Summer Catalogue 2011-12 - Hill of Content Bookshop

Science
Swainston’s
Fishes Of
Australia
Roger Swainston
HB $125.00
Roger Swainston’s
breathtaking artwork
provides a
fascinating overview
of the extraordinary
diversity of
Australia’s marine
and freshwater fishes. Here, more than 1500
remarkable illustrations portray every family of
fishes ever recorded from Australian waters.
A More Perfect
Heaven
Dava Sobel
HB $35.00
During the 1530s,
rumours of a potentially
revolutionary theory of
how the heavens worked
emanating from a small
city in Poland began to
spread throughout
Europe. The architect of
this theory was a Polish
cleric named Nicolaus Copernicus. In her
compelling style, Dava Sobel chronicles the history
of the Copernican Revolution, relating the story of
astronomy from Aristotle to the Middle Ages.
The Physics Book
Clifford A.
Pickover
HB $39.99
A richly illustrated
chronology of
physics, containing
250 short,
entertaining and
thought-provoking
entries. In addition
to exploring such engaging topics as dark energy,
parallel universes, the Doppler effect, the God
particle and Maxwell’s demon, this book’s timeline
extends back billions of years to the hypothetical
Big Bang and forward trillions of years to a time of
“quantum resurrection.”
Transit Of
Venus: 1631
To The Present
Nick Lomb
HB $49.95
The transit of
Venus across the
sun in June 2012
will be the last
chance in our
lifetime to see this
rare planetary alignment that has been so
important in history. Rich in historical detail and
cutting edge science, along with practical
information on how and when to view the transit;
Transit of Venus is the must-have companion to
this extraordinary astronomical event.
The Quantum
Universe
Brian Cox &
Jeff Forshaw
HB $35.00
Just what is quantum
physics and how does it
help us understand the
universe? Where does it
leave Newton and
Einstein? Brian Cox and
Jeff Forshaw aim to have
us all understanding how the universe works, in
the most straightforward and enjoyable way
possible. Here they help us to share the joys of
experimental science that can enhance every
reader’s life.
The Art Of Science
Richard Hamblyn
HB $44.99
The Art of Science is not
necessarily a book about
great scientific theories,
complicated equations, or
grand old men (or
women) in their
laboratories; instead, it’s
about the places we draw
our inspiration from. The
Art of Science is a book
about people, rather than scientists and as such, it’s
a book about politics, passion and poetry. Above all,
it’s a book about the good that science can do.