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Conservation in a Crowded World

Edited by John Merson, Rosie Cooney, Paul Brown

This book addresses some key questions for the sustainable use of natural environments: What should be conserved and who decides? Is 'use' compatible with conservation, and under what circumstances? Are trade-offs between conservation and development necessary? How do we find those elusive 'win-win' solutions?

Zombie Tits, Astronaut Fish and Other Weird Animals

Ron Sandland, Graham Thompson

Icon in Crisis charts in detail CSIRO's dramatic and successful transformation.

The Best Australian Science Writing 2011

Edited by Stephen Pincock

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 can't match. This dynamic genre of Australian writing has never, until now, been showcased in an anthology. With a foreword by Nobel Prize winner Peter Doherty,

Bryan Gaensler

The universe is all about extremes. Space has a temperature 270°C below freezing. Stars die in catastrophic supernova explosions a billion times brighter than the Sun. A black hole can generate 10 million trillion volts of electricity. And hypergiants are stars 2 billion kilometres across, larger than the orbit of Jupiter. Extreme Cosmos

Gone Viral: The germs that share our lives

Gone Viral: The germs that share our lives

9781742231600

Sex, Genes and Rock 'n' Roll: How evolution has shaped the modern world

Why are people getting fatter? Why do so many rock stars end up dead at 27?

The Yipping Tiger and other tales from the neuropsychiatric clinic

Perminder Sachdev

Shattered Anzacs

Marina Larsson

Shattered Anzacs

Evolution in the Antipodes

Essential Mathematical Skills

S Barry, S Davis

Eucalypts of the Sydney Region

Gary Leonard

Designed to fit into the backpack of bushwalkers, students, botanists, field ecologists, and foresters, Eucalypts of the Sydney Region

Sustainable Freshwater Aquacultures

Nick Romanowski

A Matter of Fat

Rosemary Stanton, Andrew Hills

Edited by Peter Richard Joyce, Philip Mitchell

The Biology of Civilisation

Stephen Boyden

Learning to Trust: Australian Responses to Aids

Learning to Trust: Australian Responses to Aids

Paul Sendziuk