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THE MODERN LAUNDRY : ITS CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT AND MANAGEMENT - INCLUDING DRY CLEANING AND DYEING - 2 VOLUME SET by G CADOGAN ROTHERY, H O EDMONDS AND ARTHUR MORRIS
$110.00 AUD
Category: RARE AND COLLECTIBLE
SKIN : A NATURAL HISTORY by NINA G JABLONSKI
$20.00 AUD
$49.95 (59% off)
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS
The Mission: a True Story by David W. Brown
$34.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE
A masterful, genre-defying narrative of the most ambitious science project ever conceived: NASA's deep-space mission to Europa--the Jovian moon where might swim the first known alien life in our solar system--powered by a motley team of obsessives and eccentrics.When scientists discovered the first ocea ...Show more
Chasing the Sun: The Epic Story of the Star That Gives Us Life - SIGNED by Richard Cohen
$35.00 AUD
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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS
The Sun is so powerful, so much bigger than us, that it is a terrifying subject. Yet though we depend on it, we take it for granted. Amazingly the first book of its kind, CHASING THE SUN is a cultural and scientific history of our relationship with the star that gives us life. Richard Cohen, applying th ...Show more
Simply Quantum Physics by DK
$19.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE
Discovering quantum physics has never been easier. Combining bold graphics with easy-to-understand text, Simply Quantum Physics is an essential introduction to the subject for those who are short of time but hungry for knowledge. It is a perfect beginner's guide to the strange and fascinating world of ...Show more
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need by Bill Gates
$39.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE
Bill Gates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address the problems, and sets out a vision for how the world can build the tools it needs to get to zero greenhouse gas emissions. Bill Gates explains why he cares so deeply about cli ...Show more
Flesh Made New: The Unnatural History and Broken Promises of Stem Cell Research by Carl Power; John Rasko
$34.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE
The dazzling promise of stem-cell treatment: does it work and will it save us? Two experts look at the hype For decades, we've been anticipating the dawn of regenerative medicine. Again and again, we've been promised that stem cells will soon cure just about every ill imaginable. If not tomorrow, then t ...Show more
Heaven and Earth: Global Warming -The Missing Science by Ian Plimer
$12.00 AUD
$39.95 (69% off)
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Reading Level: very good
Climate, sea level, and ice sheets have always changed, and the changes observed today are less than those of the past. Climate changes are cyclical and are driven by the Earth's position in the galaxy, the sun, wobbles in the Earth's orbit, ocean currents, and plate tectonics. In previous times, atmosp ...Show more
The Invisible History of the Human Race : How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures by Christine Kenneally
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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS
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? In The Invisible History of the Human Race, Christine Kenneally draws on cutting-edge research to reveal how both historical artifacts and DNA tell us where we come from and where ...Show more
Transcendence - How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time by Gaia Vince
$22.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE
* A TIMES BEST SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR * From the prize-winning author of Adventures in the Anthropocene, the astonishing story of how culture enabled us to become the most successful species on Earth 'A wondrous, visionary work' Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers Humans are a planet-alterin ...Show more
Gem Magic - Precious Stones and Their Mystical Qualities by Raymond Walters
$24.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE
Gem Magic guides the reader through the uses of and stories surrounding a cornucopia of stones, including how each stone is formed and what beliefs (both occult and scientific) have been associated with it. Precious stones, gems and crystals have been valued throughout history not only for their rarity ...Show more