Letters from an Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson
$38.00 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has attracted one of the world's largest online followings with his fascinating, widely accessible insights into science and our universe. Now, Tyson invites us to go behind the scenes of his public fame by revealing his correspondence with people across the globe who ...Show more
Losing Earth: The Decade We Could Have Stopped Climate Change by Nathaniel Rich
$24.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
By 1979, we knew all that we know now about the science of climate change - what was happening, why it was happening and how to stop it. Over the next ten years, we had the very real opportunity to stop it. Obviously, we failed. Nathaniel Rich's groundbreaking account of that failure - and how tantalis ...Show more
Body Count: How Climate Change is Killing Us by Paddy Manning
$37.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
'Our house is on fire,' 16-year-old Swedish school strike activist Greta Thunberg told world leaders in 2019. Across an angry year of weather, Australians watched it in real-time: record heatwaves and worsening drought, unprecedented fish kills in the Murray-Darling Basin and devastating wildfires acros ...Show more
The Oak Papers by James Canton
$30.00 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
Oaks are born and die on the same patch of earth. It is that sure-footedness that is so appealing. Ancient oaks hold a powerful sense of the longevity of life. The sense of security, of attachment to place, enchants us. You can stand beneath a grand oak and know that your more distant ancestors did so t ...Show more
The Butterfly Effect by Melillo, Edward D.
$50.00 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
Insects might make us recoil in repugnance, but they also manufacture--or make possible in other ways--many of the things we take for granted in our daily lives. When we bite into a shiny apple, listen to the resonant notes of a violin, try on the latest fashions, receive a dental implant, or get a mani ...Show more
The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea, Discovering Hidden Life and Selling the Seabed by Helen Scales
$39.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
The deep sea is the last, vast wilderness on the planet. For centuries, myth-makers and storytellers have concocted imaginary monsters of the deep, and now scientists are looking there to find bizarre, unknown species, chemicals to make new medicines, and to gain a greater understanding of how this worl ...Show more
Breakthrough by Marcus Chown
$24.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
The spellbinding stories of the scientists whose eureka! breakthroughs in modern physics reveal science's astonishing predictive power. 'Marcus Chown rocks!' - Brian May How does it feel to know something about the universe that no one has ever known before? And why is mathematics so good at revealing n ...Show more
Living Planet by David Attenborough
$39.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough's seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet. Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt t ...Show more
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for an Endangered Planet by Jane Goodall; Douglas Abrams
$38.00 NZD
Category: Science & Nature | Series: Global Icons Series
A legendary conservationist. A lifetime spent fighting for nature. An indispensable message of hope. The world-renowned naturalist and conservationist Jane Goodall has spent more than a half-century warning of our impact on our planet. From her famous encounters with chimpanzees in the forests of Gombe ...Show more
The Seashore Sticker Anthology by DK
$50.00 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
A charming collection of stickers for crafters and all who love images of marine lifeCapture the splendour of sea life with this alluring collection of stickers.Enjoy over a thousand vintage drawings that portray the majestic beauty of the ocean and the simple pleasure of a day at the beach. Detailed il ...Show more
A Brief History of Timekeeping: The Science of Marking Time, From Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks by Chad Orzel
$26.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
A wonderful look into understanding and recording time, Orzel's latest is appropriate for all readers who are curious about those ticks and tocks that mark nearly every aspect of our lives.--Booklist "A thorough, enjoyable exploration of the history and science behind measuring time." --Foreword Review ...Show more
Move!: The New Science of Body Over Mind by Caroline Williams
$24.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
Exercise changes the brain. But which exercises have what effect? Time to get up to speed with the cutting-edge science of the mind-body connection and discover how just a little bit of movement could shift your own head to a better place. Did you know that walking can improve your cognitive skills? T ...Show more