The Ascent of Gravity - The quest to understand the force that explains everything by Marcus Chown
37.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
Gravity is the weakest force in the everyday world yet it is the strongest force in the universe. It was the first force to be recognised and described yet it is the least understood. It is a 'force' that keeps your feet on the ground yet no such force actually exists. Gravity, to steal the words of Win ...Show more
Where the Universe Came from: How Einstein's Relativity Unlocks the Past, Present and Future of the Cosmos by New Scientist
34.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: New Scientist Instant Expert
WHY GENERAL RELATIVITY LEAVES UNFINISHED BUSINESS WITH THE COSMOS A little over a century ago, a young Albert Einstein presented his general theory of relativity to the world and utterly transformed our understanding of the universe. He overturned centuries of thinking about gravity by revealing how it ...Show more
30-Second Biology: The 50 Most Thought-Provoking Theories of Life, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Nick Battey; Mark Fellowes
22.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: 30 Second | Reading Level: very good
The 50 most thought-provoking theories of life, each explained in half a minute. 30-Second Biology tackles the vital science of life, dissecting the 50 most thought-provoking theories of our ecosystem and ourselves. At a time when discoveries in DNA allow us to feel more connected than ever to the natur ...Show more
Go Figure And Other Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know: The Economist Explains by Tom Standage
24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Want to know how a tattoo affects your job prospects, which James Bond drinks the most martinis, or how to make an invisibility cloak? We have the answers. The news cycle moves fast, and as one story is swiftly replaced by another, underlying causes and bigger (and smaller) questions often go unexplored ...Show more
Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets by Simon Singh
24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Some have seen philosophy embedded in episodes of The Simpsons; others have detected elements of psychology and religion. Simon Singh, bestselling author of Fermat's Last Theorem, The Code Book and The Big Bang, instead makes the compelling case that what The Simpsons' writers are most passionate about ...Show more
The Boy Who Played with Fusion: Extreme Science, Extreme Parenting and How to Make a Star by Tom Clynes
24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
By the age of nine, Taylor had mastered the science of rocket propulsion. At eleven, his grandmother's cancer diagnosis inspired him to seek new ways to produce medical isotopes. And by fourteen, Taylor had built a reactor which produces temperatures hotter than the sun, becoming the youngest person i ...Show more
How Long is Now?: Fascinating Answers to 191 Mind-Boggling Questions by New Scientist Magazine Staff; New Scientist Staff
27.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
A Sunday Times bestseller How long is 'now'? The short answer is 'somewhere between 2 and 3 seconds'. The long answer involves an incredible journey through neuroscience, our subconscious and the time-bending power of meditation. Living in the present may never feel the same. Ready for some more? Okay ...Show more
Wonder Women by Sam Maggs
35.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Ever heard of Allied spy Noor Inayat Khan, a Muslim woman whom the Nazis considered highly dangerous? Or German painter and entomologist Maria Sibylla Merian, who planned and embarked on the world s first scientific expedition? How about Huang Daopo, the inventor who fled an abusive child marriage only ...Show more
Adam Spencer's Time Machine by Adam Spencer
34.77 NZD
39.99 (13% off)
Category: Popular Science
Following the runaway success of his Big Book of Numbers and World of Numbers (2015), Adam Spencer is back with a fascinating - and fun! - romp through history. Starting with the big bang and ending in the present day (with a few glimpses of the future for good measure) Time Machine is a history book un ...Show more
The Alphabet from Space by Adam Voiland
39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
'"A". What begins with "A"? There is Antarctica and the Arctic, algal blooms, acid rain and the atmosphere. And aerosols altering an astronaut's view of this ancient assemblage of rock in a state adjacent to Arizona...' Most of us have looked up at clouds and seen faces, objects and animals scudding ac ...Show more
The Science of Game of Thrones by Helen Keen
39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Award-winning comedian and popular-science writer Helen Keen uncovers the astounding science behind the world's most popular television show, answering questions such as: Do dragons actually exist? What really happened when royal families interbreed? How does wildfire win wars? Can you really kill someo ...Show more
Reality is Not What it Seems by Carlo Rovelli
45.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
From the best-selling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics comes a new book about the mind-bending nature of the universe What are time and space made of? Where does matter come from? And what exactly is reality? Scientist Carlo Rovelli has spent his whole life exploring these questions and pushing ...Show more