Our Moon: A Human History by Rebecca Boyle
39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
'I learned more about the Moon by reading this book than after a lifetime of study'CHRIS HADFIELD, author of An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth'Boyle's writing shines, shifting through time and space, science and sentiment; a luminous read'REBECCA WRAGG SYKES, author of Kindred'A riveting feat of sci ...Show more
Everything Is Predictable: How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the World by Tom Chivers
39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Thomas Bayes was an eighteenth-century Presbyterian minister and amateur mathematician whose obscure life belied the profound impact of his work. Like most research into probability at the time, his theorem was mainly seen as relevant to games of chance, like dice and cards. But its implications soon be ...Show more
Why We Remember: The Science of Memory and How it Shapes Us by Charan Ranganath
39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
A radical re-examination of memory by pioneering neuroscientist and internationally-renowned memory researcher, Charan Ranganath. We talk about memory as a record of the past, but here's a surprising twist: we aren't supposed to remember everything. In fact, we're designed to forget. Over the course of ...Show more
To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey N. Walker
65.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Linked to a special mini season of the award-winning StarTalk podcast, this enlightening illustrated narrative by the world's most celebrated astrophysicist explains the universe from the solar system to the farthest reaches of space with authority and humor. No one can make the mysteries of the univers ...Show more
Psychedelics: The revolutionary drugs that could change your life by Professor David Nutt
39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
We are on the cusp of a major revolution in psychiatric medicine and neuroscience. After fifty years of prohibition, criminalisation and fear, science is finally showing us that psychedelics are not dangerous or harmful. Instead, when used according to tested, safe and ethical guidelines, they are our m ...Show more
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human by Siddhartha Mukherjee
35.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
From the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene, the stunning odyssey of the cell - the key to life and ourselves**A NEW YORK TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, ECONOMIST, MAIL ON SUNDAY and GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR**'Will leave you in awe' GuardianFrom the dawn of ...Show more
Interstellar - The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future Beyond Earth by Avi Loeb
39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
'LOEB IS AN ASTRONOMICAL SHERLOCK HOLMES' Washington Post'A JOY IN CONJECTURE AND AN OMNIVOROUS SPIRIT OF INQUIRY. . . CARL SAGAN WOULD HAVE LIKED THIS BOOK' The TimesIn 2017, Avi Loeb, Chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department, went public with a theory that shook the scientific community - our solar sys ...Show more
How to Expect the Unexpected: The Science of Making Predictions and the Art of Knowing When Not To by Kit Yates
39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
· Are you more likely to become a professional footballer if your surname is Ball? · How can you be one hundred per cent sure you will win a bet? · Why did so many Pompeiians stay put while Mount Vesuvius was erupting? · How do you prevent a nuclear war? Ever since the dawn of human civilisation, we ha ...Show more
Quantum Physics - From Schrödingers Cat to Antimatter by Sten F. Odenwald
19.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Remember The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting by Lisa Genova
28.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
A fascinating exploration of the intricacies of how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do to protect our memories, from the Harvard-trained neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Alice. Have you ever felt a crushing wave of panic when you can't for the life of you remember the name of t ...Show more
Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution by Richard Dawkins
24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The Wonder of Flight. The Science of Evolution. From both, Richard Dawkins weaves a fascinating and beautifully illustrated account of how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies. Do you sometimes dream you can fly like a bird? Gliding effortlessly above the ...Show more
The Body Illustrated: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
75.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
A new, beautifully illustrated edition of the Number One Bestseller and Sunday Times Science Book of the Year, which takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. A directory of wonders' - Guardian 'Jaw-dropping' -The Times 'It is a feat of narrative skill to bake so many facts in ...Show more