Black Hole Survival Guide by Janna Levin
$24.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
A very short book for readers of Carlo Rovelli that explains the science of Black Holes by taking the reader on a journey inside oneWhat would happen if you fell into a Black Hole?Black holes are found throughout the universe. They can be microscopic. They can be billions of times larger than our Sun. T ...Show more
Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse by Dave Goulson
$30.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
An urgent and compelling new book from the bestselling author- his first major work of popular science and environmental activism - part love letter to the insect world, part elegy, part rousing manifesto for change.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWe have to learn to live as part of nature, not apart from it ...Show more
A Brief History of Black Holes: And Why Nearly Everything You Know About Them Is Wrong by Dr Becky Smethurst
$39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The Moon goes around the Earth, the Earth goes around the Sun, the Sun goes around the centre of the Milky Way: a supermassive black hole. As you read this you are currently orbiting a black hole. Money might make the world go round, but black holes make the universe go round. Black holes are not just a ...Show more
Volt Rush: The Dilemma of Going Electric by Henry Sanderson
$42.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
In the twentieth century, wealth and power was dictated by access to oil. This century will have different kingmakers, perhaps different wars.We depend on a handful of metals and rare earths to power our phones and computers. Increasingly, we rely on them to power our cars and our homes. Whoever control ...Show more
Far from My Hospital Bed - Reflections on Society and the Pandemic by Teresita Cruz-del Rosario
$38.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Far From My Hospital Bed is a collection of non-fiction essays that were cobbled over two years, starting from the author's twenty-five day stay in a Singapore hospital recovering from COVID-19. It is a book that is part story-telling, part autobiography, part meditation, part memory, part history, part ...Show more
Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel
$26.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
______________________'A powerfully disruptive book for disrupted times ... If you're looking for transformative ideas, this book is for you.' KATE RAWORTH, economist and author of Doughnut Economics Featured in FT Best Books of the Year 2020______________________The world has finally awoken to the ...Show more
The Pattern Seekers: A New Theory of Human Invention by Simon Baron-Cohen
$26.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
'Celebrates human cognitive diversity, and is rich with empathy and psychological insight' Steven PinkerWhy can humans alone invent? In this book, psychologist and world renowned autism expert Simon Baron-Cohen puts forward a bold new theory- because we can identify patterns, specifically if-and-then pa ...Show more
Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming by Paul Hawken
$45.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
For the first time ever, an international coalition of leading researchers, scientists and policymakers has come together to offer a set of realistic and bold solutions to climate change. All of the techniques described here - some well-known, some you may have never heard of - are economically viable, ...Show more
Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape by Cal Flyn
$24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
THE SUNDAY TIMES' BESTSELLER AND SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT CONSERVATION AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE This is a book about abandoned places: ghost to ...Show more
Finding the Mother Tree: Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest by Suzanne Simard
$26.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'A scientific memoir as gripping as any HBO drama series' Kate Kellaway, Observer A dazzling scientific detective story from the ecologist who first discovered the hidden language of trees No one has done more to transform our understanding of trees than the world-renowned s ...Show more
The Brain's Way of Healing by Norman Doidge
$37.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: The\Neuroplasticity Chronicles Ser.
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS 'BEST SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BOOK' This book is about the discovery that the human brain has its own unique way of healing. For centuries we believed that the price we paid for our brain's complexity was that, compared to other organs, it was fixed and ...Show more
Night Owls and Early Birds - Rhythms of Life on a Rotating Planet by Philippa Gander
$39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: near fine
How the rotations of planet Earth shape the lives of humans and other animals.Horseshoe crabs and hibernating squirrels. Jet-lagged pilots and space station astronauts. Night owls and early birds. All of life is profoundly shaped by the daily, monthly and yearly cycles of planet Earth.This book takes th ...Show more