Inspire : How to Live a Wild Life by Ben Fogle
$36.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The latest adventure from bestselling author Ben Fogle explores what we can learn from nature about living well and living wild. What can rowing across the Atlantic teach us about boredom and about patience? Can coming down from Everest take more resilience than climbing up in the first place? How ca ...Show more
Inflight Science - A Guide to the World from Your Airplane Window by Brian Clegg
$28.99 NZD
$36.99 (21% off)
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: good-very good
Why are Orangutans Orange? : Science Puzzles in Pictures - with Fascinating Answers by New Scientist
$24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Illustrated for the first time, with eighty full-colour photographs showing the beauty, complexity and mystery of the world around us, here is the next eagerly awaited volume of science questions and answers from "New Scientist" magazine. From ripples in glass to 'holograms' in ice, the natural world's ...Show more
Nest: The Art of Birds by Janine Burke
$39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
We tend to take birds for granted, in the landscape or in our neighbourhoods. The presence of birds communicates the health of a place. When they're gone, it's as though there's a hole in the sky, in the air, an absence of beauty and grace, and vivid chatter or haunting cries are replaced with eerie sil ...Show more
It's Not Rocket Science by Ben Miller
$39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
An engaging, accessible and fascinating look at science's 'best bits' by popular comedian and particle physicist Ben Miller Black holes. Global warming. The Hadron Collider. Ever had that sinking feeling that you really should know about these things, but somehow never quite grasped them? Don't worry - ...Show more
The Star Builders: Nuclear Fusion and the Race to Power the Planet by Arthur Turrell
$37.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
From a young, award-winning scientist, a look at one of the most compelling and historic turning points of our time--the race to harness the power of the stars and produce controlled fusion, creating a practically unlimited supply of clean energy. The most important energy-making process in the univers ...Show more
Things That Matter: Stories of life and death by David Galler
$24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
In this highly articulate, down to earth, generous and thoughtful book, Dr David Galler tells stories of life and death from his position as head of intensive care at a busy city hospital. Weaving his own personal stories throughout - including the death of his parents - David frames a number of chapte ...Show more
The Science of Interstellar by Kip Thorne
$47.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Interstellar, from acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan, takes us on a fantastic voyage far beyond our solar system. Yet in The Science of Interstellar, Kip Thorne, the physicist who assisted Nolan on the scientific aspects of Interstellar, shows us that the movie's jaw-dropping events and stunning, ne ...Show more
Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova
$28.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
No fictional character is more renowned for his extraordinary powers of mind than Sherlock Holmes. But what exactly is it that sets him apart as a detective of the highest order, and can we harness his genius? In Mastermind, psychologist Maria Konnikova shows us how we can all channel Holmes's famous po ...Show more
The Engineering Book: From the Catapult to the Curiosity Rover, 250 Milestones in the History of Engineering by Marshall Brain
$49.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Sterling Milestones
This is the latest in the bestselling Sterling Milestones series. It provides a detailed look at 250 milestones in the discipline of Engineering. It is written by the creator of the How Stuff Works series. Engineering is where human knowledge meets real-world problems and solves them. It's the source of ...Show more
Being a Beast by Charles Foster
$24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
Charles Foster set out to know the ultimate other: the non-humans, the beasts. And to do that, he tried to be like them, choosing a badger, an otter, a fox, a deer, and a swift. He lived alongside badgers for weeks, eating earthworms and learning to sense the landscape by smell rather than sight. He tri ...Show more
Invention of Numbers by Peter Bentley
$24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Numbers are at the heart of the existence of the universe and everything in it, and yet a lot of us have little understanding of their creation, let alone their part in philosophy, art, music, physics, literature, religion and computing. Dr Bentley's fascinating history of the origins of numbers will un ...Show more