Why do human beings cook their food? What does a gene look like? How do insects see the world? The answers to these intriguing questions and 998 more, ranging from astrology to zoology, are revealed in this fascinating book. Find out everything you want to know... read more

2008. First Australian edition. A near fine copy only marked by light rubbing to the rear board.

Albert Einstein was an unparalleled scientific genius whose ideas and theories were so shockingly revolutionary, he changed the way the Universe was imagined on multiple occasions. A prodigy in his 2... read more

The bestselling 30-Second...series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Each title selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart.... read more

This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to you, as it is to each of the 100 billion modern humans who have ever drawn breath. But it is also our collective story, because in ... read more

E and F N Spon Ltd, 1946. Seventeenth edition. A good copy that has been professionally rebound in black boards with a black and gilt title label to the spine. The original v... read more

E and F N Spon, 1890. Fifth edition. A very good copy in rubbed, embossed limp leather boards with gilt lettering to the front panel. Gilt to all the edges. The contents are clean and unmarked and the binding is secure. Scans available if required.

Like Charles Seife's Zero and Dava Sobel's Longitude, this passionate intellectual history is the story of the intersection of science and the human, in this case the rivals who discovered oxygen in the late 1700s. That breakthrough changed the world as radically as those of N... read more

2005. First edition, first printing. A fine, unmarked copy in a fine, unclipped d/w.

1950. First edition. A near fine copy only marked by light browning to the edges of the text block. Otherwise a fine, clean copy. Scans available if required.

1976, A paperback copy in very good condition.

Professor Dame Sue Black discusses the subject she grapples with every day - Death - bringing her unique perspective to the multitudinous circumstances in which life is lost. From the painful grieving process after losing a loved one, to violence, murder, criminal d... read more

The new book from astronaut Tim Peake, the number one bestselling author of Hello, is this planet Earth?How does it feel to orbit the earth ten times faster than a speeding bullet?What's it like to eat, sleep and go to the toilet in... read more

We are all, literally, star children. Every atom in our bodies was once inside the fiery core of some supergiant star which exploded billions of years before our solar system formed. Lawrence Krauss takes us along for the ride of t... read more

2001. First edition, first printing. A fine, unmarked copy in a near fine, unclipped d/w.