The Universe in Your Hand: A Journey Through Space, Time and Beyond by Christophe Galfard
24.99 NZD
Category: Space
Imagine if The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy were a real, practical book about the mysteries of the universe...The Universe In Your Hand takes us on a wonder-filled journey to the surface of our dying Sun, shrinks us to the size of an atom and puts us in the deathly grip of distant Black Holes. Along ...Show more
Easy as Pi: Maths Made Simple by Liz Strachan
34.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
If you're brilliant at everything else, but lack confidence when it comes to maths, join Liz Strachan, a maths teacher with many, many years of experience, on this magical tour through the seeming mysteries of numbers, algebra and geometry. In the same inimitable, entertaining way she did in her previou ...Show more
The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar by Matt Simon
34.99 NZD
Category: Evolution / Biology
For fans of WHAT IF? and NEW SCIENTIST comes Matt Simon's THE WASP THAT BRAINWASHED THE CATERPILLAR, a brilliantly funny and informative look at the stranger side of evolution. Featuring: The Zombie ants mind-controlled by a fungus Beautiful salamanders that can regenerate any part of their bodies, incl ...Show more
Thing Explainer - Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe
39.99 NZD
Category: Science And Nature | Reading Level: very good
Have you ever tried to learn more about some incredible thing, only to be frustrated by incomprehensible jargon? Randall Munroe is here to help. In Thing Explainer, he uses line drawings and only the thousand (or, rather, "ten hundred") most common words to provide simple explanations for some of the mo ...Show more
New Scientist: The Origin of (Almost) Everything: From the Big Bang to Belly-Button Fluff (HB) by New Scientist Magazine Staff; Stephen Hawking; Jennifer Daniel (Illustrator); Graham Lawton
49.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
From what actually happened in the Big Bang to the accidental discovery of post-it notes, the history of science is packed with surprising discoveries. Did you know, for instance, that if you were to get too close to a black hole it would suck you up like a noodle (it's called spaghettification), why yo ...Show more
Boom! 50 Fantastic Science Experiments to Try at Home With Your Kids by Chris Smith
24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Want to know how to create fireworks from a crisp packet? Turn rice into quicksand? Generate a cloud in a lemonade bottle? How about build a toaster-powered hot air balloon, or work out the speed of light using margarine and a microwave? In this book, you'll find these and over 40 more incredible experi ...Show more
Elephants on Acid From Zombie Kittens to Tickling Machines: The Most Outrageous Experiments from the History of Science by Alex Boese
24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Have you ever wondered if a severed head retains consciousness long enough to see what happened to it? Or whether your dog would run to fetch help, if you fell down a disused mineshaft? And what would happen if you were to give an elephant the largest ever single dose of LSD? The chances are that someon ...Show more
E=mc2 by David Bodanis
24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
'By the end of the astonishing E=mc2, a dedicated reader will have achieved, if only by osmosis, an understanding of Einstein's theory of relativity and feel quite at ease dining with Nobel Prize winners. It's a lucid, even thrilling study: the very best kind of science journalism. I didn't know I could ...Show more
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky
35.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Women in Science
It's a scientific fact: Women rock! A charmingly illustrated and educational book, New York Times best seller Women in Science highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from the ancient to the modern world. Full of strik ...Show more
The Doctor by Karl Kruszelnicki
39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Our timeless Lord of Science, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, is back - in this, his 37th book. Once again, The Doctor's mission has been to interpret the beauty and the mystery of the scientific world around us - alerting us to the complexities and conundrums of the everyday. He transcends history and space in h ...Show more
Animalium (Welcome to the Museum) by Jenny Broom (Editor); Katie Scott (Editor)
49.99 NZD
Category: Science And Nature | Series: Welcome to the Museum
Animalium presents the animal kingdom in glorious detail with illustrations from Katie Scott, an unparalleled new talent. Welcome to the Museum is a series of books set on the "walls" of the printed page, showcasing the world's finest collections of objects -- from natural history to art. Open 365 d ...Show more
Aliens Science from the Other Side by Jim Al-Khalili
22.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The ALIENS invasion is coming ...It's the biggest question we've ever faced, one that has fascinated generations of humans: do aliens exist? If they did, what would they look like? How would they think? And what would it mean for us if we found them? Here, Professor Jim Al-Khalili blasts off in search o ...Show more