Fat: the Secret Organ - The Surprising Science Behind the Most Misunderstood Part of the Body by Mariëtte Boon; Liesbeth van Rossum; Colleen Higgins (Translator)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
The International Bestseller, as featured in The Times Fat is a vital yet hugely under-rated organ. Fat has become a dirty word, but we know so little about how it really works. In Fat, expert doctors and obesity researchers Dr Mariëtte Boon and Professor Liesbeth van Rossum present the ground-breakin ...Show more
Food, Blood and Bones by Denise Walker
$8.99 AUD
$22.99 (60% off)
Category: Science
Food, Blood and Bones introduces the reader to the fuel that your body needs to carry out vital processes. Find out how the digestive system turns your food into part of you, learn how your skeletan and circulatory systems work and discover the importance of a balanced diet. This Biology series for stu ...Show more
Future of Humanity by Michio Kaku
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
Human civilization is on the verge of spreading beyond Earth. More than a possibility, it is becoming a necessity- whether our hand is forced by climate change and resource depletion or whether future catastrophes compel us to abandon Earth, one day we will make our homes among the stars.World-renowned ...Show more
Gene Eating: The Science of Obesity and the Truth about Diets by Giles Yeo
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
Cambridge geneticist, Dr Giles Yeo, has dedicated over 20 years studying how genes influence our eating habits. Instead of looking at how we have become obese, GENE EATING tackles the question of WHY some people eat more than others. The UK has the biggest waistlines in Western Europe and an enormous p ...Show more
Grandmother Fish: A Child's First Book of Evolution by Jonathan Tweet
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
Where did we come from? It's a simple question, but not so simple an answer to explain-especially to young children. Charles Darwin's theory of common descent no longer needs to be a scientific mystery to inquisitive young readers. Meet Grandmother Fish.Told in an engaging call and response text where a ...Show more
Greenprint - A New Approach to Cooperation on Climate Change by Arvind Subramanian; Aaditya Mattoo
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
Beleaguered by mutual recrimination between rich and poor countries, squeezed by the zero-sum arithmetic of a shrinking global carbon budget, and overtaken by shifts in economic and hence bargaining power between these countries, international cooperation on climate change has floundered. Given these ...Show more
Heretic - One Scientist's Journey from Darwin to Design by Matti Leisola
$39.95 AUD
Category: Science
What happens when an up-and-coming European bioscientist flips from Darwin disciple to Darwin defector? Sparks fly. Just ask biotechnologist Matti Leisola. It all started when a student loaned the Finnish scientist a book criticizing evolutionary theory. Leisola reacted angrily, and set out to defend ev ...Show more
Hot Molecules, Cold Electrons - From the Mathematics of Heat to the Development of the Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable by Paul J. Nahin
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
An entertaining mathematical exploration of the heat equation and its role in the triumphant development of the trans-Atlantic telegraph cable Heat, like gravity, shapes nearly every aspect of our world and universe, from how milk dissolves in coffee to how molten planets cool. The heat equation, a cor ...Show more
How Zoologists Organize Things - The Art of Classification by David Bainbridge
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
Discover how categorisation has shaped our view of the natural world with How Zoologists Organize Things. The book unveils wild truths and even wilder myths about animals, as perpetuated by zoologists - revealing how much more there is to learn, and unlearn.
How to Survive on Mars by Jasmina Lazendic-Galloway
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
Get ready for lift-off on a Martian adventure!Have you ever imagined living on another planet? What about Mars? With not enough air to breathe, sunlight to keep us warm, or any available food and water, life on Mars is going to be a challenge... but it just might be possible!Take a journey to the Red Pl ...Show more
Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: How the Natural World is Adapting to Climate Change by Thor Hanson
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid is the first major book by a biologist to focus on the fascinating story of how the natural world is adjusting, adapting, and sometimes measurably evolving in response to climate change. Lyrical and thought-provoking, this book broadens the climate focus from humans t ...Show more
I Used to Be a Fish by Tom Sullivan
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
From debut author-illustrator Tom Sullivan comes a surprising and innovative picture book that is both a light introduction to the science of evolution and a tribute to every child’s power to dream big. In I Used to be a Fish, a boy is inspired by a pet fish and fueled by imagination to tell a whimsica ...Show more