Questions how seconds, minutes and hours were agreed, why there is no decimal time, why there are seven days in a week, twelve months in a year and not thirteen are all raised and answered as Waugh looks at every aspect of time - from the beginning and the Big Bang to clock time, calendar and the end itself, the Big Crunch.

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Seagrasses are under threat from eutrophication, contamination with other pollutants and increased sedimentation. This collection of scientific research reports on recent work on tropical seagrass ecosystems in coastal areas of northern Australia and the Pacific ocean.

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A guide to colourful and charismatic nudibranchs of south-eastern Queensland.

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Understand Statistics will teach you everything you need to know to interpret, analyse and present figures.

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A brilliant and sparklingly original account of algebra through the ages, by one of mathematics' great popularizers: 'Unknown Quantity buzzes with rivalries, frustrations and breakthroughs . . . A first-rate account that even algebraphobes will struggle to fault.' New Scientist

This book highlights the biology, ecology and management of the incredibly diverse riverine vegetation across Australia.

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"A fitting tribute to one of nature's most sinister creations of all." -Carl Zimmer, author of Parasite Rex

This is the story of how a cocktail of extraordinary traits were combined to create us, human beings. Fusing epic science with the drama of individual lives, it is the tale of everyone on the planet today. This book follows the changing lives of each species of human, ending with the Neanderthals.

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The revealing and tremendously entertaining look at how luck really works

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An impassioned examination of the existential threats to the world's ocean and cautious optimism for the abundant life within it.

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Although stem rust has been controlled by means of resistant cultivars, leaf and stripe rust continue as problems for many growing areas of the world. This book illustrates typical resistance phenotypes associated with the majority of known genes for resistance to the three rust diseases of wheat.

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More surprising science and fascinating facts from the million-selling New Scientist series.

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Drawing on computer science, neurobiology, and evolutionary psychology, this study argues that emotions are not an accident of nature, but are instead the basis of learning and reasoning, and help humans to adapt to a complex, rapidly changing environment.

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A deep dive into the science of love, from polyamory to our love of pets, this book will change the way we think about ourselves, our relationships and what it means to be human.

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A deep dive into the science of love, from polyamory to our love of pets, this book will change the way we think about ourselves, our relationships and what it means to be human.

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In Winx: The Authorised Biography, Andrew Rule, her owners, her breeder, her trainer and her rider tell the real story behind the story of the world's greatest racehorse.

Deals with following marine mollusc groups: Mollusca, Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. This title details taxonomy and genus and species nomenclature, as well as comprehensive bibliographies for these marine groups, complementing the family level information.

Here, all taxonomic groups down to families and subfamilies are fully diagnosed, and the latest literature discussing their status is reviewed and summarised. Full taxonomic information is provided for each species, listing the original literature as well as museum data on the original type specimens.

This volume covers the Australian representatives of the many dipteran families grouped under the suborder Nematocera. It catalogues 23 families, 44 subfamilies, 61 tribes, over 300 genera, 199 sub genera, some 24000 species and nearly 3000 species available names.

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The bestselling author of Longitude and Galileo's Daughter tells the story of Nicolaus Copernicus and the revolution in astronomy that changed the world.

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