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Limitless: The Autobiography by Tim Peake
$40.00 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
The thrilling autobiography of the astronaut who inspired a generation The #1 bestselling author of Hello, is this planet Earth? and Ask an Astronaut 'I looked down below my feet and suddenly noticed Australia flashing by. The vertigo hit me then. My gloved hands gripped the handrail as tightly as I cou ...Show more
Contagion by Dr. Richard Gunderman
$36.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
As the outbreak of a new and deadly form of coronavirus dominates headlines and triggers fear and global recession, now is a good time to reflect on the history and science of transmissible diseases. Behind every disease is a story, from the natural history of the disease and its course in the individua ...Show more
Galileo: And the Science Deniers by Mario Livio
$29.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
A fresh interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of history's greatest and most fascinating scientists, that sheds new light on his discoveries and how he was challenged by science deniers. "We really need this story now, because we're living through the next chapter of science denial" (Bill M ...Show more
Essential Science: What Do We Know? How Do We Know It? by Brian Clegg
$45.00 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
Essential Science aims to be the most detailed, accessible and authoritative book of its kind. Each of the 34 discoveries is broken down into seven essential elements to aid comprehension and inform the reader about what really matters: THE ESSENTIAL IDEA: a concise summary of the idea or discovery that ...Show more
What's That Rock or Mineral? by DK
$17.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
The ideal pocket guide for beginners If you have trouble distinguishing slate from shale then this is the book for you. Perfect for beginners, and a handy field guide for the amateur geologist, What's That Rock or Mineral? beautifully pictures more than 140 rocks and minerals, from agate to tourmaline, ...Show more
Body Count: How Climate Change is Killing Us by Paddy Manning
$37.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
'Our house is on fire,' 16-year-old Swedish school strike activist Greta Thunberg told world leaders in 2019. Across an angry year of weather, Australians watched it in real-time: record heatwaves and worsening drought, unprecedented fish kills in the Murray-Darling Basin and devastating wildfires acros ...Show more
A History of the Universe in 21 Stars - (and Three Imposters) by Giles Sparrow
$32.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
Expert science writer Giles Sparrow guides you through 21 stars you can see in the night sky and what they can teach us about our universe. On a clear evening, if you look up you can see thousands of stars shining in the dark sky, each with a story of their own. Taking 21 stars (and three imposters, th ...Show more
New Zealand's Night Sky: Prominent Stars and Constellations by STARDOME OBSERVATORY PLANETARIUM
$13.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
When you look up at the stars in the night sky it can be easy to think of them as lights glowing on a large dark ceiling. Can you identify the brightest stars and planets? Do you know which constellations are visible right now, and what their stories are? New Zealand's Night Skyby the Stardome Observato ...Show more
Cranky Uncle vs. Climate Change - How to Understand and Respond to Climate Science Deniers by John Cook
$39.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
It's Not Just the Facts When it comes to climate change, this truly is a golden age--of fake news, post-truths, pluralistic ignorance, conspiracy theories, a willfully ignorant administration, and the Cranky Uncle. You know him. We all have one. That exasperating Thanksgiving blusterer digs in his heels ...Show more
Dutch Light: Christiaan Huygens and the Making of Science in Europe by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
$39.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
'At last - a scintillating biography of Christiaan Huygens . . . Hugh Aldersley-Williams has evocatively illuminated this brilliant polymath who laid the foundations of modern European science.' Dr Patricia Fara, Emeritus Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge 'Fascinating . . . an impressive piece of scho ...Show more
Ocean Renegades! (Earth Before Us #2) - Journey Through the Paleozoic Era by Abby Howard
$15.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature | Series: Earth Before Us Ser.
An informative and funny nonfiction graphic-novel series that explores the flora and fauna of prehistoric Earth When Ronnie's parents go on a business trip and leave her with Miss Lernin--their neighbor and a retired paleontologist--for the week, Ronnie is sure she's in for dinosaur-sized adventure. Af ...Show more
How to Argue with a Racist (HB) by Adam Rutherford
$34.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
Race is real because we perceive it. Racism is real because we enact it. But the appeal to science to strengthen racist ideologies is on the rise - and increasingly part of the public discourse on politics, migration, education, sport and intelligence. Stereotypes and myths about race are expressed not ...Show more