30-Second Chemistry by Nivaldo Tro
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Category: Science and Nature | Series: 30 Second
As the central science that bridges biology and physics, chemistry explains the diversity of all things tangible at a molecular level. Chemistry is the science of matter--its composition, structure, properties, and how it changes. Understand chemistry, and you'll know why some things oxidize and others ...Show more
Under the Milky Way: Traditions and Celebrations Beneath the Stars by Frané Lessac (Illustrator)
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Category: Science and Nature
This celebratory picture book from Frané Lessac shines a light on beloved nighttime traditions under the starry skies of North America.Beneath a blanket of stars, crowds cheer at Little League games, campers share fireside stories, bull-riders hold on tight, and sled dogs race through falling snow -- al ...Show more
Beasts Before Us: The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution by Elsa Panciroli
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Category: Science and Nature
For most of us, the story of mammal evolution starts after the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, but over the last 20 years scientists have uncovered new fossils and used new technologies that have upended this story.In Beasts Before Us, palaeontologist Elsa Panciroli charts the emergence of th ...Show more
The Story of Your Dog: A Straightforward Guide to a Complicated Animal by Brandon McMillan
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Category: Science and Nature
EXPERT DOG TRAINER AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LUCKY DOG LESSONS, BRANDON MCMILLAN REVEALS THE SURPRISING CONNECTION BETWEEN DOG BREED, BEHAVIOR, EVOLUTION, and GENETICS TO COMMUNICATE BETTER, TRAIN EASIER and BUILD A LASTING BOND WITH ANY DOG After weeks of perpetual "nos" and "offs" don't work, dog ow ...Show more
Origin Story - A Big History of Everything by David Christian
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Category: Science and Nature
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 answe ...Show more
Singularity Is Near by RAY KURZWEIL
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Category: Science and Nature
For over three decades, the great inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its b ...Show more
Radio Astronomer: John Bolton and a New Window on the Universe by Peter Robertson
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Category: Science and Nature
The leading Australian astronomer of his generation, John Bolton (1922-93), was born in Sheffield and educated at Cambridge University. After wartime service in the Royal Navy, he arrived in Sydney and joined the CSIRO Radiophysics Laboratory. In the late 1940s he discovered and identified the first dis ...Show more
2019 Guide to the Night Sky - A Month-By-month Guide to Exploring the Skies South of the Equator by Storm Dunlop; Wil Tirion (As told to); Royal Observatory Greenwich
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Category: Science and Nature
A comprehensive handbook to the planets, stars and constellations visible from the southern hemisphere. 6 pages for each month covering January-December 2019. This practical guide is both an easy introduction to astronomy and a useful reference for seasoned stargazers. Now includes a section on comets a ...Show more
Everything You Know about the Human Body Is Wrong by Matt Brown
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Category: Science and Nature | Series: Everything You Know About... Ser.
Think you know the truth about your body? With wit and humor, popular science writer Matt Brown is here to separate fact from fiction, and solve the mysteries surrounding this most fascinating of subjects.Does giving kids sugar make them hyperactive? Is there such a thing as being double-jointed? And is ...Show more
Marine Plants of Australia by John M. Huismann
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Category: Science and Nature
To most people, the mention of marine plants conjures up images of rotting seaweeds piled high on the beach, or slithering threateningly around bare ankles during a paddle in the shallows. Certainly, the seaweeds do not inspire the imagination or the romanticism that is usually associated with the sea. ...Show more
Beat of Life: A Surgeon Reveals the Secrets of the Heart by Reinhard Friedl
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Category: Science and Nature
The heart is our most important - and perhaps most mysterious - organ. Every day it pumps 9000 litres of blood and beats around 100,000 times. But the heart is more than just a pump. In all major human cultures, it is seen as the source of love, sympathy, joy, courage, strength and wisdom. Why is this s ...Show more
I Saw the Dog: How Language Works by Alexandra Aikhenvald
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Category: Science and Nature
A leading expert draws on a lifetime of fieldwork to reveal the mysteries and magic of language. Every language in the world shares a few common features: we can ask a question, say something belongs to us, and tell someone what to do. But beyond that, our languages are richly and almost ...Show more