Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by K Anders Ericsson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
Mozart wasnâe(tm)t born with perfect pitch.Most athletes are not born with any natural advantage.Three world-class chess players were sisters, whose success was planned by their parents before they were even born.Anders Ericsson has spent thirty years studying The Special Ones, the geniuses, sports star ...Show more
The Disappearance of the Universe by Gary Renard
$39.95 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
What would you do if you were sitting quietly in your living room, when two mysterious strangers appeared from out of nowhere - and then told you they were 'ascended masters' who had come to reveal some shocking secrets of existence and teach you the miraculous powers of advanced forgiveness? Would you ...Show more
Yearbook of Astronomy 2018 by Brian Jones; Richard S. Pearson
$44.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution by Lee Alan Dugatkin; Lyudmila Trut
$49.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
Tucked away in Siberia, there are furry, four-legged creatures with wagging tails and floppy ears that are as docile and friendly as any lapdog. But, despite appearances, these are not dogs-they are foxes. They are the result of the most astonishing experiment in breeding ever undertaken-imagine speedin ...Show more
Mathematics in 10 Lessons : the grand tour by Jerry P. King
$54.00 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
This book introduces mathematics in a far more enlightened manner. Ten essential lessons for the general reader with little knowledge of the subject provide lucid explanations to make it more palatable for the wary mind. The uninitiated will even begin to enjoy the unravelling of a topic that previously ...Show more
Color Atlas of Small Animal Anatomy - The Essentials by Thomas O. McCracken; Robert A. Kainer; David Carlson (As told to)
$112.95 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
This new resource provides a basic foundation in small animal anatomy for students of veterinary medicine, animal science, and veterinary technology. Extraordinary accuracy and beautiful original artwork make this a truly unique learning tool that includes the anatomy of all organ systems in the dog, ca ...Show more
The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates by Frans De Waal
$23.95 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
In this engaging book, leading primatologist and thinker Frans de Waal offers an illuminating new perspective on human nature. Bringing together his pioneering research on primate behaviour, the latest findings in evolutionary biology and insights from moral philosophy, de Waal explains that we don't ne ...Show more
The Hidden Life of Trees - What They Feel, How They Communicate - Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben; Tim Flannery (Foreword by); Jane Billinghurst (Translator)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
The first book in New York Times bestselling author Peter Wohlleben's The Mysteries of Nature Trilogy. Book two, The Inner Life of Animals, is available now, and the third book, The Secret Wisdom of Nature, is coming in Spring 2019. Are trees social beings? In this international bestseller, forester an ...Show more
Now - The Physics of Time by Richard A. Muller
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
You are reading the word "now" right now. But what does that mean? "Now" has bedeviled philosophers, priests, and modern-day physicists from Augustine to Einstein and beyond. In Now, eminent physicist Richard A. Muller takes up the challenge. He begins with remarkably clear explanations of relativity, e ...Show more
Shell Life on the Seashore by Philip Street
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
For many, the highlights of seaside holidays are rockpooling and gathering the glorious array of shells left strewn on the beach after the receding tide. Attracted by the infinite variety of shapes and colors, visitors can never resist making a souvenir collection of their own - but little do they suspe ...Show more
Space Systems Failures - Disasters and Rescues of Satellites, Rocket and Space Probes by David M. Harland; David Shayler; Ralph D. Lorenz
$85.00 AUD
Category: Science and Nature | Series: Springer Praxis Bks.
In the 1960s and 1970s deep space missions were dispatched in pairs in case one was lost in launch or failed during its journey. Following the triumphs of the Viking landings on Mars in 1976 and both Voyagers spacecraft successfully surveying the outer giant planets of the Solar System, it was decided b ...Show more
The Brain: A Very Short Introduction by Michael O'Shea
$22.95 AUD
Category: Science and Nature | Series: Very Short Introductions
Provides an introduction to the main issues and findings in brain research. This book describes the historical developments behind our understanding of what the brain is and what it does, and explores the key questions neuroscientists face concerning the relationship between the brain and thought, memor ...Show more