Screen Damage - The Dangers of Digital Media for Children by Michel Desmurget; Andrew Brown (Translator)
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Category: Science and Nature
All forms of recreational digital consumption - whether on smartphones, tablets, game consoles or TVs - have skyrocketed in the younger generations. From the age of 2, children in the West clock up more than 2.5 hours of screen time a day; by the time they reach 13, it's more than 7 hours a day. Added u ...Show more
The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Maths by Manil Suri
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Category: Science and Nature
Picture yourself at a starting point before anything exists no matter, no cosmos, not even empty space. Your task is to create the universe, but all you have to work with is, quite literally, "nothing." How do you proceed? This is the thought experiment The Big Bang of Numbers invites you into, as an or ...Show more
The Book of Vanishing Species: Illustrated Lives and fungi on Earth by Beatrice Forshall
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Category: Science and Nature
Our Earth is more beautiful and more diverse than we can possibly conceive of. The Book of Vanishing Species is a stunning homage to the planet's most mysterious, bizarre and wondrous creatures and plants. Their stories are captivating, from the eyeless and tiny dragonlike olm to the hawksbill turtle, w ...Show more
Firestick Ecology: Fairdinkum Science in Plain English by Vic Jurskis
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Category: Science and Nature
Aborigines came to Australia and burnt out most of the trees and bushes. The megafauna starved whilst eucalypts, herbs, grasses and mesofauna flourished. The ancient culture survived an ice age, global warming and hugely rising seas, forging economies in woodlands and deserts. Europeans doused the fires ...Show more
One Medicine: How understanding animals can save our lives by Matt Morgan
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Category: Science and Nature
It all started with a Hob Nob. As Dr Matt Morgan, an intensive care consultant, examined a patient who had suffered a cardiac arrest after inhaling some biscuit crumbs, he saw a flock of birds fly past the window. They must inhale objects all the time when flying, how do they survive? he thought to hims ...Show more
Explore My World: Coral Reefs by Jill Esbaum; National Geographic Kids Staff
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Category: Science and Nature | Series: Explore My World Ser.
From sea stars to seahorses to sharks, young readers will be amazed by the diversity of life in coral reefs and by the wonders of our natural world. These engaging Explore My World picture books, on subjects kids care about, combine simple storytelling with unforgettable photography. They invite little ...Show more
Little Kids First Big Book of Pets by National Geographic Kids; Catherine Hughes (Contribution by); Marfe Ferguson-Delano (Editor)
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Category: Science and Nature | Series: National Geographic Little Kids First Big Bks.
Playful puppies Cuddly kittens Beautiful birds In the next book in the hit Little Kids First Big Book series, readers learn all about pets with fur, feathers, fins, scales, and shells--and how to find and care for the perfect pet for their family. From cats to dogs to guinea pigs to birds to fish to ...Show more
The Good Virus: The Untold Story of Phages by Tom Ireland
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Category: Science and Nature
At every moment, within your body and all around you, trillions of microscopic combatants are fighting an invisible war. Countless times per second, 'good' viruses known as phages are infecting and destroying bacteria. These phages are the most abundant life form on the planet and have an incredible pow ...Show more
The Wisdom of Psychopaths by Kevin Dutton
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Category: Science and Nature
"Psychopath. No sooner is the word out than images of murderers, rapists, suicide bombers and gangsters flash across our minds. But unlike their box-office counterparts, not all psychopaths are violent, or even criminal. Far from it. In fact, they have a lot of good things going for them. Psychopaths ar ...Show more
Mountains of Fire: The Secret Lives of Volcanoes by Clive Oppenheimer
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Category: Science and Nature
'If the BBC is ever looking for a successor for David Attenborough, Clive should be the one. He's absolutely phenomenal.'Werner Herzog Volcanoes mean more than threat and calamity. Like our parents, they've led whole lives before we get to know them. They have inspired our imaginations, provoked pionee ...Show more
Origin Story: A Big History Of Everything by David Christian
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Category: Science and Nature | Series: Australian
How did we get from the Big Bang to today's staggering complexity, in which seven billion humans are connected into networks powerful enough to transform the planet? And why, in comparison, are our closest primate relatives reduced to near-extinction?Big History creator David Christian gives the answers ...Show more
Zak George's Guide to a Well-Behaved Dog - Proven Solutions to the Most Common Training Problems for All Ages, Breeds, and Mixes by Zak George; Dina Roth Port
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Category: Science and Nature
Does your dog bark a lot, pull on the leash, hate to be left alone, or have accidents in the house? Celebrity dog trainer and YouTube star Zak George creates the most watched dog training content in the world and has helped millions of people with their dogs. In this problem-based guide, he makes it e ...Show more