The Maths Book (Big Ideas Simply Explained) by .
$48.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Big Ideas
Take a journey through the fascinating story of fractions, numbers, patterns, and shapes in order to better understand the complex world we live in. Continuing the "Big Ideas" series' trademark combination of authoritative, clear text and bold graphics to chart the development of maths through history, ...Show more
The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger
$38.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
A narrative investigation into the new science of plant intelligence and sentience, from National Association of Science Writers Award winner and Livingston Award finalist Zoe Schlanger'. Look at the green organism across the room or through the window: the potted plant, or the grass, or a tree. Think h ...Show more
How to Live. What To Do.: In search of ourselves in life and literature by Josh Cohen
$24.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
'This is a really beautiful book...It's a genuinely therapeutic read - it takes your particular sorrows and by sharing them seems to halve them' Nick Laird'By the end of this wonderful book, we have learned to read its title not as a prescription but as a set of questions. Neither novels nor psychoanaly ...Show more
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
$26.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Word Cloud Classics Ser.
These pages include the sixth and final edition of Charles Darwin's groundbreaking work that introduced the theory of evolution by means of natural selection.First published in 1859, Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species introduced the scientific theory of evolution by means of natural selection, a ...Show more
To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey N. Walker
$65.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Linked to a special mini season of the award-winning StarTalk podcast, this enlightening illustrated narrative by the world's most celebrated astrophysicist explains the universe from the solar system to the farthest reaches of space with authority and humor. No one can make the mysteries of the univers ...Show more
Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World by Helen Czerski
$40.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
A timely and powerful examination of ocean physics. All of the Earth's ocean, from the equator to the poles, is a single engine powered by sunlight - a blue machine. Human history has been dictated by the ocean- the location of cities, access to resources and the gateways to new lands have all revolve ...Show more
Numbers Don't Lie - 71 Things You Need to Know About the World by Vaclav Smil
$26.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
'My favourite author has done it again. Numbers Don't Lie is by far his most accessible book to date, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is curious about the world. I unabashedly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning' - Bill GatesIs flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? A ...Show more
Learn Like a Pro - Science-Based Tools to Become Better at Anything by Olav Schewe
$34.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
A book for learners of all ages containing the best and most updated advice on learning from neuroscience and cognitive psychology. Do you spend too much time learning with disappointing results? Do you find it difficult to remember what you read? Do you put off studying because it's boring and you're ...Show more
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
$24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE From the author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe, a powerful and important workabout the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a compelling account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes. Over the last half a bil ...Show more
A Housefly Buzzes in the Key of F: Hilarious and fascinating facts on all things flora and fauna from BBC Radio 4's award-winning series Nature Table by Simon Nicholls, Simon Nicholls
$36.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Based on the smash BBC Radio 4 popular science and comedy series Nature Table and written by same team. FROM THE TEAM BEHIND BBC RADIO 4'S AWARD-WINNING NATURE AND COMEDY SERIES NATURE TABLE Did You Know That... A housefly buzzes in the key of F? A cockroach can live for a week without its head, before ...Show more
Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Journey to the Edge of Physics by Antonio Padilla
$30.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
A dazzling exploration of the strange and extreme numbers that illuminate the ultimate nature of realityFor particularly brilliant theoretical physicists like James Clerk Maxwell, Paul Dirac or Albert Einstein, the search for mathematical truths - via ever more mind-boggling numbers - led to strange new ...Show more
Around the World in 80 Games - A Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the Greatest Games by Marcus du Sautoy
$37.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Why do some games seem to be universal while others have a particular connection to the culture of the people playing them? Around the World in 80 Games is about the mathematics of chance, game theory, gamification, gaming strategies and computer games. Traversing the globe, Marcus du Sautoy looks at t ...Show more