Strange Bedfellows - Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs by Ina Park
35.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Joyful and funny . . . Park uses science, compassion, humor, diverse stories and examples of her own shame-free living to take the stigma out of these infections. --The New York Times With curiosity and wit, Strange Bedfellows rips back the bedsheets to expose what really happens when STDs enter the ...Show more
Hubble Legacy - 30 Years of Discoveries and Images by Jim Bell
80.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
This is the definitive book on the Hubble Space Telescope, written by noted astronomer Jim Bell. Looking deep into space, by definition, means looking back in time--and the Hubble Space Telescope can look very far back, including at stars, nebulae, and galaxies that are millions, even billions, of years ...Show more
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human by Siddhartha Mukherjee
35.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
From the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene, the stunning odyssey of the cell - the key to life and ourselves**A NEW YORK TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, ECONOMIST, MAIL ON SUNDAY and GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR**'Will leave you in awe' GuardianFrom the dawn of ...Show more
How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch: In Search of the Recipe for Our Universe by Harry Cliff
25.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
'Witty, approachable and captivating' - Robin Ince'A fascinating exploration of how we learned what matter really is' - Sean Carroll'A delightfully fresh and accessible approach to one of the great quests of science' - Graham Farmelo'Lays out not just what we know, but how we found out (and what is left ...Show more
Eight Improbable Possibilities: The Mystery of the Moon, and Other Implausible Scientific Truths by John Gribbin
25.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
'Gribbin casts a wide net and displays his breadth of knowledge in packing a lot into each chapter . . . a brief read, but one that may inspire readers to dig deeper.' Giles Sparrow, BBC Sky at Night Magazine A mind-warping excursion into the wildly improbable truths of science. Echoing Sherlock Holme ...Show more
Wonderdog: How the Science of Dogs Changed the Science of Life by Jules Howard
37.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
How dogs defied science and changed the way we think about animals. What do dogs really think of us? What do dogs know and understand of the world? Do their emotions feel like our own? Do they love like we do? Driven by his own love of dogs, Charles Darwin was nagged by questions like these. To root ou ...Show more
Horizons: A Global History of Science by James Poskett
32.00 NZD
Category: History
A radical retelling of the history of science that foregrounds the scientists erased from historyIn this major retelling of the history of science from 1450 to the present day, James Poskett explodes the myth that science began in Europe.The blinkered Western gaze focusing on individual 'genius' - Coper ...Show more
Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life by Peter Godfrey-Smith
25.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
'Brilliant' GuardianWaterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month (March) SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter? ...Show more
Essential Science: The Only Science Book You Will Ever Need by Brian Clegg
45.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Essential Science aims to be the most detailed, accessible and authoritative book of its kind. Each of the 34 discoveries is broken down into seven essential elements to aid comprehension and inform the reader about what really matters: THE ESSENTIAL IDEA: a concise summary of the idea or discovery that ...Show more
How the Brain Lost Its Mind - Sex, Hysteria, and the Riddle of Mental Illness by Allan H. Ropper; B. D. Burrell
25.00 NZD
Category: No Category
The remarkable, intertwined histories of neurology, psychiatry, neurosyphilis and hysteria, by the authors of the Sunday Times top ten bestseller Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole.
There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years by Mike Berners-Lee
21.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Feeding the world, climate change, biodiversity, antibiotics, plastics - the list of concerns seems endless. But what is most pressing, what are the knock-on effects of our actions, and what should we do first? Do we all need to become vegetarian? How can we fly in a low-carbon world? Should we frack? H ...Show more
The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla and Other Works (Leatherbound Classics) by Nikola Tesla; Thomas Commerford Martin
50.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir | Series: Leather-Bound Classics Ser.
Who was Nikola Tesla? Find out in this comprehensive volume that includes Tesla's autobiography and scientific writings, as well as other works that examine his life and career in detail. Nikola Tesla came from a humble upbringing in what is now Croatia and reached the heights of science and technol ...Show more