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Introducing Quantum Theory: A Graphic Guide
Author: J.P. McEvoy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 Quantum theory confronts us with bizarre paradoxes which contradict the logic of classical physics. At the sub-atomic level, one particle seems...
Zoo Ethics
Author: Jenny Gray Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 If you've visited a zoo and come face-to-face with a magnificent creature, such as a tiger, elephant or gorilla, you may...
Wildlife of the Box-Ironbark Country
Author: Chris Tzaros Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Victoria's Box-Ironbark region is one of the most important areas of animal diversity and significance in southern Australia. The forests and...
Weather
Author: The Royal Meteorological Society Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Weather collects some of the most breathtaking images from Weather Photographer of the Year, the annual competition held by...
Volcanoes & Earthquakes
Author: Chiara Maria Petrone Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 Volcanoes & Earthquakes features the earth sciences at their most spectacular. It reveals the massive internal forces that create and...
Vanished and Vanishing Parrots
Author: Joseph M. Forshaw Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Joseph M. Forshaw, one of the world's leading authorities on parrots, calls attention to the threats they face: they are...
The Secret Life of Flies
Author: Erica McAlister Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Enter a hidden world of snail killers, silly names and crazy sex lives in The Secret Life of Flies. In The...
The Inside Out of Flies
Author: Erica McAlister Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 The Inside Out of Flies is a look under the bonnet at the astonishing mechanics of fly anatomy. Erica McAlister reveals...
The Hawkesbury River
Author: Paul I. Boon Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 584 The Hawkesbury River is the longest coastal river in New South Wales. A vital source of water and food, it...
The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals
Author: Carolyn M King Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 576 The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals is the only definitive reference on all the land-breeding mammals recorded in the New...
The Great Barrier Reef
Author: Pat Hutchings Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 488 The iconic and beautiful Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is home to one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world....
The Flowering of Australia's Rainforests: Pollination Ecology and
Author: Geoff Williams Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 0 The Flowering of Australia's Rainforests provides a comprehensive introduction to the pollination ecology, evolution and conservation of Australian rainforest plants, with...
The Book of Rest: How to find calm in a chaotic world
Author: James Reeves Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'Impossibly wonderful' Daily TelegraphRevised and updated with a brand new chapter. Find peace in a restless world. 'James's heartfelt gentleness and...
Tasmanian Mayflies: Identification, Ecology, Behaviour and Imitation
Author: Ron Thresher Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 228 Mayflies are one of the world's most diverse, abundant and important aquatic insects. Famous for their brief adult life spans, mayflies...
Shark Attacks
Author: Blake Chapman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 280 Humans spend more time in or on the water than ever before; we love the beach. But for many people, getting...
Secret Lives of Carnivorous Marsupials
Author: Andrew Baker Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 328 Most living carnivorous marsupials lead a secretive and solitary existence. From tiny insect eaters to theformidable Tasmanian Devil, Secret Lives of...
Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-Wanderer in Australia and New Zealand
Author: Joseph M. Forshaw Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 200 Although not closely related, quail, buttonquail and the Plains-wanderer have much in common. Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-wanderer in Australia and...
Plants of Subtropical Eastern Australia
Author: Andrew Benwell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Plants of Subtropical Eastern Australia describes the rich flora of this biogeographically distinct region located on the east coast of Australia,...
Plant Names: A Guide to Botanical Nomenclature
Author: Roger Spencer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 168 Plant Names is an invaluable guide to the use of scientific, commercial and common names for plants and the conventions for...
Out of this world and into the next
Author: Adriana Marais Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 Humanity has always looked up at the night sky and wondered what lies beyond our world. Now, we are on the...
Metamorphosis - How insects are changing our world
Author: Erica McAlister Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 216 Insects are incredibly weird. Their morphology is about as alien to us as you can get without leaving this planet. They...
Illustrated Plant Glossary
Author: Enid Mayfield Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 332 The Illustrated Plant Glossary is a comprehensive glossary of over 4000 terms related to plant sciences, featuring superb colour illustrations to...
Guide to Native Orchids of Victoria
Author: Gary Backhouse Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 328 This comprehensive guide describes the 447 species of wild orchids that occur in Victoria, Australia. This region is one of the...
Guide to Introduced Pest Animals of Australia
Author: Peter West Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 Australia's introduced vertebrate pest species cost at least $1 billion annually in economic, environmental, and social impacts. The Guide to Introduced...
Gemstones- A Concise Reference Guide
Author: Robin Hansen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Gemstones have been a source of fascination for Millenia, from the icy brilliance of diamond and the soft iridescence of pearl,...
Geelong's Changing Landscape: Ecology, Development and Conservation
Author: David S. Jones Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 344 Geelong's Changing Landscape offers an insightful investigation of the ecological history of the Geelong and Bellarine Peninsula region. Commencing with...
Food Plants Of The World
Author: Ben-Erik van Wyk Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 520 Plants and plant-derived products make up the bulk of what we eat and drink every day, and people often wonder...
Field Guide to the Seashores of South-Eastern Australia
Author: Christine Porter Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 228 The types of plants and animals that live on seashores in temperate regions are similar around the globe, but many of...
Extinct: Artistic Impressions of Our Lost Wildlife
Author: Benjamin Gray Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 136 Australia is home to an incredible diversity of native animals. While Australian animals are among the most unique in the world,...
Everything Is Predictable: How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the
Author: Tom Chivers Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024 'Fascinating, witty and perspective-shifting . . . I finished it not...
Earth Shapers
Author: Maxim Samson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 'A wonderfully curious writer' OBSERVER 'This is a book that reshapes our story of global human geography' PROFESSOR DANNY DORLING Mountains,...
Drought Country
Author: Robert Godfree Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Droughts have lurked behind Australia's major nation-shaping moments from European settlement at Port Jackson to Federation. They have caused catastrophic damage...
Cornerstones of Impact Management
Author: Anne-Maree Dowd Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 340 Cornerstones of Impact Management is a comprehensive and practical guide to all aspects of impact management. It provides insights and expertise...
Coral Reefs of Australia
Author: Sarah M. Hamylton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 344 Australia's coral reefs stretch far and wide, covering 50 000 square kilometres from the Indian Ocean in the West to...
Building An Innovation Hotspot
Author: Alicia Cameron Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 How can you increase innovation at local levels and build new technology hotspots? Building an Innovation Hotspot outlines the approaches governments,...
Birds in Their Habitats: Journeys with a Naturalist
Author: Ian Fraser Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 This is a book of the discovery of birds and the places they live. Everywhere we go there are birds, and...
Bird Talk
Author: Barbara Ballentine Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Bird Talk delves into new scientific developments to reveal the complexities of how birds make, learn, and use sound in a...
Big Pacific: An Incredible Journey of Exploration and Revelation
Author: Rebecca Tansley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 The Pacific Ocean has been the focus of our fascination for as long as we have lived beside and on it....
Bees of Australia
Author: Mr James Dorey Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Bees are the darlings of the insect world. It is a great joy to see these tenaciousinsects hard at work,...
Beachcombing- A guide to seashores of the Southern Hemisphere
Author: Ceridwen Fraser Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 116 If you've ever walked along a beach or rocky shore and peered, poked or wondered at the things cast upon it...
Australasian Eagles and Eagle-like Birds
Author: Stephen Debus Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 Eagles are awe-inspiring birds that have influenced much human endeavour. Australia is home to threeeagle species, and in Melanesia there are...
A Guide to Crickets of Australia
Author: David Rentz Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 Cricket song is a sound of the Australian bush. Even in cities, the rasping calls signify Australia's remarkable cricket biodiversity. Crickets...
A Bat's End
Author: John Woinarski Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 280 On the evening of 26 August 2009, the last known pipistrelle emerges from its day-time shelter on Christmas Island. Scientists, desperate...
Marvel's Avengers: Black Panther: War for Wakanda - The Art of the
Author: Matthew Pellett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 The official art book for the Marvel's Avengers expansion Black Panther: War for Wakanda Blindsided by a betrayal and the resulting...
Decoding the World
Author: Po Bronson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 A vision of the future where the latest Silicon Valley tech meets cutting-edge genetics. Decoding the World is a buddy adventure...