Making Sense: Conversations on Consciousness, Morality, and the Future of Humanity by Sam Harris
38.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
"Civilization rests on a series of successful conversations." Sam Harris, has been exploring some of the greatest questions concerning the human mind, society, and the events that shape our world. Harris' search for deeper understanding of how we think has led him to engage and exchange with some of ou ...Show more
The Rules of Contagion by Adam Kucharski
32.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
'It is hard to imagine a more timely book ... much of the modern world will make more sense having read it.' The Times'Brilliant and authoritative' - Alex Bellos, author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland A deadly virus suddenly explodes into the population. A political movement gathers pace, and then q ...Show more
The Idea of the Brain: A History by Matthew Cobb
69.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
We've been trying to make sense of the link between our minds and our bodies since the very dawn of civilisation. Now the pace is hotting up. Join the biologist and historian Matthew Cobb (Life's Greatest Secret) to explore the weird theories, blasphemous experiments and terrifying operating theatres t ...Show more
Notes From An Apocalypse - A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back by Mark O'Connell
32.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
From the prize-winning author of To Be a Machine - meet the men and women preparing for the end of the world In the remote mountains of Scotland, in high-tech bunkers in South Dakota and in the lush valleys of New Zealand, small groups of determined men and women are getting ready. They are environment ...Show more
The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Maths Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets by Graham Farmelo
24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
'A superbly written, riveting book.' Martin ReesSearching for the fundamental laws of the universe, physicists have found themselves developing ambitious mathematical ideas. But without observation and experiment as their guide, are they now doing 'fairy-tale physics' as their detractors claim? In The ...Show more
Rewilding - The Radical New Science of Ecological Recovery by Paul Jepson; Cain Blythe
22.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Hot Science Ser.
The ground-breaking science behind ambitious new schemes for restoring lost natural systems.
Outbreaks and Epidemics by Meera Senthilingam
22.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Hot Science Ser.
The latest title in Icon's Hot Science series, exploring the cutting edge of science and technology. For centuries mankind has waged war against the infections that, left untreated, would have the power to wipe out communities, or even entire populations. Yet for all our advanced scientific knowledge, o ...Show more
Do Dice Play God? - The Mathematics of Uncertainty by Ian Stewart
24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Professor Ian Stewart explores the development and limits of the mathematics that tame uncertainty.
The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative by Florence Williams
29.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
For centuries, poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods: Beethoven drew inspiration from rocks and trees; Wordsworth composed while tromping over the heath; Nikola Tesla conceived the electric motor while visiting a park. Intrigued by our storied renewal in the natural world, ...Show more
Brilliant Green - The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence by Stefano Mancuso; Alessandra Viola; Joan Benham (Translator); Michael Pollan (Foreword by)
44.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Are plants intelligent? Can they solve problems, communicate, and navigate their surroundings? Or are they passive, incapable of independent action or social behavior? Philosophers and scientists have pondered these questions since ancient Greece, most often concluding that plants are unthinking and ine ...Show more
In Oceans Deep - Courage, Innovation, and Adventure Beneath the Waves by Bill Streever
29.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
In this masterful account in the spirit of Bill Bryson and Ian Frazier, a longtime deep-sea diver masterfully weaves together the science and history of Earth's last remaining frontier: the sea.In an age of unprecedented exploration and innovation, our oceans remain largely unknown, and endlessly fascin ...Show more
The Number Bias by Sanne Blauw
37.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Even if you don't consider yourself a numbers person, you are a numbers person. The time has come to put numbers in their place. Not high up on a pedestal, or out on the curb, but right where they belong: beside words. It is not an overstatement to say that numbers dictate the way we live our lives. Th ...Show more