Is Maths Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics' Deepest Truths by Eugenia Cheng
$39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
One of the world's most creative mathematicians offers new ways to look at maths - focusing on questions, not answers Why is -(-1) = 1? Why do odd and even numbers alternate? What's the point of algebra? Is maths even real? From imaginary numbers to the perplexing order of operations we all had drilled ...Show more
The Rare Metals War The dark side of clean energy and digital technologies by Guillaume Pitron
$45.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The resources race is on. Powering our digital lives and green technologies are some of the Earth's most precious metals - but they are running out. And what will happen when they do? The green-tech revolution has been lauded as the silver bullet to a new world. One that is at last free of oil, pollutio ...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
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
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
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
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
Handmade: A Scientist's Search for Meaning through Making by Anna Ploszajski
$28.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
From atomic structures to theories about magnetic forces, scientific progress has given us a good grasp on the properties of many different materials. However, most scientists cannot measure the temperature of steel just by looking at it, or sculpt stone into all kinds of shapes, or know how it feels to ...Show more