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30-Second Einstein: The 50 Fundamentals of His Work, Life and Legacy, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Brian Clegg
22.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: 30 Second
The 50 fundamentals of his work, life and legacy, each explained in half a minute Spend 30 seconds a day in the company of a colossus from the world of science, and you will soon have his whole story-both his scientific attainments and his extraordinary life-in your head. Einstein was not only an unpara ...Show more
Conundrum - Crack the Ultimate Cipher Challenge! by Brian Clegg
22.99 NZD
Category: Games/Puzzles
The ultimate trial of knowledge and cunning, Enigma features 200 cryptic puzzles and ciphers. The solutions link throughout the book - so you need to solve them all to get to the final round. With a focus on ciphers and codebreaking, Enigma contains twenty sections, each built around a specific subject ...Show more
Dark Matter and Dark Energy by Brian Clegg
22.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Hot Science Ser.
All the matter and light we can see in the universe makes up a trivial 5per cent of everything. The rest is hidden. This could be the biggest puzzle that science has everfaced. Since the 1970s,astronomers have been aware that galaxies have far too little matter in them toaccount for the way they spin ar ...Show more
Everyday Chaos - The Mathematics of Unpredictability, from the Weather to the Stock Market by Brian Clegg
50.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Chaos and complexity explained, with illuminating examples ranging from unpredictable pendulums to London's wobbly Millennium Bridge.The math we are taught in school is precise and only deals with simple situations. Reality is far more complex. Trying to understand a system with multiple interacting com ...Show more
Quantum Computing - The Transformative Technology of the Qubit Revolution by Brian Clegg
22.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The ultimate non-technical guide to the fast-developing world of quantum computing.
Scientifica Historia: How the World's Great Science Books Chart the History of Knowledge by Brian Clegg
45.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction General | Series: Liber Historica Ser. | Reading Level: good-very good
Scientifica Historica is a unique, essay-based review of those books that marked the development of science from classical times to the new millennium. The result is a fascinating chronological exploration of human endeavour within the context of society, politics and even the military, where the twists ...Show more
Ten Days in Physics that Shook the World: How Physicists Changed Everyday Life by Brian Clegg
27.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The breakthroughs that have had the most transformative practical impacts, from thermodynamics to the Internet. Physics informs our understanding of how the world works - but more than that, key breakthroughs in physics have transformed everyday life. We journey back to ten separate days in history to u ...Show more
Ten Days in Physics that Shook the World: How Physicists Transformed Everyday Life by Brian Clegg
27.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The breakthroughs that have had the most transformative practical impacts, from thermodynamics to the Internet.
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