinkers, Theories, Discoveries and Inventions Explained on a Single Page
Author: Joel Levy Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 Instant Engineering pulls together all the pivotal engineering theories and discoveries into one concise volume. Each page contains a...
2 Minutes to Sleep: Everyday Self-Care for Busy Lives
Author: Corinne Sweet Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 Two minutes is all you need to transform your sleep habits. Sleep is essential to our mental and physical health, yet...
Let's Save Antarctica: Why we must protect our planet
Author: Catherine Barr Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 Discover why we must protect Antarctica from climate change. Home to millions of penguins, ancient dinosaur fossils and huge blue whales,...
Australia Under the Sea 1 2 3
Author: Frane Lessac (Author/Illustrator) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 32 On a coral reef in the big blue sea, count the ocean creatures 1, 2, 3. Count from...
The Doomsday Calculation: How an Equation That Predicts the Future Is Transforming Everything We Know about Life and the Universe
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Author: William Poundstone Format: Hardback Number of Pages: From the author of Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?, a fascinating look at how an equation that foretells the...
The Industries of the Future
Author: Alec Ross Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 This book answers the question: 'What's next?' The Internet had a world-changing impact on businesses and the global community...
Your Planet Needs You!: An everyday guide to saving the earth
Author: Bernadette Vallely Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 If there was ever a time to stand up for your planet, for Mother Earth, this is the time. But what...
Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
Author: Mike Massimino Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Mike Massimino's compelling memoir takes us on a brilliant journey where the nerdiest science meets the most thrilling adventure to reveal...
The Climate is Changing, Why Aren't We?: A practical guide to how you can make a difference
Author: Daisy Kendrick Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 'An inspirational and motivational must-read, packed with practical tips to push for positive change' Zanna van Dijk The climate is changing,...
How You Feel: The Story of the Mind as Told by the Body
Author: James Tresilian Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 Close your eyes and ask yourself, 'what do I feel?' You might feel thirsty or tired. You might feel...
Talking to Robots: A Brief Guide to Our Human-Robot Futures
Author: David Ewing Duncan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 What robot and AI systems are being built and imagined right now? What do they say about us,...
Adventures on Earth
Author: Simon Tyler Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 96 Graphic illustrator Simon Tyler explores the extremes of our planet - and the people who venture there - in his bold...
Body Bits: Eye-popping Plant Part Facts
Author: Paul Mason Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 Bizarre, incredible and downright eye-popping facts about the natural world In Eye-popping Plant Part Facts, you'll learn about some of the...
The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution
Author: Sean B. Carroll Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 For more than a century, we were restricted to studying evolution from the outside, observing its progress only...
Moonshot: Inside Pfizer's Nine-month Race to Make the Impossible Possible
Author: Albert Bourla Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 The exclusive, first-hand, behind-the-scenes story of how Pfizer raced to create the first Covid-19 vaccine, told by Pfizer's CEO...
The Flightless Traveller: 50 modern adventures by land, river and sea
Author: Emma Gregg Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Discover how to explore our beautiful world sustainably and responsibly with this trailblazing guide to flight-free travel. Seeking options that are...
Race for Tomorrow: Survival, Innovation and Profit on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis
Author: Simon Mundy Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 As heard on BBC Radio 4's Start the Week with Andrew Marr One of the Financial Times' best books...
First Steps: How Walking Upright Made Us Human
Author: Jeremy DeSilva Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 Humans are the only mammals to walk on two, rather than four, legs. From an evolutionary perspective, this is...
Australia Under the Sea 1 2 3
Author: Frane Lessac (Author/Illustrator) Format: Board book Number of Pages: 30 On a coral reef in the big blue sea, count the ocean creatures 1, 2, 3. Count from one...
10 Short Lessons in Renewable Energy
Author: Stephen Peake Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Professor Stephen Peake takes us on a guided tour of the ten most essential aspects of this timely and fast-moving science,...
50 Things to Do by the Sea
Author: Easkey Britton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 A beautifully presented, practical gift guide for all surf seekers. Explained with fascinating, easy-to-understand commentary from surfer and scientist Easkey Britton...
What a Wonderful World: Be inspired to care for our planet with 35 real-life stories and green tips
Author: Leisa Stewart-Sharpe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 72 Our world is WONDERFUL - and it's worth protecting. This book takes you on a breathtaking tour of our planet -...
Wild Child: Coming Home to Nature
Author: Patrick Barkham (Y) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 From climbing trees and making dens, to building sandcastles and pond-dipping, many of the activities we associate with...
The Secret Life of Cows
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Author: Rosamund Young Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 "Within a day of receiving this book, I had consumed it... Absorbing, moving, and compulsively readable."-Lydia Davis In this affectionate, heart-warming...
Quantum Computing: The Transformative Technology of the Qubit Revolution
Author: Brian Clegg Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 Computer technology has improved exponentially over the last 50 years. But the headroom for bigger and better electronic solutions...
The Impostor's Guide to Among Us: Independent and Unofficial
Author: Kevin Pettman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 80 In this two-part, unofficial and independent guide to Among Us, you'll learn how to spot impostors... and how to...
Strange Harvests: The Hidden Histories of Seven Natural Objects
Author: Edward Posnett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 "[Strange Harvests is] an impressive addition to the modern travelogue, painting some of the world's most remote terrain in visceral and...
The Eight Master Lessons of Nature: What Nature Teaches Us About Living Well in the World
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Author: Gary Ferguson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 A riveting manifesto for the millions of people who long to forge a more vital, meaningful connection to the natural world...
What Do You Think You Are?: The Science of What Makes You You
Author: Brian Clegg Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 Popular science master Brian Clegg's new book is an entertaining tour through the science of what makes you you....
Eyes in the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All
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Author: Arthur Holland Michel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 The fascinating history and unnerving future of high-tech aerial surveillance, from its secret military origins to its growing use on...