Now - The Physics of Time by Richard A. Muller
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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
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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
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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
Social - Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect by Matthew D. Lieberman
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Category: Science and Nature
Why are we influenced by the behaviour of complete strangers? Why does the brain register similar pleasure when I perceive something as 'fair' or when I eat chocolate? Why can we be so profoundly hurt by bereavement? What are the evolutionary benefits of these traits? The young discipline of 'social cog ...Show more
Never Work with Animals by Gareth Steel
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Category: Science and Nature
Gareth Steel wants you to understand vets in a way you never could have before.How it feels to watch a healed dog bound into their owner's arms. The joy of breathing life into the fluid-filled lungs of a newborn calf after a difficult labour. The satisfaction of rescuing a distressed sheep from the high ...Show more
Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19: What Pandemics Teach Us About Parenting, Work, Life, and Communities from the 1700s to Today by Kari Nixon
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Category: Science and Nature
For readers of Mary Roach and Jared Diamond, an innovative look at the histories of different epidemics and what it meant for society, alongside what lessons different diseases have to teach us as society battles the novel coronavirus. Throughout history, there have been numerous epidemics that have ...Show more
ISE Seeley's Anatomy and Physiology by Cinnamon VanPutte; Jennifer Regan; Andrew F. Russo
$154.95 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
Positively Green: Everyday Tips to Help the Planet and Calm Climate Anxiety (National Trust) by Sarah LaBrecque; National Trust Books
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Category: Science and Nature | Series: National Trust Ser.
Positively Green is a guide to caring for the planet - and yourself. From journalist and Positive News partnerships editor Sarah LaBrecque, National Trust's Positively Green is an informative and captivating guide to sustainable living. With chapters on energy, fashion, food and more, you'll discover w ...Show more
Wild World Hb by BOWEN
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Category: Science and Nature
- A stunning compilation of wildlife photography from autistic environmental campaigner Alfie Bowen- Evocative, beautiful pictures of animals, from lions to lemurs, flamingos and koi fish- Foreword from wildlife presenter Chris Packham and an introduction from Alfie Bowen himself"With each day spent out ...Show more
Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures by Christine Kenneally
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Category: Science and Nature
We are doomed to repeat history if we fail to learn from it, but how are we affected by the forces that are invisible to us? What role does Neanderthal DNA play in our genetic makeup? How did the theory of eugenics embraced by Nazi Germany first develop? How is trust passed down in Africa, and silence i ...Show more
The Organized Mind: The Science of Preventing Overload, Increasing Productivity and Restoring Your Focus by Daniel Levitin
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Category: Science and Nature
New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin shifts his keen insights from your brain on music to your brain in a sea of details. The information age is drowning us with an unprecedented deluge of data. At the same time, we're expected to make more--and faster--decisions about ...Show more