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Amazing Transport by Tom Jackson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Fasten your seat belts and get ready to zoom through the history of transport and discover incredible facts about all kinds of vehicles along the way. Every day, all over the world, people are busy travelling - short hops or great, long voyages, moving slowly and steadily or racing along at super-fast ...Show more
Biology: An Illustrated History of Life Science (Ponderables) by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences | Series: Ponderables
Hardcover with removable fold-out Timeline
Brain Ponderables by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience | Series: Ponderables Ser.
Here is the essential guide to the human brain, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines the three pounds of matter inside our heads that does all our thinking for us. With 100 billion nerve cells joined by thousands more to every corner of the body, the brain is wired together with 10 ...Show more
Earth Clock - The History of Our Planet in 24 Hours by Tom Jackson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Our planet has been spinning in the blackness of Space for 4.5 billion years. People have only been around for a tiny part of it. But what happened before we arrived on the scene? Before animals, dinosaurs and even trees? Imagine if we could discover Earth's history in one day... Starting the clock from ...Show more
Endangered Animals Atlas (HB) by Tom Jackson
$27.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Amazing Adventures Ser.
Endangered Animals Atlas is a richly informative book for animal lovers everywhere, with an important and timely focus on the endangered animals around the world that need our protection. In this follow-on to Football Atlas, Space Atlas, Ocean Atlas and Dinosaur Atlas, you will be taken on a journey aro ...Show more
Engineering : An Illustrated History From Ancient Craft To Modern Technology by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences | Series: Ponderables Ser.
From ancient aqueducts to soaring skyscrapers, explore engineering milestones over the centuries. Combining engaging text with captivating images and helpful diagrams, renowned science writer Tom Jackson guides readers through the history of Engineering in this engaging installment of the groundbreaking ...Show more
Follow the Link A Journey Through Transportation From Hot Lava to a Spy Rocket by Tom Jackson
$24.99 AUD
Category: REFERENCE | Series: Follow The Link
This title in the Follow the Link series takes the reader on a journey through a network of knowledge. The route they take highlights how the inspiration behind new ideas is often surprising, always unpredictable and sometimes rather bizarre. Step inside the network of time to see how lightning led to c ...Show more
Future Humans by Tom Jackson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Non-fiction | Series: What's the Issue? Ser.
What is transhumanism? What is AI? Are these good developments or bad ones? How might immortality be possible? And should we even want to live forever? Get the facts and make up your own mind on these and more questions related to enhanced human potential with Future Humans, part of the new What's the I ...Show more
Genetics in Minutes by Tom Jackson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
Genetics in Minutes is your compact and accessible guide to the central concepts of the science of genetics, revealing how our genes shape our bodies and our lives, and how in turn we are beginning to shape them. Covering the basics of DNA, inheritance and evolution in animals, plants and humans alike - ...Show more
Hackers (What's the Issue?) by Tom Jackson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Non-fiction | Series: What's the Issue?
What are hackers? Are they good? Bad? What can we do to protect ourselves, businesses, and society against hackers? How can we control them? And should we try? Get the facts and make up your own mind on these and more questions with Hackers, part of the new What's the Issue? series. Should states be al ...Show more
How do we Stop Climate Change? Mind Mappers: Making Difficult Subjects Easy to Understand by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Reference
A unique and beautiful approach to understanding climate change with practical actions to help protect the planet. Climate change is an important, yet complicated, subject How Do We Stop Climate Change? makes it accessible for all ages, from the 8+ year-olds inspired by Greta Thunberg to parents and tea ...Show more
Mathematics: An Illustrated History of Numbers (Ponderables) by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences | Series: Ponderables
Legend has it that the first magic square, where all lines and diagonals add up to the same figure, was revealed more than 2,000 years ago when a river turtle appeared to have ancient Chinese numerals inscribed on sections of its shell. Patterns are everywhere in nature, and counting, measuring, and cal ...Show more