Behind the Shock Machine: the Untold Story of the Notorious Milgram Psychology Experiments by Gina Perry
$40.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The true story of the most controversial psychological research of the modern era. In the summer of 1961, a group of ordinary men and women volunteered for a memory experiment to be conducted by young, dynamic psychologist Stanley Milgram. None could have imagined that, once seated in the lab, they woul ...Show more
The Magic of Reality: How we know what's really true by Richard Dawkins
$27.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
An inspiring introduction to science and a fascinating exploration of the natural world. Magic takes many forms. The ancient Egyptians explained the night by suggesting that the goddess Nut swallowed the sun. The Vikings believed a rainbow was the gods' bridge to earth. The Japanese used to explain ea ...Show more
The Perfection Point by John Brenkus
$29.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Just forty years ago, Jim Hines ran the 100 metres in under 10 seconds. Now Usain Bolt is inching close to the 9.50 second mark, begging the question: exactly how fast can a human go? Utilizing cutting edge science to examine incredible physical feats in the most elite sports, John Brenkus uncovers what ...Show more
Eureka!: Science's Greatest Thinkers by Hazel Muir
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
From Aristotle's pioneering research into animal biology to Harvey's theory of the circulation of the blood; from Copernicus's theory of the heliocentric universe to Carl Sagan's speculations on extraterrestrial life; and from Einstein's theory of Relativity to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, Eureka ...Show more
50 Ideas You Really Need to Know: Psychology by Adrian Furnham
$24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
How different are men and women's brains? Does altruism really exist? Are our minds blank slates at birth? And do dreams reveal our unconscious desires? If you have you ever grappled with these concepts, then this book is for you. Not only providing the answers to these questions and many more, a series ...Show more
When the Earth Was Flat: All the Bits of Science We Got Wrong by Graeme Donald
$22.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The perfect gift for anyone with an interest in our scientific history, "When the Earth Was Flat" exposes the scientific theories that were once widely believed to be true but have since been disproved. Featuring ideas that now seem more crazy than credible, from the human body being made up of only fou ...Show more
Neutron Walks Into a Bar... Random Facts About Our Universe and Everything in It by Science140
$39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Fun, quirky and informative, A Neutron Walks Into A Bar...is a collection of facts, definitions, explanations, biographies and jokes guaranteed to quench a thirst for knowledge, discovery and humour that's out of the ordinary. Did you know that water is the only thing found naturally on earth in each of ...Show more
Super Brain: Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness and Spiritual Well-being by Deepak Chopra
$34.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Two pioneers in health - Deepak Chopra and Rudolph E. Tanzi, one of the world's foremost experts on the causes of Alzheimer's - share a bold new understanding of the brain and a prescriptive plan for how we can use it to achieve physical, mental and spiritual well-being. In his bestselling books Ageless ...Show more
What is This Thing Called Science? by Alan Chlamers
$35.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
A brand new edition of an internationally renowned science bestseller. Now well into its fourth decade, What is this thing called science? has become something of a classic the world over (it's available in nineteen languages). Each decade Alan Chalmers has drawn on his experience as a teacher and resea ...Show more
The Art of Science: A Natural History of Ideas by Richard Hamblyn
$29.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: 16
Science is about discovery, a journey towards knowledge. With authors as diverse as Galileo and Lewis Carroll, the extracts featured in this anthology span centuries and continents; they include startling revelations that changed the way we think and tackle more prosaic questions such as why the sea is ...Show more
The Stuff of Thought: : Language as a window into human nature by Steven Pinker
$35.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The Stuff of Thought is an exhilarating work of non-fiction. Surprising, thought-provoking and incredibly enjoyable, there is no other book like it - Steven Pinker will revolutionise the way you think about language. He analyses what words actually mean and how we use them, and he reveals what this can ...Show more
Why is Uranus Upside Down?: And Other Questions About the Universe by Fred Watson
$29.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Have you ever wondered what dark matter is or why galaxies collide? Or why the Moon is gradually drifting away from Earth? Space is really, really big, as Douglas Adams once pointed out, and there is no better guide to it than Fred Watson, astronomer to the stars. Fred Watson has taken the many, many qu ...Show more