The Age of Wonder : How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes
74.99 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: good-very good
DoP 2008 UK The book opens with Joseph Banks, botanist on Captain Cook's first Endeavour voyage, stepping onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, hoping to discover Paradise. Many other voyages of discovery swiftly follow, while Banks, now President of the Royal Society in London, becomes our narrative guide to ...Show more
Sex, Drugs and Chocolate: The science of pleasure by Paul C. Martin
44.99 NZD
Category: Science
Is pleasure selfish and are we selfish to pursue it, scientifically speaking? 'I know the ways of pleasure, the sweet strains, The lullings and relishes of it' George Herbert This is a book about the lengths people will go to nuzzle out some pleasure -- and the scientific reasons that lie behind those ...Show more
Counting Sheep by Paul Martin
29.99 NZD
34.95 (14% off)
Category: Science
A brilliant new overview of that most vital, most underrated and most elusive of human activities, sleep. Using the approach and skills he deployed to such successful effect on the relationship between mind and body in his prize-winning The Sickening Mind, British popular science author Paul Martin ...Show more
The Earth: An Intimate History by Richard Fortey
30.99 NZD
Category: Science
The paperback of the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals how the earth became the shape it is today. This book will change the way you see the world - permanently.The face of the earth, criss-crossed by chains of mountains like the scars of old wounds, has changed constantly over billions of years. Its ...Show more
Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution by R.A. Fortey
19.99 NZD
25.00 (20% off)
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
This is is a trilobito-centric view of the world, unravelling the history of the crustacean-like animals which dominated the seas for three hundred million years. These arthropods witnessed continents move, mountain chains elevated and eroded; they survived ice ages and volcanic eruptions, evolving and ...Show more
Degrees of Freedom (Book 3) by Simon Morden
27.99 NZD
Category: Science | Series: Metrozone
The Six Degrees of Samuel Petrovitch: * Michael is an AI of incalculable complexity trapped under the remains of Oshicora Tower. Petrovitch will free him one day; he just has to trust Michael will still be sane by the time he does. * Maddy and Petrovitch have trust issues. But Petrovitch is pretty sur ...Show more
50 Years of DNA by Julie Clayton
79.95 NZD
Category: Science
Crick and Watson's discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953 marked one of the great turning points in the history of science. Biology, immunology, medicine and genetics have all been radically transformed in the succeeding half century, and the double helix has become an icon of our times. This explora ...Show more
Algebra for Dummies by Mary Jane Sterling
29.99 NZD
45.00 (33% off)
Category: Science
One of the most commonly asked questions in a mathematics classroom is, "Will I ever use this stuff in real life?" Some teachers can give a good, convincing answer; others hem and haw and stare at the floor. The real response to the question should be, "Yes, you will, because algebra gives you power" -- ...Show more
Virolution by Frank Ryan
29.99 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
The extraordinary role of viruses in evolution and how this is revolutionising biology and medicine. Darwin's theory of evolution is still the greatest breakthrough in biological science. His explanation of the role of natural selection in driving the evolution of life on earth depended on steady varia ...Show more
Why are Orangutans Orange? : Science Puzzles in Pictures - with Fascinating Answers by New Scientist
24.99 NZD
Category: Science
Illustrated for the first time, with eighty full-colour photographs showing the beauty, complexity and mystery of the world around us, here is the next eagerly awaited volume of science questions and answers from "New Scientist" magazine. From ripples in glass to 'holograms' in ice, the natural world's ...Show more
Extreme Cosmos by Bryan Gaensler
39.95 NZD
Category: Science
The universe is all about extremes. Space has a temperature 270C below freezing. Stars die in catastrophic supernova explosions a billion times brighter than the Sun. A black hole can generate 10 million trillion volts of electricity. And hypergiants are stars 2 billion kilometres across, larger than th ...Show more