Basic Maths For Dummies by Colin Beveridge
37.99 NZD
Category: Science
Whether you are returning to school, studying for an adultnumeracy test, helping your kids with homework, or seeking theconfidence that a firm maths foundation provides in everydayencounters, Basic Maths For Dummies, UK Edition, providesthe content you need to improve your basic maths skills. Based upo ...Show more
Geometry Essentials For Dummies by Mark Ryan
14.99 NZD
Category: Science
A new series extension of the For Dummies brand, "The Essentials For Dummies" will appeal to the huge number of readers who seek out focused, short form consumer reference books at the $9.99 price point. Positioned for students (and parents) who just want the key concepts and a few examples - without th ...Show more
Chemistry For Dummies by John T. Moore
28.99 NZD
Category: Science | Series: For Dummies
See how chemistry works in everything from soaps to medicines to petroleum We're all natural born chemists. Every time we cook, clean, take a shower, drive a car, use a solvent (such as nail polish remover), or perform any of the countless everyday activities that involve complex chemical reactions we' ...Show more
From Here to Infinity by John Gribbin
49.99 NZD
Category: Science
This is a definitive, readable and visually stunning book about the solar system. Written by the legendary science writing team of John and Mary Gribbin, it offers a new appreciation of our place in the cosmos. From Here to Infinity sets a standard for other astronomy books, not only in the clarity of i ...Show more
Antarctic Partners: 50 Years of NZ and United States Cooperation in Antarctica by Neville Peat
29.99 NZD
49.99 (40% off)
Category: Science
'A partnership well worth celebrating' is how Sir Edmund Hillary sums up the way New Zealand and the United States have worked together in Antarctica over the 50 years since their stations were established on Ross Island in the Ross Sea Region south of New Zealand. Sir Edmund, the leading New Zealand fi ...Show more
North Pole, South Pole - The Epic Quest to Solve the Mystery of Earth's Magnetism by Gillian Turner
40.00 NZD
Category: Science | Series: Awa Science Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Publication delayed, now due November 2009. In Roman legend, a shepherd named Magnes, climbing a rocky hillside, was shocked to find that he could hardly move: his iron-studded boots and iron-tipped rod kept sticking to the rocks. Thus was recorded a mysterious natural phenomenon - magnetism - that woul ...Show more
The Awa Book of New Zealand Science by Rebecca Priestley
50.00 NZD
Category: Science | Series: Awa Science | Reading Level: very good
This landmark anthology of writings about New Zealand science and by New Zealand scientists traces the development of all branches of science, from early naturalists' ramblings on flora and fauna, to geological accounts of Lake Rotomahana's famous pink and white terraces, to Rutherford splitting the ato ...Show more
The Transit of Venus: How a Rare Astronomical Alignment Changed the World by Peter Adds
25.00 NZD
Category: Science | Series: Awa Science Series
On June 8, 2004, the planet Venus moved across the face of the sun. This historic event was rare: the last Transit of Venus occurred 121 years earlier. On June 6, 2012, Venus will again transit the sun. In this book, scientists and historians write of the extraordinary impact these cosmic events have ha ...Show more
Gene Words by Jane Young
39.99 NZD
Category: Science
A reference source on genetics which was intended for use by upper secondary and first-year university students, but is also useful for teachers.
Eye on the Sky by Geoff Andersen
45.00 NZD
Category: Science
Eye on the Sky is all about optical telescopes - their history, operation, discoveries, development and future. Telescopes and their use in astronomy and surveillance are increasingly fascinating to people, yet few know much about them. This superb book provides easy-to-understand factual information, a ...Show more
In Praise of Plants by Francis Halle
57.50 NZD
74.95 (23% off)
Category: Science
What do we know about plants, really? Through a rich array of examples, many illustrated in the author's elegant and distinctive style, this book offers a new look at botany. This scholarly yet fun book examines the qualities that make plants unique, so different from animals. Experienced in both the ac ...Show more
Are Angels OK - The parallel universes of New Zealand writers and scientists by Paul Callaghan (ed.); Bill Manhire (ed.)
29.95 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
Are Angels OK?ÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàasked Bill the poet.Angels are just fine,ÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàsaid Paul the physicist.And thus began an extraordinary blind date between New Zealand writers and physicists.In this remarkable book, ten leading New ...Show more