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Extreme Scientists: Exploring Nature's Mysteries from Perilous Places by Donna M Jackson
$14.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Scientists in the Field (Paperback)
"Kids who need convincing that science isn't all white coats and test tubes will have their eyes opened here." --"The Bulletin"Scientists in the Field to the extreme! When Paul Flaherty goes to work, he climbs into a four-engine WP-3D Orion turboprop plane and heads directly into the eye of a hurricane. ...Show more
Sea Turtle Scientist by Stephen R Swinburne
$21.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Scientists in the Field (Paperback)
Dr. Kimberly Stewart, also known as the Turtle Lady of St. Kitts, is already waiting at midnight when an 800-pound leatherback sea turtle crawls out of the Caribbean surf and onto the sandy beach. The mother turtle has a vital job to do: dig a nest in which she will lay eggs that will hatch into part of ...Show more
The Octopus Scientists by Sy Montgomery
$35.00 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Series: Scientists in the Field (Paperback)
With three hearts and blue blood, its gelatinous body unconstrained by jointed limbs or gravity, the octopus seems to be an alien, an inhabitant of another world. It's baggy, boneless body sprouts eight arms covered with thousands of suckers--suckers that can taste as well as feel. The octopus also has ...Show more
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