New History of Life by Peter Ward
$29.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
An estimated 4.6 billion years ago, the Earth and Moon were formed in a violent impact. On this, many agree, and even more that a long time after that, life began. However, few know that the first life on the Earth may not have emerged on this planet, but could, in fact, have begun on Mars, brought here ...Show more
Evolution by Michael Denton
$34.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science
The idea of evolution is the keystone of our modern world view. Yet the theory propounded by Darwin and elaborated into accepted 'fact' by the scientific establishment is coming under increasing fire. This authoritative and remarkably accessible book by a molecular biologist shows how rapidly accumulati ...Show more
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$32.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
We all have tastes. For instance, Tom Vanderbilt doesn't particularly care for white cars or fennel - even if he doesn't quite know why. Taste is an incredible fuzzy construct: Everyone has likes and preferences, but what do actually know about them? How do we acquire tastes, and how do they change? Why ...Show more
Darwin and Design by Michael Ruse
$53.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science
controversial issue, the book makes its own substantial contribution to the ongoing debate about the relationship between science and religion, and between evolution and its religious critics.
The Case Against Fluoride: How Hazardous Waste Ended Up in Our Drinking Water and the Bad Science and Powerful Politics That Keep it There by Paul Connett
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Category: Pop Science
When the US Public Health Service endorsed water fluoridation in 1959, there was little evidence of its safety. Now, siz decades later and after most countries have rejected the practice, more than 70 per cent of Americans, as well as 200 million people worldwide, are drinking fluoridated water. The C ...Show more
The New Cosmos: Answering Astronomy's Big Questions by Eicher, David J
$57.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Over the past decade, astronomers, planetary scientists, and cosmologists have answered - or are closing in on the answers to - some of the biggest questions about the universe. David J. Eicher presents a spectacular exploration of the cosmos that provides a balanced and precise view of the latest disco ...Show more
Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay by William W. Warner
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Category: Pop Science
William Warner exhibits his skill as a naturalist and as a writer in this Pulitzer Prize-winning study of the pugnacious Atlantic blue crab and of its Chesapeake Bay territory. Penguin Nature Library.
Life on Earth by Mike Dooley
$24.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
In his best-selling books and hugely popular "Notes from the Universe" daily e-mails, Mike Dooley teaches that the first step in changing our lives is to understand the nature of our very presence here on earth--the truth about who we are, how we got here, and the power we wield. Ultimately, Mike teache ...Show more
A Cabinet of Ancient Medical Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the Healing Arts of Greece and Rome by J. C. McKeown
$23.95 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Reading Level: near fine
There are few disciplines as exciting and forward-looking as medicine. Unfortunately, however, many modern practitioners have rather lost sight of the origins of their discipline. A Cabinet of Ancient Medical Curiosities aspires to make good this lapse by taking readers back to the early days of Western ...Show more
The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century by George Friedman
$29.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
A fascinating, eye-opening and often shocking look at what lies ahead for the U.S. and the world from one of our most incisive futurists. In his thought-provoking new book, George Friedman, founder of STRATFOR--the preeminent private intelligence and forecasting firm--focuses on what he knows best, the ...Show more
Mine the Gap for Mathematical Understanding, Grades K-2: Common Holes and Misconceptions and What to Do About Them by John J. SanGiovanni
$67.00 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Series: Corwin Mathematics Series
Misconceptions and incomplete mathematical thinking often go undetected, as teachers are rarely trained to consider why or how an answer was generated. They often respond to incorrect answers by re-teaching the correct processes, and the underlying problem persists. Unrecognized misconceptions then beco ...Show more