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Biology: An Illustrated History of Life Science (Ponderables) by Tom Jackson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Ponderables
Hardcover with removable fold-out Timeline
Brain Ponderables by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science | 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
Elements Ponderables by Tom Jackson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Ponderables
NEW EDITION includes a 12-page removable fold-out Timeline History of the Periodic Table that's been updated through 2017, as well as an updated chart of the elements which includes the four latest additions to the Periodic Table (Tennessine, Nihonium, Moscovium, and Oganesson).
Engineering : An Illustrated History From Ancient Craft To Modern Technology by Tom Jackson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science | 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
Mathematics: An Illustrated History of Numbers (Ponderables) by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Reference | 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
Mathematics Ponderables by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Mathematics | 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
Philosophy (Ponderables) by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Reference | 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
$29.99 AUD
Category: Reference | 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
$34.99 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.
Psychology Ponderables by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Ponderables Ser.
Here is the essential guide to psychology, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines how we learned to understand the mysteries of the human mind. Psychology is a young science. While great thinkers have pondered the nature of thought itself for centuries, the idea of using scientific ...Show more
Technology Ponderables - 100 Inventions That Changed History by Tom Jackson (Editor)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Ponderables Ser.
Here is the essential guide to the history of technology, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines how tools have built our civilization, changed our environment, and could even alter our species. The term technology is frequently associated with modernity and the possibilities of the ...Show more
The Elements: An Illustrated History of the Periodic Table (Ponderables) by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Ponderables
In 1869 Dmitri Mendeleev presented the world with the Periodic Table. It contained 63 elements, many more than the four elements established in the ancient world, but less than half the total in our modern table. Mendeleev believed there were many elements still to come. He was right. This gloriously il ...Show more