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For well over a century, the Night Parrot lured its seekers into Australia's vast, arid outback.

This second edition of Australian Bird Names is a completely updated checklist of Australian birds and the meanings behind their common and scientific names, which may be useful, useless or downright misleading!

Telling people about research is just as important as doing it.

Plant Names is an invaluable guide to the use of scientific, commercial and common names for plants and the conventions for writing them.

Are you wishing you knew how to better communicate science, without having to read several hundred academic papers and books on the topic?

On the evening of 26 August 2009, the last known pipistrelle emerges from its day-time shelter on Christmas Island.

Although relatively little known, fungi provide the links between the terrestrial organisms and ecosystems that underpin our functioning planet.

Ever wondered how vaccines work, why whales strand themselves or if luck exists?

Ever wondered how vaccines work, why whales strand themselves or if luck exists?

Complete with colour illustrations and written in a conversational style, biochemist William Elliott unravels the mystery of life while revealing its majesty.

6th Grade Science Book for kids ages 11-12Support your child's educational journey with Spectrum Grade 6 Science Workbook that teaches basic science skills to 6th grade students.

5th Grade Science Book for kids ages 10-11Support your child's educational journey with Spectrum Grade 5 Science Workbook that teaches basic science skills to 5th grade students.

Graceful stingrays, massive whales, and spiny sea urchins live deep in the ocean.

Wer ist schlauer, Mensch oder Maschine?

Discover the pleasures of watching insects with this fun, informative, and marvelously illustrated how-to guideInsects are the most abundant wildlife on the planetbut also the least observed.

Die Wissenschaft hinter deinem Alltag – faszinierend, verständlich und voller Aha-Momente!

Tröstlich, einzigartig, inspirierend – Elisabeth Tova Baileys Spiegel-Bestseller ist die perfekte Lektüre für ungewisse Zeiten und jetzt endlich als schön illustrierte Neuausgabe erhältlich!

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From man's first exploration of natural materials and their transformations to today's materials science, chemistry has always been the central discipline that underpins both the physical and biological sciences, as well as technology.

Everybody Out of the Pond At the Water's Edge will change the way you think about your place in the world.

From one of the greatest minds in contemporary mathematics, Professor E.

Contributing editor to The Chronicle of Higher Education and author of College (Un)Bound, Jeffrey J.

On the fiftieth anniversary of Watson and Crick receiving the Nobel Prize, a freshly annotated and illustrated edition of The Double Helix provides new insights into a scientific revolution.

In its updated and expanded second edition, this helpful guide offers a wealth of information for people living with HIV and for people caring for HIV-positive loved ones.

Millions of people experience symptoms of central sensitization (CS) and central sensitivity syndromes (CSS) such as chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and multiple chemical sensitivities.

Listen up!

What makes things move, but cannot be seen?

We can see light.

Get moving!

What makes a bee a bee?

What makes a beetle a beetle?

What makes a butterfly a butterfly?

What makes an ant an ant?

For thousands of years, smallpox was one of the world's most feared diseases.

Did you know a chimpanzee swings from tree to tree to eat?

Did you know a vampire bat feeds on blood?

Did you know a hippopotamus swims to keep cool?

Did you know many seals live in cold places?

Did you know a bottlenose dolphin swims to the surface to breathe?

Did you know tigers are the biggest members of the cat family?

This book looks at the process of human life, from the beginnings as a foetus in the womb until old age.

How does the respiratory system work?

How do the skeleton and muscles work?

How do the senses work?

How does the digestive system work?

How does the heart work?

How does the brain work?

This book looks at plant structures, including leaves, stems, roots and shoots, fruits and photosynthesis, through amazing facts, figures and stats.

Tied into the KS1 science curriculum, this book takes a lively, attractive look at British birds.

Tied into the KS1 science curriculum, this book takes a lively, attractive look at British animals.