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Algebra to Calculus: Unlocking Math's Amazing Power (Inside Mathematics) by Mike Goldsmith; Tom Jackson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
Think math is boring? Think again! Algebra to Calculus: Unlocking Math's Amazing Power tells the story of algebra and calculus to explore the surprising, fascinating and sometimes mind-boggling evolution of mathematics through the ages. How do you make a decision with numbers? You have to use a kind of ...Show more
Astronomy (Ponderables) An Illustrated History of the Universe by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
Here is the essential guide to astronomy, an authoritative reference book and timeline that traces how, over many centuries, great minds have figured out where we and our planet fit in the great expanse of the Universe. Since time immemorial people have looked out into the night sky and brought back kno ...Show more
Dinosaur Atlas by Tom Jackson
$26.99 AUD
Category: Children's Reference
In this follow-on to Football Atlas, Space Atlas and Ocean Atlas readers will be taken on a journey to the prehistoric world! On this Amazing Adventure readers will discover the mysteries of dinosaur origins, clues to what they looked like, how they survived, where they lived, and why they became extinc ...Show more
Future Humans by Tom Jackson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Children's Reference | 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
Ocean Atlas by Tom Jackson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Children's Reference | Series: Amazing Adventures
In this follow-on to Space Atlas (QED, 2018), readers will be taken on a journey across the waves and into the darkest deeps of the ocean. Covering geography, ecosystems and animals, this book is more than just an atlas of the Pacific, Atlantic and other oceans and seas.
Philosophy (Ponderables) by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Ponderables Ser.
Here is the essential guide to philosophy. Philosophy: An Illustrated History of Thought is an authoritative yet fun reference book and timeline on the compilation of human knowledge. Both art and science attempt answers to the big questions -- what is truth, how to be good, and where did we come from? ...Show more
Physics: An Illustrated History of the Foundations of Science (Ponderables) by Tom Jackson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Ponderables
Our journey begins with the first attempts to understand reality, Mother Nature - or as the ancient Greeks called it, physis. Follow the journey through history as great scientists, such as Thales, Galileo, Feynman, and many others, gradually unpick the fabric of the Universe revealing an array of funda ...Show more
Physics Ponderables by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Ponderables
NEW EDITION includes a recently updated removable 12-page fold-out timeline that traces the history of physics from the very beginning all the way up to 2017.
Plankton - A Worldwide Guide by Tom Jackson; Andrew Hirst (Editor); Jennifer Parker
$49.99 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
A richly illustrated guide to the marvelously diverse plankton of the world and their fundamental role in planetary food webs Plankton are the unsung heroes of planet Earth. Passive drifters through the world's seas, oceans, and freshwater environments, most are invisible or very small, but some are ...Show more
Ponderables Computer Science: An Illustrated History of the World's Smartest Machines by Tom Jackson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Ponderables Ser.
Here is the essential guide to computers, an authoritative reference book and timeline about the most powerful tools ever devised. Computing has been the sharp end of cutting-edge technology for a generation and it now permeates all our lives. But to many computer science remains something of a mystery. ...Show more
Ponderables Mathematics: An Illustrated History of Numbers by Tom Jackson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: 100 Ponderables Ser.
Here is the updated essential guide to mathematics, an authoritative reference book and timeline that explores the work of history's greatest mathematicians. These include the teasing genius of Pierre de Fermat, who said he knew the answers but rarely gave them up, the helpful guidance of Fibonacci, who ...Show more
Ponderables Physics: An Illustrated History of the Foundations of Science by Tom Jackson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: 100 Ponderables Ser.
Here is the updated essential guide to physics, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines the foundations upon which all scientific knowledge rests. Without physics, everything else from astronomy to zoology would be meaningless conjecture. Our journey begins with the first attempts to ...Show more