The World at Night: Spectacular Photographs of the Night Sky by Babak Tafreshi
$59.99 NZD
Category: Technology, Science, IT
See the full beauty of our night sky revealed as never before in over 200 photographs from around the world. Bringing together the images of over 40 photographers across 25 countries, be astounded by the lights of the night sky in some of the darkest places on earth; discover the beauty of galaxies, pla ...Show more
This Is Your Mind On Plants: Opium-Caffeine-Mescaline by Michael Pollan
$40.00 NZD
Category: Technology, Science, IT
Of all the many things humans rely on plants for, surely the most curious is our use of them to change consciousness- to stimulate, calm, or completely alter, the qualities of our mental experience. In This Is Your Mind On Plants, Michael Pollan explores three very different drugs - opium, caffeine, and ...Show more
The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis by Christiana Figueres
$32.99 NZD
Category: Technology, Science, IT
The Paris Agreement was a landmark for humanity. In this timely and important book, two of the principle creators of that agreement show us why and how we can now realise its' promise. I hope it is widely read and acted on' Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger o ...Show more
The Future We Choose: The Stubborn Optimist's Guide to the Climate Crisis by Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac
$24.99 NZD
Category: Technology, Science, IT
Climate change: it is arguably the most urgent and consequential issue humankind has ever faced. How we address it in the next thirty years will determine the kind of world we will live in and will bequeath to our children and to theirs. In The Future We Choose, Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Ca ...Show more
Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity by Carlo Rovelli
$30.00 NZD
Category: Technology, Science, IT
What are time and space made of? Where does matter come from? And what exactly is reality? Scientist Carlo Rovelli has spent his life exploring these questions and pushing the boundaries of what we know. Here he explains how our image of the world has changed throughout centuries. From Aristotle to Albe ...Show more
Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind by Peter Godfrey-Smith
$28.00 NZD
Category: Technology, Science, IT
"Enthralling . . . breathtaking . . . Metazoa brings an extraordinary and astute look at our own mind's essential link to the animal world." --The New York Times Book Review(Editors' Choice)"A great book . . . [Godfrey-Smith is] brilliant at describing just what he sees, the patterns of behaviour of the ...Show more
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M Sapolsky
$30.00 NZD
Category: Technology, Science, IT
'Awe-inspiring ... the best scientific book written for non-specialists that I have ever read. You will learn more about human nature than in any other book I can think of, and you will be inspired' Henry Marsh, author of Do No HarmA ground-breaking synthesis of the entire science of human behaviour by ...Show more
Exploring the Elements: A Complete Guide to the Periodic Table by Sara Gillingham, Isabel Thomas
$39.99 NZD
Category: Technology, Science, IT
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
Wayfinding: The Art and Science of How We Find and Lose Our Way by Michael Bond
$24.99 NZD
Category: Technology, Science, IT
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
Genes & DNA (Usborne See Inside) by Laura Cowan
$22.99 NZD
Category: Technology, Science, IT | Series: See Inside
What ARE genes? What do they do? How did DNA make EVERYTHING? Budding scientists, meet genes and DNA, the building blocks of ALL LIFE ON EARTH. Colourful illustrations, plenty of flaps, and lots of SILLINESS, make the hard science of genetics FUN for kids who want to know MORE. The latest addition to Us ...Show more
How to Solve a Murder: True Stories from a Life in Forensic Medicine by Derek Tremain; Pauline Tremain
$27.99 NZD
Category: Technology, Science, IT
As gripping as it is gruesome, How to Solve a Murder is a fascinating insight into the career of a forensic scientist. Includes a foreword from Dr Richard Shepherd, bestselling author of Unnatural Causes. FRACTURED SKULLS. GAS MASKS. BRAIN BUCKETS. VATS OF ACID. PICKLED BODY PARTS. Not the usual tools ...Show more
Books do Furnish a Life: Reading and Writing Science by Richard Dawkins
$40.00 NZD
Category: Technology, Science, IT
At a time when science can seem complex and remote, it has a greater impact on our lives, and to the future of our planet, than ever before. It really matters that its discoveries and truths should be clearly and widely communicated. That its enemies, from the malicious to the muddled, the self-deluding ...Show more