Darwin Devolves - The New Science about DNA That Challenges Evolution by Michael J. Behe
$32.00 NZD
Category: Science & Nature | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
The scientist who has been dubbed the "Father of Intelligent Design" and author of the groundbreaking book Darwin's Black Box contends that recent scientific discoveries further disprove Darwinism and strengthen the case for an intelligent creator.In his controversial bestseller Darwin's Black Box, bioc ...Show more
Professor Maxwell's Duplicitous Demon: The Life and Science of James Clerk Maxwell by Brian Clegg
$24.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
Asked to name a great physicist, most people would mention Newton or Einstein, Feynman or Hawking. But ask a physicist and there's no doubt that James Clerk Maxwell will be near the top of the list. Maxwell, an unassuming Victorian Scotsman, explained how we perceive colour. He uncovered the way gases ...Show more
The Human Planet - Earth at the Dawn of the Anthropocene by George Steinmetz; Andrew Revkin
$80.00 NZD
Category: Science & Nature | Reading Level: very good
A dynamic aerial exploration of our changing planet, published on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day The Human Planet is a sweeping visual chronicle of the Earth today from a photographer who has circled the globe to report on such urgent issues as climate change, sustainable agriculture, and the ever-ex ...Show more
Our Final Warning - Six Degrees of Climate Emergency by Mark Lynas
$32.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
This book must not be ignored. It really is our final warning. Mark Lynas delivers a vital account of the future of our earth, and our civilisation, if current rates of global warming persist. And it's only looking worse. We are living in a climate emergency. But how much worse could it get? Will civili ...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
Contagion: Plagues, Pandemics and Cures from the Black Death to Covid-19 and Beyond 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
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
Water: Nature & Culture by STRANG VERONICA
$39.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature | Series: Earth Ser.
As any scientist will tell you, there is no substance more vital than water. Our history is necessarily a history with water, whether we have irrigated our fields with it, cooled our machines, washed ourselves, drank it down deeply, or even worshipped it. In Water, Veronic Strang ladles through the rich ...Show more
Flesh Made New: The Unnatural History and Broken Promises of Stem Cell Research by Carl Power; John Rasko
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Category: Science & Nature
The dazzling promise of stem-cell treatment: does it work and will it save us? Two experts look at the hype For decades, we've been anticipating the dawn of regenerative medicine. Again and again, we've been promised that stem cells will soon cure just about every ill imaginable. If not tomorrow, then t ...Show more
A Most Remarkable Creature - The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World's Smartest Bird of Prey by Jonathan Meiburg
$48.00 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
An enthralling account of a modern voyage of discovery as we meet the clever, social birds of prey called caracaras, which puzzled Darwin, fascinate modern-day falconers, and carry secrets of our planet's deep past in their family history. In 1833, Charles Darwin was astonished by an animal he met in t ...Show more
Worlds in Shadow: Submerged Lands in Science, Memory and Myth by Patrick Nunn
$32.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
The traces of much of human history and that which preceded it lie beneath the ocean surface; broken up, dispersed, often buried and always mysterious. This is fertile ground for speculation, even myth-making, but also a topic on which geologists and climatologists have increasingly focused in recent de ...Show more
2022 Guide to the Night Sky: Southern Hemisphere by Storm Dunlop
$22.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
A comprehensive handbook to the planets, stars and constellations visible from the southern hemisphere. 6 pages for each month covering January–December 2022. Diagrams drawn for the latitude of southern Australia, but including events visible from New Zealand and South Africa. Written and illustrated by ...Show more