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Ten Billion Tomorrows by Brian Clegg
50.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Science fiction is a vital part of popular culture, influencing the way we all look at the world. TV shows like "Star Trek "and movies from "Forbidden Planet" to "Inception" have influenced scientists to enter the profession and have shaped our futures. Science fiction doesn't set out to predict what wi ...Show more
Ten Days in Physics that Shook the World: How Physicists Changed Everyday Life by Brian Clegg
28.00 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 Physicists Who Transformed Our Understanding of Reality by Brian Clegg
25.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Acclaimed popular-science writer Brian Clegg and popular TV and radio astronomer Rhodri Evans give us a Top Ten list of physicists as the central theme to build an exploration of the most exciting breakthroughs in physics, looking not just at the science, but also the fascinating lives of the scientists ...Show more
The Quantum Age: How the Physics of the Very Small has Transformed Our Lives by Brian Clegg
37.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The stone age, the iron age, the steam and electrical ages all saw the reach of humankind transformed by new technology. Now we are living in the quantum age, a revolution in everyday life led by our understanding of the very, very small. Today, technologies based on quantum physics account for 30 per c ...Show more
The Universe Inside You: The Extreme Science of the Human Body from Quantum Theory to the Mysteries of the Brain by Brian Clegg
37.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Fascinating facts and mind-boggling science of the human body. Built from the debris of exploding stars that floated through space for billions of years, home to a zoo of tiny aliens, and controlled by a brain with more possible connections than there are atoms in the universe, the human body is the mo ...Show more
The Universe Inside You: The Extreme Science of the Human Body from Quantum Theory to the Mysteries of the Brain by Brian Clegg
29.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Built from the debris of exploding stars that floated through space for billions of years, home to a zoo of tiny aliens, and controlled by a brain with more possible connections than there are atoms in the universe, the human body is the most incredible thing in existence. In the sequel to his bestselli ...Show more
What Do You Think You Are?: The Science of What Makes You You by Brian Clegg
37.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The popular science equivalent of the TV show Who Do You Think You Are?
What If Einstein Was Wrong?: Asking the Big Questions About Physics by Brian Clegg
40.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: What If?
Asking the big questions about physics. What if...? are the two words that sow the seeds for human speculation, experimentation, invention, evolution, revolution, and change. In an uncertain age, economists are asking, What if growth stopped growing?; scientists, What if light speed were overtaken?; and ...Show more