How Things Work - The Inner Life of Everyday Machines (HB) by Theodore Gray; Nick Mann (Photographer)
50.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Million-copy bestselling author of The Elements, Molecules, and Reactions Theodore Gray applies his trademark mix of engaging stories, real-time experiments, and stunning photography to the inner workings of machines, big and small, revealing the extraordinary science, beauty, and rich history of everyd ...Show more
Stuff You Should Know: An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things by Josh Clark, Chuck Bryant
38.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
From the duo behind the massively successful and award-winning podcast Stuff You Should Know comes an unexpected look at things you thought you knew.Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant started the podcast Stuff You Should Know back in 2008 because they were curious - curious about the world around them, curious ...Show more
Cats vs Dogs - 99 Scientific Answers to Weird and Wonderful Questions about Animals by New Scientist
30.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Informative, surprising and hilarious, New Scientist tackles questions about the animal kingdom from readers in the magazine's popular 'Last Word' column. This book brings together the best of the bunch:Why do millipedes have so many legs?Will we ever speak dolphin?Do geese always fly in a V formation?A ...Show more
Seven Pillars of Science: The Incredible Lightness of Ice, and Other Scientific Surprises by John Gribbin
35.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The seven fundamental - and surprising - scientific truths of our existence. John Gribbin, author of Six Impossible Things, shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize, presents a tour of seven fundamental scientific truths that underpin our very existence. These 'pillars o ...Show more
Symphony in C - Carbon and the Evolution of (Almost) Everything by Robert Hazen
28.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
An enchanting biography of the most resonant - and most necessary - chemical element on Earth. Carbon. It is the building block of every cell that makes up every living thing. It is the essential component of the food we eat, the fuel we burn, the wood we use and the air we breathe. It is worth billion ...Show more
Lost Connections: Why You're Depressed and How to Find Hope by Johann Hari
25.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Depression and anxiety are now at epidemic levels. Why? Across the world, scientists have uncovered evidence for nine different causes. Some are in our biology, but most are in the way we are living today. Lost Connections offers a radical new way of thinking about this cris ...Show more
Eclipse - Our Sky's Most Dazzling Phenomenon by Kelsey Oseid
37.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Discover the ancient myths and fascinating science of the world's most striking celestial phenomena--eclipses--in this educational, beautifully illustrated guide by the acclaimed author of What We See in the Stars. Awe-inspiring, majestic, and always a little otherworldly, eclipses have captivated our i ...Show more
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham
40.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster by New York Times-bestselling author Adam Higginbotham, based on fascinating new archival research and in-depth reporting - a riveting history that reads like a thriller From the New York Times-bestselling aut ...Show more
Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka
40.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
From one of the New Yorker's most exciting young writers: a brilliant breakdown of how algorithms have shaped our physical and artistic worlds. The early promise of a free Internet is long gone. Now, rather than allowing us a meaningful relationship with a range of content of our choosing, algorithms ha ...Show more
Moons: The Mysteries and Marvels of our Solar System by Kate Howells
50.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
ALMOST EVERY PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM HAS ONE, SO WHY DO WE KNOW SO LITTLE ABOUT MOONS? Join astronomer Kate Howells on an interplanetary voyage to explore the mind-boggling moons of our solar system, from the volcanic hellscape of Io to the ice mountains and methane seas of Titan. Beautifully illustr ...Show more
Machines A Visual History by Dominic Chinea
65.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The Repair Shop's Dom Chinea takes you on an exploration of more than 120 essential machines found in the workshops and studios of the world's finest artisans and heritage craftspeople. Having covered tools in his first book, Dominic Chinea turns his attention to machines. Featuring more than 120 machin ...Show more
Vessel - A Novel by Lisa A. Nichols
38.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Perfect for fans of Dark Matter and The Martian, an astronaut returns to Earth after losing her entire crew in an inexplicable disaster in this tense, psychological thriller filled with "eerie and taut storytelling" (Newsweek). But is her version of what happened the truth...or is there more to the stor ...Show more