Science from Lems Bookshop

The amazing untold histories of the greatest runners-up: those pipped at the post of greatness. 281 pages with 8 pages of illustrations. Book in very good condition.

The marine flora of southern Australia - the description of the known species of seagrasses and other attached plant species. 329 pages with 16 pages of coloured plates and over 100 figures. Book in very good+ condition.

The main topic is the irremediable conflict between the demands of the instincts and the restrictions imposed by civilization. The results of this conflict are examined, as well as two related problems, - the sense of guilt, both conscious and unconscious, and the aggressive or destructive instinct. 94 pages. Book in very good condition with minor stain on leading edge.… Read more about this item

Fully revised and updated edition - a comprehensive illustrated guide to the workings and wonder of weather and climate globally and locally. 2880pages with numerous colour illustrations throughout. Book in very good+ condition.

The author presents the first rigorously explored Atlantis theory - a site that matches Plato's description of the fabled land but is in the Bolivian Andes, South America. 208 pages with numerous illustrations throughout mostly in colour. Book in as new condition.

The author, a farmer and scientist, shares how we can grow the courage to protect our land and save our food, and our future. 291 pages. Book in as new condition.

Thanks to the messages left by a corpse, a crime scene or the faintest of human traces, forensic scientists can unlock the mysteries of the past and help justice be done. 310 pages with 8 pages of mainly colour photographs. Book in very good condition.

Life on the medical frontline in Angola, Mozambique and South Sudan - a young Australian doctor thinks he is ready for his first posting in Africa to be confronted by reality. 344 pages with 16 pages of colour photographs. Book in very good condition with minor wear.

The story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, a heroine who used her genius to hunt Nazi spies, steal enemy secrets and help invent a powerful new science that shaped the course of history. 444 pages with illustrations in the text. Book in very good condition ex library with sticker inside front cover and spine.

The book presents evidence that insects interacted as prey, as competitors for plant food, and vectors of dinosaur diseases - with the hypothesis that insects contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs. 264 pages with 16 pages of colour and 39 figures throughout. Book in very good+ condition and would have been better but for split with binding showing… Read more about this item

Signed by the author. A journey among the Spice Islands of equatorial Indonesia aboard a traditional native sailing vessel and a quest to rediscover a remarkable Englishman whose wanderings changed the way we see the natural world but he was overshadowed by Darwin. The author sets out to restore Wallace's reputation by retracing the explorer's journeys using Wallace's book The… Read more about this item

A tour of all of the best and most interesting things that science has to offer - the cosmos, origins of life on Earth, and the particles that make up everything. 256 pages with illustrative drawings throughout. Book in as new condition.

22 natural history adventure stories focusing on the heyday of endeavours between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries - the life, career and passions of the scientist and their most striking adventures. 344 pages. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

For 100 years wildlife films have taken us to places and shown us things we would never be able to see - the excitement, the strangeness, the danger of the wild. From black and white silent footage to the almost magical photography techniques seen today. 192 pages with numerous colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Book and dust jacket… Read more about this item

Mysteries that neither science nor logic can explain - strange vanishings, mystifying murders, uncanny occurrences, hidden history, scientific enigmas. 352 pages with 16 pages of black and white photographs. Book in as new condition

Many ancient monuments were astronomical observatories, indispensable in following the cycle of seasons and crucial to the survival of early peoples - the study of the sun, moon and stars enabled the course of every season to be predicted with great accuracy. 277 pages with many illustrations throughout the text. Book in very good condition ex library with sticker on… Read more about this item

Introduction to the study and significance of meteorites, classification and origin, recent discoveries, chemical and physical properties, and how they escape their parent bodies and find their way to earth. 237 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Book in near fine condition ex library with stamps inside back cover and borrowing sleeve remnants on back endpaper and inside back cover. Dust… Read more about this item

Except for Hydrogen everything else has has been built up in the burning hearts of stars. The author relates the series of break-throughs in astronomy that have led to almost unbelievable insights into human origins. 198 pages with 8 pages of colour illustrations and figures in the text. Book in very good+ condition ex library with stamps on front and… Read more about this item

Covers a range of interests from the planets to the stars and the galaxies beyond showing the depth of astronomy and innovations in space science. 292 pages with 45 Plates and 38 Figures. Book in very good+ condition. No dust jacket.

Pulsars emit precisely timed radio pulses which penetrate through space much like search-light beams and are distributed through space in a non random pattern. The author contends that these extraterrestrial beacons are sending a warning. 211 pages with 46 Figures. Book in near fine condition ex library with stamp on first and last pages, cover in clear wrapper with sticker… Read more about this item