Science & Mathematics

Author: Rose Cartwright Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 'Rose Cartwright breaks all our old certainties and liberates us to approach our mental struggles with new humanity and creativity. The...

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...

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...

Author: Grant Palmer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 The Otways and Shipwreck Coast is known for its natural beauty and attracts millions of visitors each year, particularly along the...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

Author: Damian Michael Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 184 Rocky outcrops are landscape features with disproportionately high biodiversity values relative to their size. They support specialised plants and animals, and...

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,...

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...

Author: David B. Lindenmayer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 204 Farm dams, creeklines, vegetation and rocky outcrops are natural assets that are essential for healthy, sustainable farms. Protecting and enhancing...

Author: Roger Farrow Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Insects of South-Eastern Australia is a unique field guide that uses host plants and behavioural attributes as the starting point for...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Author: Michael Swan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 The Murray-Darling Basin spans more than 1 million square kilometres across the lower third of Queensland, most of New South Wales,...

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...

Author: Michael J. Tyler Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Throughout much of the world, frog populations are declining, with the survival of many species under threat. In Australia, several...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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: 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...

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...

Author: Scientists for XR Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 In this important and timely book, scientists from a broad range of disciplines detail their personal responses to climate change...

Author: Sander van der Linden Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Winner of British Psychological Society Best Book Prize (Popular Science) 2023 Nature's Top 10 Books of 2023 A Financial...

Author: Liberty Mills Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 '360 Fertility brings the overwhelming and often heartbreaking process of a fertility struggle into manageable and relatable chapters' Katie Rollings, CEO...

Author: Faiz Siddiqui Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Once heralded as a modern-day Edison, Elon Musk has taken up a new role in public consciousness, with his growing desire...

Author: Bill Francois Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Humans have identified just a fraction of the 2.2 million species living in the sea. Roughly 91% of all marine species...

Author: Karen Pinchin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 This is a tale of human obsession, one intrepid tuna, the dedicated fisherman who caught and set her free, the promises...

Author: James Macdonald Lockhart Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Shortlisted for the 2023 Highland Book Prize'Joyful and mindful, a powerful argument for being still and listening' Sunday Times A...

Author: Loren Grush Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 The Six was an extraordinary cohort of women recruited by NASA in the seventies. Ride was just one member of the...

Author: Frank Hyman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 More eggs, less work! And more enjoyment for both the chickens and their keeper! That s the promise of Frank Hyman...

Author: Saul Perlmutter Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 *Out now: a definitive guide to thinking clearly in a world full of overwhelming information* __________ In our deluge of information,...

Author: John Wright Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Discover the answers behind the mysteries of the countryside in all their fascination and beauty... Ever wondered about the masses of...

Author: Alison Jean Cole Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 New to rockhounding or ready to ramp up your skills? This contemporary guide to rock collecting goes beyond the "where...

Author: The Science Museum Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Are you ready to become an astronaut? Then prepare for lift off with The Science Museum Puzzle Book, a unique...