With science week about to start, Melbourne University Publishing has an exciting pack to entice curious minds.

To order your pack for $100, email Dominika.

In Sentinel Chickens, through personal stories and fascinating examples, Nobel prizewinner Peter Doherty shows also how birds have contributed to cutting-edge medical research. Studying birds has helped us to understand the nature of human cancer, malaria and influenza, and contributed to the development of new vaccines and cures. In his trademark style, Peter argues that since birds pollenate, spread plant seeds and control insects, endangering their habitats through human activities is a threat to our own wellbeing.

Now in an updated edition, in the bestselling Backyard Insects Paul Horne and Denis Crawford share the secrets and habits of more than one hundred little critters that are common to backyard Australia. Crawling with full-colour, larger-than-life photographs for easy identification, Backyard Insects is an indispensable guide for nature lovers, gardeners and kids of all ages.

A hardback book by Alistair Dermer and Danielle Wood in exquisite pictures and words, A Hostile Beauty tells the story of this extraordinary Australian outpost teeming with life. There are few places today that are truly wild. Macquarie Island is still one such place—a small, wind-blasted rocky outcrop between Tasmania and Antarctica. In exquisite pictures and words, A Hostile Beauty tells the story of this extraordinary Australian outpost teeming with life.

Under the Stars is a hardback by Lisa Harvey-Smith that transports curious kids and inquisitive adults on an incredible journey through the night sky. Explore our solar system from the comfort of your cosy bedroom. Find out why the sky is blue. Fly around a black hole and peer inside! Learn why Jupiter has stripes.