Stop Reading the News - A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life by Rolf Dobelli
$29.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: near fine
News is to the mind as sugar is to the body. In 2013 Rolf Dobelli stood in front of a room full of journalists and proclaimed that he did not read the news. It caused a riot. Now he finally sets down his philosophy in detail. And he practices what he preaches: he hasn't read the news for a decade. Stop ...Show more
Homage to Gaia - Revised& Updated by James Lovelock
$27.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
A new edition in the year of James Lovelock's 100th birthdayWith over fifty patents to his name and innumerable awards and accolades, James Lovelock is a distinguished and original thinker who has been widely recognized by the international scientific community. In this inspiring book, republished in th ...Show more
The Periodic Table: A visual guide to the elements by Tom Jackson
$22.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Which is the densest element? Which has the largest atoms? And why are some elements radioactive? From the little-known uses of gold in medicine to the development of the hydrogen bomb, this is a fresh new look at the Periodic Table.Combining cutting edge science with fascinating facts and stunning info ...Show more
Wayfinding: How We Find – and Lose – our Way by Michael Bond
$37.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The physical world is infinitely complex, yet most of us are able to find our way around it. We can walk through unfamiliar streets while maintaining a sense of direction, take shortcuts along paths we have never used and remember for many years places we have visited only once. These are remarkable ach ...Show more
Underbug - An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology by Lisa Margonelli
$24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Who has the answer to the world's fuel problems? How can we bring ruined land back to life? Where do roboticists turn when they try to engineer a hive mind? Termites. Strange though it seems, scientists look to tiny termites for answers to some big ideas. Lisa Margonelli tracks them, deep into their m ...Show more
The Psychology of Stupidity by Jean-Francois Marmion
$34.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
The #1 International bestseller'We need books like this one'Steven PinkerAnd so I proclaim, o idiots and every stripe and morons of all kinds, this is your moment of glory: this book speaks only to you. But you will not recognise yourselves...Stupidity is all around is, from the coworkers who won't stop ...Show more
Physical Intelligence - The Science of Thinking Without Thinking by Scott Grafton
$27.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
'An instant classic' Michael S. Gazzaniga, author of The Consciousness Instinct How do you pick the right moment to cross a busy road? Or decide if you can drive through a storm? What helps you discover a shortcut to a familiar route? The answer is PHYSICAL INTELLIGENCE. Renowned neuroscientist, do ...Show more
Helgoland by Carlo Rovelli
$45.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
In June 1925, twenty-three-year-old Werner Heisenberg, suffering from hay fever, retreated to a small, treeless island in the North Sea called Helgoland. It was there that he came up with one of the most transformative scientific concepts- quantum theory. Almost a century later, quantum physics has giv ...Show more
Some Assembly Required by Neil Shubin
$24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
An exciting and accessible new view of the evolution of human and animal life on Earth. From the author of national bestseller, Your Inner Fish, this extraordinary journey of discovery spans centuries, as explorers and scientists seek to understand the origins of life's immense diversity. "Fossils, DNA, ...Show more
Fully Human: A New Way of Using Your Mind by Steve Biddulph
$39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
A mother of small children avoids a murderer in broad daylight. A young dad is able to grieve for his lost baby - using a song. And it saves his marriage. What if there were parts of our minds which we never use, but if awakened, could make us so much happier, connected and alive? What if awakening thos ...Show more
Why Are We Yelling: The Art of Productive Disagreement by Buster Benson
$24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Why Are We Yelling is the essential book about how to turn arguments into a productive and enjoyable dialogue rather than a bad-natured confrontation.The way we argue is broken - whether we're arguing about immigration, the existence of ghosts, the best burger in the city, or who's allowed to sit in you ...Show more
Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Absolutely Everything by Jordan Ellenberg
$40.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
How should a democracy choose its representatives? How does Covid-19 spread? How do computers teach themselves chess, and why is chess easier for them than analyzing a sentence? What should your kids study in school if they really want to learn to think? All of these are questions about geometry. Seriou ...Show more