Science & Mathematics

Author: Penny Olsen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 260 *Longlisted for the ABIA Book Awards 2022: Small Publishers' Adult Book of the Year* The Budgerigar is arguably Australia's best-known bird....

Author: Robert Cave Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Robert Cave examines 100 extraordinary projects, theories and experiments that have been conducted in the name of science. Some, including various...

Author: David Attenborough Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 A fully updated new edition of David Attenborough's bestselling classic. BIRDS. Over 9,000 species, the most widespread of all animals: on...

Author: Tom Jackson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Mankind has forever strived to learn. The tribe with the better weapons can hunt more efficiently, defend itself better and take...

Author: Anne Kerle Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 202 This handy guide is your key to the secrets of the most famous National Parks of Australia's Red Centre. It will...

Author: Gemma Lavender Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 The Short Story of the Universe is a new introduction to the subject of the universe. Covering 130 key components that...

Author: Marcus du Sautoy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 'BRILLIANTLY CLEAR AND CAPTIVATING PROSE' STEPHEN FRY A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR 2023 An award-winning mathematician explores the maths behind...

Author: Edgar Williams Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 A witty and informative tale of everything lunar, tracing the moon's cultural resonance throughout humanity's history. Since humans first gazed upward,...

Author: David Attenborough Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The third and final updated edition of David Attenborough's classic Life trilogy. Life on Earth covered evolution, Living Planet , ecology,...

Author: Dan Hooper Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 248 Scientists in recent decades have made crucial discoveries about how our cosmos evolved over the past 13.8 billion years. But we...

Author: Tom Kerss Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 112 The perfect gift for anyone with a desire to see the Northern Lights. Discover the incomparable beauty of the Northern Lights...

Author: Michael Brooks Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'A wonderful book...Delightfully varied...As with all the best science writing, this book doesn't just give answers, it also asks interesting questions.'...

Author: Robert Macfarlane (Y) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland? Or have we tarmacked, farmed and built ourselves out...

Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 248 A Brief Welcome to the Universe offers a breathtaking tour of the cosmos, from planets, stars, and galaxies to black...

Author: David F Dufty Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 In this remarkable behind-the-scenes narrative, David F. Dufty follows a group of scientists on their mission to create "Phil," a...

Author: Gillian Turner Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Why do compass needles point north--but not quite north? What guides the migration of birds, whales, and fish across the world's...

Author: New Scientist Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 How Your Brain Works explores the amazing world inside your head. Ever wondered what's going on inside your head? The brain...

Author: Tracey Spicer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Walkley Award-winning journalist Tracey Spicer exposes the next frontier of feminism. Man-Made aims to open readers' eyes to a transformative technological...

Author: Gillen D'Arcy Wood Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 312 A gripping history of the polar continent, from the great discoveries of the nineteenth century to modern scientific breakthroughs.] Antarctica,...

Author: Nessa Carey Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 The most important revolution in modern biology - and what it means for humanity. The cutting-edge of biology, however, is telling...

Author: Tadao Shimba Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 640 A spectacular and lavish photographic guide to the birds of Japan, Korea, north-east China and the Russian Far East Eastern Asia...

Author: James Barrat Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'I wish it was science fiction, but I know it's not' Jaan Tallinn, co-founder of Skype 'If you read just one...

Author: Rowan Hooper Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 If you had a trillion dollars and a year to spend it for the good of the world and the advancement...

Author: Norman Ferguson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 Space is spectacular This short, informative and engaging guide to the wonders of the universe will fascinate and inspire readers of...

Author: Sarah Gilbert Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Chosen as a Book of the Year 2021 by the Financial Times, Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Prospect, Guardian and The Times....

Author: Peng Shepherd Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'Exquisitely written ... Be prepared to be swept away on an incredible journey' Brad Thor, #1 bestselling author of Black Ice...

Author: Brian Butterworth Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Every pet owner thinks their own dog, cat, fish or hamster is a genius. What makes CAN FISH COUNT? so exciting...

Author: Stephen R. Palumbi Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 264 The ocean teems with life that thrives under difficult situations in unusual environments. The Extreme Life of the Sea takes...

Author: Andrew Blum Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 An engaging, narrative tour behind the scenes of our everyday lives to see the dark beating heart of the Internet itself....

Author: Jim Al-Khalili Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Quantum mechanics underpins modern science and provides us with a blueprint for reality itself. And yet, it has been said that...

Author: Kathleen M. Dudzinski Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Exciting new technologies and research methods help scientists unravel the mysteries of dolphin communication, intelligence, and culture Dolphins have fascinated...

Author: Chandra Wickramasinghe, Ph.D. Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 408 Compelling evidence that life, intelligence, and evolution on Earth were seeded by comets and cosmic intelligence * Explains how life...

Author: David Ewing Duncan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'If you want to see what that future might look like, Duncan's book is a fun place to start' NPR...

Author: Jean-Pierre Y. Scheerlinck Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Honey Bee Pests and Diseases provides up-to-date information on the management of honey bee diseases found globally, not just in...

Author: Stephen M Fleming Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 How do you know when you've studied enough to pass an exam? Should you accept the testimony of an eyewitness?...

Author: Jonathan Weitzman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 Genetics is the study of heredity, and reveals how the characteristics of living organisms are determined by the genes passed down...

Author: Ralph Crane Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 While concerns about climate change have focused negative attention on the coal industry in recent years, as descendants of the industrial...

Author: Anna Machin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'This book opens the Pandora's Box on this most complex and puzzling aspect of what it is to be human' Robin...

Author: Paul Nahin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 232 An entertaining mathematical exploration of the heat equation and its role in the triumphant development of the trans-Atlantic telegraph cable Heat,...

Author: Tom Oliver Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'A thought-provoking and worthwhile read' THE TIMES 'A timely, challenging book' GUARDIAN '[A] rich, intriguing book' NATURE WE ARE MUCH MORE...

Author: Freeman Dyson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 Written between 1940 and the late 1970s, the postwar recollections of renowned physicist Freeman Dyson have been celebrated as an historic...

Author: Bill McGuire Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 Hothouse Earth: an Inhabitant's Guide provides a post-COP26 perspective on the climateemergency, acknowledging that it is now practically impossible to keep...

Author: Raffael Jovine Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 "Read this book and you will learn how photosynthesis was discovered, how it works, and how we can produce more food...

Author: New Scientist Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The ancient Greeks called it Gaia; the Romans Terra. We know it simply as Earth, the planet we call home. And...

Author: Ben Jacob Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINRIGHT PRIZE & SHORTLISTED FOR THE RICHARD JEFFERIES AWARD 'A daring, delightful and galvanising call to save the...

Author: Arthur Turrell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Is it possible to build a star on earth? When asked what problem he hoped scientists will have solved by the...

Author: Rob Dunn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 A savoury account of how the pursuit of delicious foods shaped human evolution Nature, it has been said, invites us to...

Author: Storm Dunlop Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 112 The ideal gift for all amateur and seasoned astronomers. A comprehensive handbook to the planets, stars and constellations visible from the...