The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Maths by Manil Suri
$24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
'Who knew numbers could be so charming? ... Suri takes us on a light-hearted journey all the way from nothing (zero) to infinity' Karen Joy Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Our universe has multiple origin stories, from religious creation myths to the B ...Show more
The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
$26.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
'We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it. The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.' Bill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ab ...Show more
The Age Of Magical Overthinking: Notes On Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell
$36.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking. Utilizing the linguistic insights of her “witty and brill ...Show more
The Hidden Life of Trees (Illustrated Edition) by Peter Wohlleben
$55.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
In his international bestseller, The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben opened readers? eyes to the wonders and amazing processes at work in the forest. Now this new, breathtakingly illustrated edition brings those wonders to life like never before. With compelling selections from the original book a ...Show more
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
$30.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: good-very good
THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Sapiens shows us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going. Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from ove ...Show more
Stephen Hawking (Scientists Who Changed the World) by Anita Croy
$24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Scientists Who Changed the World
Steven Hawking is revered as one of the most influential scientists of our time, and his life and career offer a variety of lessons from which readers can learn and grow. Through an engaging narrative structure, quotes about and from the man himself, and in-depth historical context, high school students ...Show more
What's the Use?: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics by Ian Stewart
$27.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
A bestselling author tries to rehabilitate a much-maligned field.
The Science of Gardening: Discover How Your Garden Really Works by Stuart Farrimond
$48.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The only book to explain the science behind gardening practice in a simple and visually accessible way Exploding myths and providing authoritative take-home advice, this book provides a shortcut to decades of gardening experience by explaining the science behind how a garden grows. Gardening Why does my ...Show more
What We Owe The Future: A Million-Year View by William MacAskill
$24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Unapologetically optimistic and bracingly realistic, this is the most inspiring book on 'ethical living' I've ever read.' Oliver Burkeman, Guardian 'A monumental event.' Rutger Bregman, author of Humankind 'A book of great daring, clarity, insight and imagination. To be simu ...Show more
How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology by Philip Ball
$39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
A cutting-edge new vision of biology that will revise our concept of what life itself is, how to enhance it, and what possibilities it offers. Biology is undergoing a quiet but profound transformation. Several aspects of the standard picture of how life works—the idea of the genome as a blueprint, of g ...Show more
Who Owns the Moon? : In Defence of Humanity's Common Interests in Space by A. C. Grayling
$38.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Silicon for microchips; manganese for batteries; titanium for missiles. The moon contains a wealth of natural resources. So, as the Earth's supplies have begun to dwindle, it is no surprise that the world's superpowers and wealthiest corporations have turned their eyes to the stars. As this new Space Ra ...Show more
A Year in Numbers by Kyle D. Evans
$32.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Did you know:-Only around 100 people have ever lived beyond a million hours (that's about 114 years)-Around 7% of everyone who has ever lived is currently alive-The '12 days of Christmas' song, when sung in full, results in 364 gifts being given - one for every day... except ChristmasBroken down into 12 ...Show more