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Metazoa : the Evolution of Animals, Minds, Consciousness and Sleep by Peter Godfrey-Smith
$37.99 NZD
Category: Science
From the human being to the octopus, the shark to the humble sea squirt, all animals are physical beings made up entirely of cells. And yet they can think, to varying degrees. How did this come to be? How did a mind first grow from the matter that is the body? And at what stage did that clump of cells b ...Show more
Exploring the Elements: A Complete Guide to the Periodic Table by Isabel Thomas
$39.99 NZD
Category: Science
Science meets design in this comprehensive introduction to the chemical elements that make up our universe This artful and accessible guide to the periodic table -- the ultimate reference tool for scientists worldwide -- names all 118 chemical elements and helps young readers understand the remarkable w ...Show more
Life: a User's Manual - Philosophy for (almost) Any Eventuality by Julian Baggini; Antonia Macaro
$40.00 NZD
Category: Science
How should I live? What is my purpose? Can I find happiness? Ever felt as though life would be simpler if it came with an instruction manual? There are no easy answers to the big questions. And life does not follow a straight path from A to B. Since the beginning of time, people have asked questions a ...Show more
Tales of Two Planets: Stories of Climate Change and Inequality in a Divided World by John Freeman (Editor)
$37.00 NZD
Category: Science
Building from his acclaimed anthology Tales of Two Americas, beloved writer and editor John Freeman draws together a group of our greatest writers from around the world to help us see how the environmental crisis is hitting some of the most vulnerable communities where they live. In the past five year ...Show more
The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Atom in the Universe by Theodore Gray
$39.99 NZD
Category: Science
The Elements has become an international sensation, with over one million copies in-print worldwide. The highly-anticipated paperback edition of The Elements is finally available. An eye-opening, original collection of gorgeous, never-before-seen photographic representations of the 118 elements ...Show more
How Things Work (HB) by Theodore Gray; Nick Mann (Photographer)
$50.00 NZD
Category: Science
Million-copy bestselling author of The Elements, Molecules, and Reactions Theodore Gray applies his trademark mix of engaging stories, real-time experiments, and stunning photography to the inner workings of machines, big and small, revealing the extraordinary science, beauty, and rich history of everyd ...Show more
The Psychology of Stupidity by Jean-Francois Marmion (Editor)
$34.99 NZD
Category: Science
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
A Human's Guide to the Future by Jordan Nguyen
$39.99 NZD
Category: Science
TECHNOLOGY IS EVOLVING AT THE FASTEST RATE WE'VE EVER SEEN, BUT IT MAY BE THE SLOWEST RATE WE'LL EVER SEE AGAIN! What does this mean for the future of the human race? Do we resist these changes or embrace them?Australian biomedical engineer, inventor and visionary Dr Jordan Nguyen has lived a life of cu ...Show more
How to Make the World Add Up by Tim Harford
$37.99 NZD
Category: Science
'If you aren't in love with stats before reading this book, you will be by the time you're done. Powerful, persuasive, and in these truth-defying times, indispensable'Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible Women'Fabulously readable, lucid, witty and authoritative . . . Every politician and journalis ...Show more
The Secret Life of Stars: Astrophysics for Everyone by HARVEY-SMITH LISA
$39.99 NZD
Category: Science
The Secret Life of Stars takes us on a cosmic journey to meet some of the weirdest, most extreme and enigmatic stars in the universe.‘Astrophysics made fun!’Pam Melroy, former astronaut and space shuttle commander‘The most enjoyable stroll through the cosmos’Gerry Griffin, former flight director, Apollo ...Show more
How To by Randall Munroe
$24.99 NZD
Category: Science
Randall Munroe is . . .'Nerd royalty' Ben Goldacre 'Totally brilliant' Tim Harford 'Laugh-out-loud funny' Bill Gates 'Wonderful' Neil Gaiman AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally bad that no one would ever t ...Show more
What Do You Think You Are?: The Science of What Makes You You by Brian Clegg
$36.99 NZD
Category: Science
The popular science equivalent of the TV show Who Do You Think You Are?