Introducing Psychology by Nigel Benson
24.99 NZD
Category: Science
This book explains psychology as taught in schools, colleges and universities, and also sets it in a broader context, considering philosophical and social issues that concern all human beings today.
Bite-Size Science: Everything You Need to Know About Science in Small, Easily-Digestible... by Robert Dinwiddie
29.99 NZD
Category: Science | Series: Australian Geograph Ser.
If you want to understand the science issues that get into the news, this is the book for you. Robert Dinwiddie spells out the history of the problems modern science is confronting, tells you what's at stake and explains what the technical jargon really means in clear and simple English. Bite Size Scien ...Show more
A Bee in a Cathedral and 99 Other Scientific Analogies by Joel Levy
29.99 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
Prepare to be amazed and educated! A Bee in a Cathedral explains basic scientific truths and principles using the power of analogy. Using classic comparisons (including 'bee in the cathedral' which dramatically conveys the size of the atomic nucleus in relation to the atom as a whole) you will learn: Ho ...Show more
A Story of Natural Numbers by David Demant
24.99 NZD
28.00 (10% off)
Category: Science
Let's introduce you to the amazing natural numbers - meet 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. You will have already met them. Without them your life would be very different. You wouldn't be able to tell the time, send a letter or use a telephone. Imagine - no computers, no TVs and no birthdays. But there ...Show more
Eaten by a Giant Clam: Great Adventures in Natural Science by Joseph Cummins
39.99 NZD
Category: Science
There are countless stirring, occasionally alarming, natural history adventure stories to be told, rollicking tales of men and women risking life and limb in the name of science and in the cause of the broadening of human knowledge. Eaten by a Giant Clam focuses on the work of these natural scientists i ...Show more
The Secrets of Codes by Paul Lunde
49.99 NZD
55.00 (9% off)
Category: Science
There's no mystery about it - codes are hot! Viewers around the world flocked to The Da Vinci Code, Sudoku sells everywhere, and hackers are the new heroes to a generation of coder kids. What's the secret message? The Secrets of Codes brings it all together, from ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics to World ...Show more
100 Discoveries: The Greatest Breakthroughs in History by Peter Macinnis
45.00 NZD
49.99 (9% off)
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
Presents the greatest 100 breakthroughs in science and technology, medicine and the major areas of human endeavour over the past ten thousand years.
Stargazer: The Life and Times of the Telescope by Fred Watson
29.99 NZD
Category: Science
An anecdotal history of the development of the optical telescope and the people involved, culminating in the author's predictions for future developments.
Why is Uranus Upside Down?: And Other Questions About the Universe by Fred Watson
29.99 NZD
Category: Science
Have you ever wondered what dark matter is or why galaxies collide? Or why the Moon is gradually drifting away from Earth? Space is really, really big, as Douglas Adams once pointed out, and there is no better guide to it than Fred Watson, astronomer to the stars. Fred Watson has taken the many, many qu ...Show more
A Measure of All Things: The Story of Man and Measurement by Ian Whitelaw
35.00 NZD
Category: Science
<b><i>A Measure of all Things</i> discovers the means that humankind has employed to impose order on the world.</b> It is about the systems of measurement that enable us not only to trade in commonly understood amounts and to construct buildings according to agreed standards, ...Show more
The Discovery of the Hobbit The Scientific Breakthrough That Changed the Face of Human History by Morwood, Mike; van Oosterzee, Penny
39.99 NZD
Category: Science
When in October 2004 the prestigious science publication Nature published the discovery of a 3-foot (1-metre) tall hominid skeleton, the world's press went wild. Hailed as one of the most important scientific discoveries for years, the 'Hobbit', as the adult female came to be known, entered the history ...Show more