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<p>For post-High School</p><p><br></p><p>THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ALL THE GRANDCHILDREN</p><p><br></p><p>The third of three books</p><p><br></p><p>Book 1 - Primary School</p><p>Book 2 - Secondary School</p><p><br></p><p>Fun and entertaining, this is the perfect introduction to climate change.</p><p><br></p><p>Volume 3 is for teens to wrinklies and shows the long history of the planet, its climate changes and how climate policy will have a profound negative effect on their generation. </p><p><br></p><p>"I find it frustrating, as a lay person, to find answers to technical questions. You see gigantic wind turbines appearing all over the country, but there is very little about the practical value of these monstrosities.....When will common sense and good science prevail and what happens if it does not fairly soon?" </p><p>Letter from HRH Prince Philip to Professor Plimer, 29th April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>This book attempts to answer the questions raised by the late Duke of Edinburgh.</p><p><br></p><p>PROFESSOR IAN PLIMER is Australia's best-known geologist. He is Emeritus Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne, where he was Professor and Head of Earth Sciences. He was Professor at the University of Newcastle, Professor at The University of Adelaide and Professor in Munich (Germany). He was also on the staff at the University of New England, the University of New South Wales, Macquarie University and North Broken Hill Ltd.</p><p>He has published more than 130 scientific papers on geology and was an editor of the Encyclopedia of Geology. This is his thirteenth book written for the general public. Professor Plimer has received numerous national and international awards for his scientific work.</p><p>A new Broken Hill mineral, plimerite, was named in recognition of his contribution to Broken Hill geology. A ground-hunting rainforest spider Austrotengella plimeri from the Tweed Range (NSW) has been named in his honour.</p>