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Weird Dinosaurs
The Strange New Fossils Challenging Everything We Thought We Knew
Inbunden, 2017
263 kr
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From the outback of Australia to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and the savanna of Madagascar, the award-winning science writer and dinosaur enthusiast John Pickrell embarks on a world tour of new finds, meeting the fossil hunters who work at the frontier of discovery. He reveals the dwarf dinosaurs …
Flames of Extinction
The Race to Save Australia's Threatened Wildlife
Inbunden, 2021
307 kr
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In the early months of 2020, the world’s attention was riveted on Australia, where the nation’s iconic wildlife fought forsurvival in the face of unprecedented wildfires. Images of koalas drinking from firefighters’ water bottles went viral andbecame the global face of a catastrophe that would kill …
Flying Dinosaurs
How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds
Häftad, 2014
245 kr
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Dinosaurs didn’t die out when an asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago. Get ready to unthink what you thought you knew and journey into the deep, dark depths of the Jurassic.The discovery of the first feathered dinosaur in China in 1996 sent shockwaves through the world of palaeontology. Were the …
Best Australian Science Writing 2018
Häftad, 2018
247 kr
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Foreword by UNSW Scientia Professor Michelle Simmons. This popular yearly anthology gives a snapshot of the very best science writing Australia has to offer, including everything from the most esoteric philosophical questions about ourselves and the universe, through to practical questions about …
Flames of Extinction
The Race to Save Australia’s Threatened Wildlife
Häftad, 2021
245 kr
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Over Australia’s 2019–20 Black Summer bushfire season, scientists estimate that more than three billion native animals were killed or displaced. Many species – koalas, the regent honeyeater, glossy black cockatoo, the platypus – are inching towards extinction at the hands of mega-blazes and the …
