This Book is a Planetarium - And Other Extraordinary Pop-Up Contraptions by Kelli Anderson
$60.00 AUD
Category: Science
Never has humble paper had such radical ambitions. Defying every expectation of what a book can be, this pop-up extravaganza transforms into six fully functional tools: a real working planetarium projecting the constellations, a musical instrument complete with strings for strumming, a geometric drawing ...Show more
Compact Field Guide to Australian Birds: The complete pocket-sized reference by Michael Morcombe
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
Michael Morcombe's renowned birding guide has been the go-to field reference for Australian enthusiasts for decades. With over 3000 illustrations covering over 800 species, it's compact yet comprehensive. Quickfind colour tags aid navigation, while distribution maps and size tables enhance usability. Co ...Show more
How to Talk about Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference by Rebecca Huntley
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
A toolkit for understanding our emotional responses to climate change and how we can have meaningful conversations across dividing lines. 'The antidote to climate anxiety is action. Make your first action reading this book.' OSHER GUNSBERG'Rebecca Huntley has given us a great gift: an essential guide to ...Show more
Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds by Slater Peter
$36.99 AUD
Category: Science
Beginners and experienced birdwatchers turn to this guide to identify the birds they see in their backyards and on bushwalking or birdwatching expeditions. Designed to slip easily into a pocket, backpack or glove box. This is a new and updated version of the very popular Slater Field Guide to Australian ...Show more
Wayfinding: The Art and Science of How We Find and Lose Our Way by Michael Bond
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
The physical world is infinitely complex, yet most of us are able to find our way around it. We can walk through unfamiliar streets while maintaining a sense of direction, take shortcuts along paths we have never used and remember for many years places we have visited only once. These are remarkable ach ...Show more
Being You: A New Science of Consciousness by Anil Seth
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
Anil Seth's radical new theory of consciousness challenges our understanding of perception and reality, doing for brain science what Dawkins did for evolutionary biology. Being You is not as simple as it sounds. Somehow, within each of our brains, billions of neurons work to create our conscious experie ...Show more
Wise Animals: How Technology Has Made Us What We Are by Tom Chatfield
$36.99 AUD
Category: Science
Combining compelling storytelling with erudite, compassionate and often profound insight about the human condition, this book will transform how you navigate the world.' - Richard Fisher, author of The Long View Wise Animals explores the history of our relationship with technology, and our deep involve ...Show more
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia 9th Edition by G Pizzey, F Knight, S Pizzey
$45.00 AUD
Category: Science
The definitive and most respected guide to bird identification in Australia, this book is a must for both experts and amateurs. First published in 1980, Graham Pizzey's Field Guide to the Birds of Australia combines a depth and breadth of knowledge with beautiful, full-colour illustrations by Frank Knig ...Show more
A Guide to Spiders of Australia by Zborowski Paul
$49.99 AUD
Category: Science
This definitive guide to the subject offers a window into a fascinating world. Notorious species such as the Redback and the Sydney Funnel-web sit alongside less well-known but equally intriguing spiders such as the ant-mimics and net-casting spiders. The introduction covers spider structure, evolution, ...Show more
The Seven Ages of Death by Dr Richard Shepherd
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
Forensic pathologist and bestselling author of Unnatural Causes, Dr Richard Shepherd, brings his unparalleled honesty and insight to a new book about life and death.Through 24 intriguing, never-before-told cases, Britain's top forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd takes us on a journey through life i ...Show more
Frozen Planet II by Mark Brownlow,Elizabeth White
$59.99 AUD
Category: Science
Accompanying the landmark BBC series narrated by David Attenborough, an unforgettable exploration of our most fragile worlds of beauty and brutalityFind a world of wonder beneath the ice. One quarter of our planet is frozen, locked in ice and blanketed with snow. These are the last true wildernesses - s ...Show more
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life by Richard Dawkins
$27.99 AUD
Category: Science
A fully updated edition of one of the most original accounts of evolution ever written, featuring new fractal diagrams, six new 'tales' and the latest scientific developments. THE ANCESTOR'S TALE is a dazzling, four-billion-year pilgrimage to the origins of life: Richard Dawkins and Yan Wong take us on ...Show more