A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
30.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Bryson | Reading Level: very good
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him.A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got ...Show more
An Appetite For Wonder: The Making of a Scientist by Richard Dawkins
27.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
Born to parents who were enthusiastic naturalists, and linked through his wider family to a clutch of accomplished scientists, Richard Dawkins was bound to have biology in his genes. But what were the influences that shaped his life? And who inspired him to become the pioneering scientist and public thi ...Show more
Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
30.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution--a #1 international bestseller--that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human." One hundred thousand years ago, at least six ...Show more
Pathogenesis by Jonathan Kennedy
30.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK A TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR A SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Powerfully argued... Fascinating and pacy' Sunday Times, Book of the Week 'Superbly written... sure to please readers of Yuval Noah Harari or Rutger Bregman' The Times 'Full of amazing facts' Observ ...Show more
Why We Die: The New Science of Ageing and the Quest for Immortality by Venki Ramakrishnan
39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The knowledge of death is so terrifying that we live most of our lives in denial of it. Our fear of death has underpinned our religions, inspired our cultures, and also driven our science. Today we are living through a revolution in biology. Giant strides are being made in our understanding of why we a ...Show more
Aging with Grace by David Snowdon
29.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
This text reveals research that has transformed scientists' understanding of healthy ageing and shows what everyone can do to help prevent Alzheimer's disease. One of the world's leading experts on Alzheimer's disease, David Snowdon, is the director of the "Nun Study", a long term research project invol ...Show more
A Book of Noises: Notes on the Auraculous by Caspar Henderson
39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
A wide-ranging exploration of the sounds that shape our world in invisible yet significant ways.The crackling of a campfire. The scratch, hiss, and pop of a vinyl record. The first glug of wine as it is poured from a bottle. These are just a few of writer Caspar Henderson's favorite sounds. In A Book of ...Show more
The Selfish Gene: 40th Anniversary Edition by Richard Dawkins
32.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Oxford Landmark Science Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought. Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution - a view gi ...Show more
Silk: A History in Three Metamorphoses by Aarathi Prasad
42.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global history, natural history, and future ...Show more
Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth by Avi Loeb
27.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
New York Times Bestseller Wall Street Journal Bestseller Publishers Weekly Bestseller Publishers Marketplace 2020 Buzz Book Amazon Best Book of the Year Longlisted for the 2022 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "Provocative and thrilling ... Loeb asks us to think big and to expect the u ...Show more
Ten Trips: The Reality of Psychedelics by Andrew Mitchell; Andy Mitchell
40.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
In Ten Trips neuropsychologist Andy Mitchell takes ten different psychedelic drugs in ten different settings, puncturing the hype while providing the fullest picture yet of their limitlessly fascinating possibilities.Once demonised and still largely illegal, psychedelic drugs are now officially a 'break ...Show more
What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
29.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
'Nerd royalty' Ben Goldacre'Laugh-out-loud funny' Bill Gates'Totally brilliant' Tim HarfordWHAT IF you still had so many more strange questions about the universe?And WHAT IF Randall Munroe, former NASA roboticist and xkcd creator, were prepared to move mountains, fill the solar system with soup and alt ...Show more