Plankton - A Guide to Their Ecology and for Water Quality by Iain M. Suthers (Editor); David Rissik (Editor); Anthony J. Richardson (Editor)
$79.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Healthy waterways and oceans are essential for our increasingly urbanised world. Yet monitoring water quality in aquatic environments is a challenge, as it varies from hour to hour due to stormwater and currents. Being at the base of the aquatic food web and present in huge numbers, plankton are strongl ...Show more
Illustrated Human Anatomy (HB) by Dana Gustafson; David Milnes; Sebastian Kaulitzki (Illustrator)
$49.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
The world's most precise scientific illustrations of the human body. Packed with astonishing facts and superb quality 3-D illustrations, Illustrated Human Anatomy is a state-of-the art guide to the human body that is destined to become the definitive illustrated human anatomy reference. Accessible text ...Show more
Half-Earth Socialism: A Manifesto to Save the Future by Troy Vettese; Drew Pendergrass
$19.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Our fossil fuel driven society has run out of time. Only by rapidly giving up our reliance on carbon can we pay down the debt of fossil capital and buy a liveable future without a mass extinction or global warming. In this visionary and incisive manifesto, environmental scholars Troy Vettese and Drew Pe ...Show more
Last Days of the Mekong by Brian Eyler
$29.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Series: Asian Arguments Ser.
Long known for its natural beauty, remoteness, and abundance of wildlife, the Mekong river basin runs through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. It is home to more than seventy million people and has for centuries been one of the world's richest agricultural zones. Today however it i ...Show more
Kay’s Incredible Inventions: A Fascinating and Fantastically Funny Guide to Inventions That Changed the World (and Some That Definitely Didn’t) by Adam Kay
$39.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
The third hilarious middle grade book from the record-breaking bestselling author of Kay's Anatomy and This is Going to Hurt, Adam Kay. Illustrated throughout by Adam's friend and fellow award-winning comedian, Henry Paker. Do you ever wonder where the stuff around you all came from? No, not from eBay. ...Show more
The Plant Thieves: Secrets of the herbarium by Prudence Gibson
$39.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
The Plant Thieves reveals remarkable stories from the National Herbarium of New South Wales — its people, its archives and its most guarded specimens.Who gets to collect plants, name them, propagate them, extract their chemicals, sell them and use them? Whose knowledge is it? And what can the people tha ...Show more
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté
$24.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
To heal addiction, you have to go back to the start...Dr Gabor Maté is one of the world's most revered thinkers on the psychology of addiction. His radical findings - based on decades of work with patients challenged by catastrophic drug addiction and mental illness - are reframing how we view all human ...Show more
The Great Dead Body Teachers: An adventure into the world of anatomy and dissection by Jackie Dent
$36.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
'Since I was a child, I’ve been interested in dead bodies. When I was eight years old, I dug up the remains of my pet budgie Zazbut. He had been buried for about eight weeks in a patch of grass outside our house in Dasmarinas, a fortified village in Manila, in the Philippines. ‘The first exhumation was ...Show more
The Fossil Book - A Record of Prehistoric Life by Patricia Vickers Rich; Thomas Hewitt Rich; Mildred Adams Fenton; Carroll Lane Fenton
$110.00 AUD
Category: Pop Science
"A readable . . . and remarkably comprehensive survey of the realm of prehistoric life." -- Chicago Sunday TribuneEarth's fossil records date back more than three-and-a-half billion years ago, providing extraordinary documentation of the evolution of life on this planet. From primitive one-celled organi ...Show more
The Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis
$49.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
From the global bestselling author of The Big Short, the gripping story of the maverick scientists who hunted down Covid-19 'It's a foreboding,' she said. 'A knowing that something is looming around the corner. Like how when the seasons change you can smell Fall in the air right before the leaves change ...Show more
Questions raised by Quolls by Harry Saddler
$32.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
When Harry Saddler first encountered a quoll while camping as a boy, he was struck by the beauty of the timid creature who had emerged from the bush, sniffing for dinner. As Harry frantically snapped a photo, the agile-spotted quoll stole his fruitcake and disappeared into the undergrowth. That blurry ...Show more
Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscapes by Steve Morton
$59.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscapes is about the vast sweep of the Outback, a land of expanses making up three-quarters of the continent – the heart of Australia. Steve Morton brings his extensive first-hand knowledge and experience of arid Australia to this book, explaining how Australian desert ...Show more