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Platypus: The Extraordinary Story of How a Curious Creature Baffled the World

Platypus: The Extraordinary Story of How a Curious Creature Baffled the World (Hardback)

By Moyal, Ann

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The extraordinary story of a a biological riddle that confounded scientists for nearly ninety years - the beguiling, elusive platypus.

ISBN 9781741757798
Published 1 June 2010 by Allen & Unwin
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The Best Australian Science Writing 2011
 

The Best Australian Science Writing 2011 (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

Edited by Pincock, Stephen

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From the elemental forces that drive our expanding universe to the delicate hairs on the back of your neck, science offers talented writers the kind of scope that other subjects simply cant match. This dynamic genre of Australian writing has never, until now, been showcased in an ...

ISBN 9781742233000
Published 1 November 2011
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The Brain That Changes Itself

The Brain That Changes Itself (Paperback)

By Doidge, Norman

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A new discovery called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the adult human brain is fixed and unchanging. It is, instead, able to change its own structure and function, even into old age. We see a woman born with half a brain that rewired itself to work ...

ISBN 9781921372742
Published 1 March 2010 by Scribe Publications
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Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words
 

Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words (Paperback)

By Lindsay, D. R.

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Telling people about research is just as important as doing it. But many researchers, who, in all other respects, are competent scientists, are afraid of writing. They are wary of the unwritten rules, the unspoken dogma and the inexplicably complex style, all of which seem to pe ...

ISBN 9780643100466
Published 1 February 2011
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Secrets of the Grown-up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-aged Mind
 

Secrets of the Grown-up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-aged Mind (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Strauch, Barbara

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A leading science writer examines how the brain reaches its peak in middle age, and how to keep it there. For many years, scientists thought that the human brain simply decayed over time, leading to memory slips, fuzzy logic, negative thinking and even depression. Author is The T ...

ISBN 9781863954730
Published 3 May 2010 by Black Inc
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Roger's World: Toward a New Understanding of Animals
 

Roger's World: Toward a New Understanding of Animals (Paperback)

By Siebert, Charles

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In Roger's World , Charles Siebert encounters a chimpanzee in a Florida retirement home for former ape entertainers, stars of the big screen, TV shows and commercials, and Big Top circuses. Of the 46 retirees at this facility, Roger, a 28-year-old former Ringling Brothers enterta ...

ISBN 9781921372865
Published 29 June 2009 by Scribe Publications
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Imagine: The Science of Creativity

Imagine: The Science of Creativity (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Lehrer, Jonah

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Creativity: It's singing the song that has never been sung and solving the problem that seems impossible. It's the free verse poem and the mathematical equation, the abstract painter and the patient inventor. It's the ability to see the world as it is, and then to imagine how it ...

ISBN 9781921922107
Published 21 March 2012 by Text Publishing Co
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The Bone Woman

The Bone Woman (Paperback, New title)

By Koff, Clea

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In 1996, Clea Koff was a 23 year old student studying prehistoric skeletons. She was sent to Rwanda by the UN to exume the victims of genocide.

ISBN 9780733620416
Published 1 December 2005 by Hachette
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Curious and Curiouser

Curious and Curiouser (Hardback)

By Kruszelnicki, Karl

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The brand new book of fun science stories from Australia's best-loved science guru, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki.

ISBN 9781405040020
Published 12 November 2010 by Pan Macmillan
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Discovering Science: Grades 3-7

Discovering Science: Grades 3-7 (Paperback)

By Fox, Mark; Fox, Olga

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Students create working models to understand Earth and Space: the solar system, sundials, latitude and gravity. Energy and forces: catching the wind, axles, pulleys, levers, wheels and pendulums. Optics, light and colour: mirrors, the spectrum. Includes expanations and across-the ...

ISBN 9781876973780
Published 1 December 2003
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