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The Rules of Contagion by Adam Kucharski
$32.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
'It is hard to imagine a more timely book ... much of the modern world will make more sense having read it.' The Times'Brilliant and authoritative' - Alex Bellos, author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland A deadly virus suddenly explodes into the population. A political movement gathers pace, and then q ...Show more
On Pandemics Deadly Diseases from Bubonic Plague to Coronavirus by David Waltner-Towes
$37.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
ritten by a leading epidemiologist, this engrossing book answers our questions about animal diseases that jump to humans - called zoonoses - including why they have become more common in recent history, and what we can do about them. Almost all pandemics and epidemics - including SARS, Ebola and now COV ...Show more
How Innovation Works: Serendipity, Energy and the Saving of Time by Matt Ridley
$39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Ridley is spot-on when it comes to the vital ingredients for success' Sir James Dyson Building on his bestseller The Rational Optimist, Matt Ridley chronicles the history of innovation, and how we need to change our thinking on the subject. Innovation is the main event of the modern age, the reason we e ...Show more
The Psychology of Stupidity by Jean-Francois Marmion (Editor)
$34.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The #1 International bestseller'We need books like this one'Steven PinkerAnd so I proclaim, o idiots and every stripe and morons of all kinds, this is your moment of glory: this book speaks only to you. But you will not recognise yourselves...Stupidity is all around is, from the coworkers who won't stop ...Show more
Mind Blown by Dan Marshall
$32.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Did you know space is only an hour's drive away? Did you know there is a jellyfish that is biologically immortal? Or that of all life that has ever existed on Earth, 99.9% of it is extinct? Dan Marshall's slick new book is packed to the brim with facts that will BLOW YOUR MIND. Delightful illustrations ...Show more
The Better Half - On the Genetic Superiority of Women by Sharon Moalem
$38.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Here are some facts - Women live longer than men. Women have stronger immune systems. They are less likely to suffer from learning and developmental disabilities, and are better at fighting cancer and surviving famine. Women are simply stronger than men at every stage of life, though we are taught the o ...Show more
Toxic Farts, Brain-Eating Amoebas, Mosquito Assassins and More - 297 Terrifying Ways Nature Is Trying to Murder You by Editors of Media Lab Books
$26.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Why does nature try to kill us? In the same way that humans "thin the herd" when a particular group of animals grow too dense or too expansive for their habitat, nature tries make sure we live in balance with the world as well, which, let's face it, we suck at. Toxic Farts, Brain-Eating Amoebas, Mosqui ...Show more
Letters from an Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson
$24.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has attracted one of the world's largest online followings with his fascinating, widely accessible insights into science and our universe. Now, Tyson invites us to go behind the scenes of his public fame by unveiling his candid correspondence with people across the glo ...Show more
The Changing Mind - A Neuroscientist's Guide to Ageing Well by Daniel Levitin
$40.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
What if the best was yet to come? Recent studies show that our happiness levels peak at age 82, and that our decision-making skills improve as we age. As more of us live past the age of 80, in this ground-breaking book, Dr Daniel Levitin uses cutting-edge research from neuroscience and psychology to dem ...Show more
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
$26.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
A Best Book of the Year: The Financial Times, Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, and Detroit Free Pres Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers -- and why they often go w ...Show more
Notes From An Apocalypse - A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back by Mark O'Connell
$32.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
From the prize-winning author of To Be a Machine - meet the men and women preparing for the end of the world In the remote mountains of Scotland, in high-tech bunkers in South Dakota and in the lush valleys of New Zealand, small groups of determined men and women are getting ready. They are environment ...Show more
The Story of Mathematics in 24 Equations by Dana Mackenzie
$35.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The progress of humanity has often rested on proof, a law or a simple equation . It is literally a language without words, yet one that crosses cultures and spans centuries. Equations are the lifeblood of modern science and mathematics. Yet outside the realm s of science and mathematics the rest of the ...Show more