Sing Like Fish: how sound rules life under water by Amorina Kingdon
$36.99 AUD
Category: Science
A captivating exploration of how underwater animals tap into sound to survive, and a clarion call for humans to address the ways we invade these critical soundscapes - from an award-winning science writer. For centuries humans ignored sound in the 'silent world' of the ocean, assuming that what we coul ...Show more
Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind by Mike Jay
$22.95 AUD
Category: Science
A provocative and original history of the scientists and writers, artists and philosophers who took drugs to explore the hidden regions of the mind. A New Yorker Best of the Week Pick. "Jay is a leading expert on the history of Western drug use, and Psychonauts is the latest in a series of excellent ...Show more
Astronomy 2024 Australia: Your Guide to the Night Sky by Glenn Dawes, Peter Northfield, Ken Wallace
$32.95 AUD
Category: Science
This annual gem (produced each year since 1991) continues to take the Australian stargazer on a wondrous journey of the night sky. This critically acclaimed work, produced by three well known experts in the field, takes a unique approach to explaining and identifying the Sun, Moon, planets and constella ...Show more
Night Sky Almanac 2024: A Stargazer's Guide by Storm Dunlop, Wil Tirion, Royal Observatory Greenwich, Collins Astronomy
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
A beautiful gift for anyone interested in the night sky. Follow the progress of constellations throughout the seasons with this beautiful companion to the night sky from Astronomy experts Collins. With the aid of easy-to-understand monthly calendars and maps, you will chart the rhythm of the lunar phase ...Show more
Deep Water: The World in the Ocean by James Bradley
$36.99 AUD
Category: Science
Through history, science, nature writing, and environmentalism, Deep Water invites you to explore the deepest recesses of our natural world. 'Teeming with mysteries, wonders and heartbreaking facts, this beautiful, lucid hymn to the sea is a reminder of what we still have, what we stand to lose, and why ...Show more
2024 Guide to the Night Sky Southern Hemisphere: A Month-by-Month Guide to Exploring the Skies Above Australia, New Zealand and South Africa by Storm Dunlop, Wil Tirion, Collins Astronomy
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
The ideal gift for all amateur and seasoned astronomers. A comprehensive handbook to the planets, stars and constellations visible from the southern hemisphere. 6 pages for each month covering January–December 2024. Diagrams drawn for the latitude of southern Australia, but including events visible from ...Show more
In Hot Water: Inside the battle to save the Great Barrier Reef by Paul Hardisty E
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
A searing, candid and personal account from inside the battle to save the Great Barrier Reef from the recent CEO of Australia's leading coral research institute (who also happens to be a widely published thriller writer). In the ongoing climate wars, the Great Barrier Reef has become a symbol of everyt ...Show more
Capturing Nature: Early Scientific Photography at the Australian Museum 1857–1893 by Vanessa Finney
$20.00 AUD
Category: Science
The ground-breaking scientific photographs of Australian Museum curator Gerard Krefft and taxidermist Henry Barnes are revealed for the first time. In the mid-nineteenth century, some of the earliest adopters of the revolutionary new art form of photography were scientists. Museums around the world were ...Show more
The Eloquence of the Sardine: The Secret Life of Fish & Other Underwater Mysteries by Bill Francois
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
Humans have identified just a fraction of the 2.2 million species living in the sea. Roughly 91% of all marine species remain unknown: myths still to be written, discoveries still to be made, blank pages with room to dream . . .As a small boy, Bill Fran ois was frightened of deep water. Until a chance e ...Show more
Prehistoric Joy by Andrew Sneddon
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
Hailed as a real-life Boy Swallows Universe, a 'bold, brutal and unforgettable' memoir of growing up in the criminal underbelly of Queensland's Gold Coast in the 1980s.If being powerless makes you jumpy, then being poor makes you envious. You notice when other people are happy and you become keenly awar ...Show more
The Astronomers' Library: The Books that Unlocked the Mysteries of the Universe by Karen Masters
$59.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Liber Historica Ser.
Indulge in this collection of the best astronomy books from the past 800 years. The Astronomers' Library is a rich history of astronomy (and astrology) publishing across Europe. This is a carefully selected arrangement of publications from all over the continent - Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, ...Show more
Powering Up: Unleashing the Clean Energy Supply Chain by Alan Finkel
$36.99 AUD
Category: Science
Former chief scientist Alan Finkel shares his compelling insights and expertise and makes the case for Australia leading the way in the global transition to clean energy. The clean energy transition is humanity's biggest ever economic challenge. In Powering Up, former Australian chief scientist Alan F ...Show more