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9780007302567
Seeing Further : 350 years of the Royal Society and Scientific Endeavour order quantity
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NZ$ 55.00 each
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Author: Bill Bryson (ed)
Published by: Harper Collins
In Stock: 6
Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, and with contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, David Attenborough, Martin Rees and Richard Fortey amongst others, this is a remarkable volume celebrating the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society. On a damp weeknight in November, 350 years ago, a dozen or so men gathered at Gresham College in London. A twenty-eight year old -- and not widely famous -- Christopher Wren was giving a lecture on astronomy. As his audience listened to him speak, they decided that it would be a good idea to create a Society to promote the accumulation of useful knowledge. With that, the Royal Society was born. Since its birth, the Royal Society has pioneered scientific exploration and discovery. Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Robert Hooke, Robert Boyle, Joseph Banks, Humphry Davy, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, John Locke, Alexander Fleming -- all were fellows. Bill Bryson's favourite fellow ... more
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9781742371245
The Big Picture : Reflections on science, humanity and a quickly changing planet order quantity
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NZ$ 35.00 each
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Author: David Suzuki & Dave Robert Taylor
Published by: Allen & Unwin(Australia) Pty Ltd
In Stock: 5
Whether he's discussing how to reconcile economy with ecology, why a warmer world will result in more poison ivy, why Britney Spears gets more hits on Google than global warming does, or why we might need to start eating jellyfish for supper, David Suzuki points the direction we must take as a society if we hope to meet the environmental challenges we face in our still-young century. In this important and often provocative book Suzuki and Dave Robert Taylor look beyond our environmental problems to examine the forces that are preventing real change. The Big Picture puts key issues which face us today under the microscope. Covering suburban sprawl, sustainable transportation, food shortages, biodiversity, technology, public policy, and more, The Big Picture not only identifies the problems we face but proposes solid, science-based solutions. These engaging essays tell the story of a species struggling to come to grips with its own ... more
 
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9780061431661
The Best American Science Writing 2009 order quantity
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NZ$ 39.00 each
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Author: -
Published by: Baker & Taylor
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Edited by Pulitzer Prize-winning "New York Times" columnist and bestselling author Natalie Angier, "The Best American Science Writing 2009" collects into one volume the premier science writing of the year. Distinguished by new and impressive voices as well as some of the foremost names in science writing--Oliver Sacks and Atul Gawande among them--this anthology provides a comprehensive overview of where science has taken us--and where it is headed.

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9781847920034
100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know order quantity
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NZ$ 33.00 each
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Author: John Barrow
Published by: jonathan cape
In Stock: 2
'If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is' - John von Neumann. Mathematics can tell you things about the world that can't be learned in any other way. This hugely informative and wonderfully entertaining little book answers one hundred essential questions about existence. It unravels the knotty, clarifies the conundrums and sheds light into dark corners. From winning the lottery, placing bets at the races and escaping from bears to sports, Shakepeare, Google, game theory, drunks, divorce settlements and dodgy accounting; from chaos to infinity and everything in between, "100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know" has all the answers!
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9780007230143
Leviathan or, The Whale order quantity
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NZ$ 28.00 each
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Author: Philip Hoare
Published by: Fourth Estate
In Stock: 2
The story of a man's obsession with whales, which takes him on a personal, historical and biographical journey -- from his childhood to his fascination with Moby-Dick and his excursions whale-watching. All his life, Philip Hoare has been obsessed by whales, from the gigantic skeletons in London's Natural History Museum to adult encounters with the wild animals themselves. Whales have a mythical quality -- they seem to elide with dark fantasies of sea-serpents and antediluvian monsters that swim in our collective unconscious. In 'Leviathan', Philip Hoare seeks to locate and identify this obsession. What impelled Melville to write 'Moby-Dick'? After his book in 1851, no one saw whales in quite the same way again. This book is an investigation into what we know little about -- dark, shadowy creatures who swim below the depths, only to surface in a spray of spume. More than the story of the whale, it is also the story of our own ... more
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9781585423316
Napoleon's Buttons : How 17 Molecules Changed History order quantity
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NZ$ 33.00 each
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Author: Penny Le Couteur & Jay Burreson
Published by: Jeremy P. Tarcher
In Stock: 2
Napoleon's Buttons is the fascinating account of seventeen groups of molecules that have greatly influenced the course of history.

These molecules provided the impetus for early exploration, and made possible the voyages of discovery that ensued. The molecules resulted in grand feats of engineering and spurred advances in medicine and law; they determined what we now eat, drink, and wear. A change as small as the position of an atom can lead to enormous alterations in the properties of a substance - which, in turn, can result in great historical shifts.
With lively prose and an eye for colorful and unusual details, Le Couteur and Burreson offer a novel way to understand the shaping of civilization and the workings of our contemporary world.

First published 2003.
 
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9780547002590
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2009 order quantity
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NZ$ 37.00 each
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Author: -
Published by: Baker & Taylor
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Elizabeth Kolbert, one of today's leading environmental journalists, edits this year's volume of the finest science and nature writing. Bringing together promising new voices and prize-winning favorites, this collection is "a delight for any fan of popular science" ("Publishers Weekly").
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The Greatest Show on Earth : The evidence for evolution order quantity
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Author: Richard Dawkins
Published by: Bantam Press
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In The Greatest Show on Earth Richard Dawkins takes on creationists, including followers of 'Intelligent
Design' and all those who question the fact of evolution through natural selection. In this brilliant tour de force
he pulls together the incontrovertible evidence that underpins it. Like a detective arriving on the scene of a
crime, he sifts through fascinating layers of scientific facts and disciplines to build a cast-iron case: from the
living examples of natural selection around us in birds and insects; the 'time clocks' of trees and radioactive
dating that calibrate a timescale for evolution; the fossil record and the traces of our earliest ancestors; to
confirmation from molecular biology and genetics. All of this, and much more, bears witness to the truth of
evolution.
The Greatest Show on Earth comes at a critical time: systematic opposition to the truth of evolution is now
flourishing as never before, especially in ... more
 
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9780375751462
The Origin of Species (modern library) order quantity
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NZ$ 29.00 each
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Author: Charles Darwin
Published by: Random House USA Inc
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9780571244027
We Need to Talk About Kelvin order quantity
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NZ$ 35.00 each
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Author: Marcus Chown
Published by: Faber and Faber Ltd
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A hugely accessible exploration of the science of the everyday world around us.

Look around you. The reflection of your face in a window tells you that the universe is orchestrated by chance. The iron in a spot of blood on your finger tells you that somewhere out in space there is furnace at a temperature of 4.5 billion degrees. Your TV tells you that the universe had a beginning. In fact, your very existence tells you that this may not be the only universe but merely one among an infinity of others, stacked like the pages of a never-ending book.

Marcus Chown, author of Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You, takes familiar features of the world we know and shows how they can be used to explain profound truths about the ultimate nature of reality. His new book will change the way you see the world: with Chown as your guide, cutting-edge science is made clear and meaningful by a falling leaf, or a rose, or a starry night sky ...
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9781847240071
50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know order quantity
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NZ$ 30.00 each
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Author: Joanne Baker
Published by: Quercus
In Stock: 1
In this, the second volume in an important new series presenting core concepts across a range of critical areas of human knowledge, author Joanne Baker unravels the complexities of 20th-century scientific theory for a general readership. She explains ideas at the cutting-edge of scientific enquiry, making them comprehensible and accessible to the layperson.

First published 2007.
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9781847248527
50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know order quantity
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Author: Steven Schwartz
Published by: Quercus
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How different are men and women's brains? Does altruism really exist? Are our minds blank slates at birth? And do dreams reveal our unconscious desires? If you have you ever grappled with these concepts, or tried your hand as an amateur psychologist, 50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know could be just the book for you. Not only providing the answers to these questions and many more, this series of engaging and accessible essays explores each of the central concepts, as well as the arguments of key thinkers. Author Adrian Furnham offers expert and concise introductions to emotional behaviour, cognition, mental conditions - from stress to schizophrenia - rationality and personality development, amongst many others. This is a fascinating introduction to psychology for anyone interested in understanding the human mind.
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9780230744295
59 Seconds : Think a little, change a lot order quantity
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Author: Richard Wiseman
Published by: Macmillan General Books
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In "59 Seconds", psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman presents a fresh approach to change that helps people achieve their aims and ambitions in minutes, not months. From mood to memory, persuasion to procrastination, and resilience to relationships, Wiseman outlines the research supporting this new science of rapid change, and describes how these quick and quirky techniques can be incorporated into everyday life. Think a little, change a lot. This title helps to: discover why even thinking about going to the gym can help you keep in shape; learn how pot plants make you more creative; and, find out why putting a pencil between your teeth instantly makes you happier. 'At last, a self-help guide that is based on proper research. Perfect for busy, curious, smart people' - Simon Singh, author of "Fermat's Last Theorem". 'A triumph of scientifically proven advice over misleading myths of self-help. Challenging, uplifting and long overdue' ... more
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9780593056974
A Briefer History of Time order quantity
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NZ$ 35.00 each
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Author: Stephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow
Published by: Bantam Press
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Stephen Hawking's worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Its author's engaging voice is one reason, and the compelling subjects he addresses is another: the nature of space and time, the role of God in creation, the history and future of the universe.
But it is also true that in the years since its publication, readers have repeatedly told Professor Hawking of their great difficulty in understanding some of the book's most important concepts. This is the origin of and the reason for A Briefer History of Time: its author's wish to make its content accessible to readers - as well as to bring it up-to-date with the latest scientific observations and findings. Although this book is literally somewhat 'briefer', it actually expands on the great subjects of the original. Purely technical concepts, such as the mathematics of chaotic boundary conditions, are gone. ... more
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9780571250592
Afterglow of Creation : Decoding the message from the beginning of time (revised edition 2010) order quantity
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Author: Marcus Chown
Published by: Faber and Faber
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It's the oldest fossil in creation. It accounts for 99.9 percent of all the light in the Universe. Its discoverers mistook it for the 'glow' of pigeon droppings (yet still carried off the Nobel prize). The discovery in 1992 of 'cosmic ripples' - slight variations in the temperature of radiation left over from the Big Bang - led to sensational headlines and a scramble among scientists to claim credit. 'It's like seeing the face of God', declared one of the researchers. In this new and fully revised edition of "Afterglow of Creation", Marcus Chown goes behind the hype and the hysteria to provide a clear and lively explanation of one of the biggest discoveries in modern science - and a brilliant picture of what happened next.
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Amazing Rare Things order quantity
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Author: Sir David Attenborough
Published by: Kales Press
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The Royal Collection, held at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace and Holyroodhouse, has been shaped by royal taste over five hundred years. In "Amazing Rare Things", the collection's natural history artworks are supplemented by an introduction and commentary by David Attenborough. This exploration of the natural world from the late fifteenth century to the early eighteenth century represents a period when European knowledge of the world was transformed by voyages of discovery to the farthest reaches of Africa, Asia, America and beyond. Included are works by Leonardo da Vinci and other artists and collectors of their time who embraced the natural riches of their ever-expanding world and whose legacies help us to understand our continuing relationship with the natural world.
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9781846142550
A Mess of Iguanas, A Whoop of Gorillas...An amazement of animal facts order quantity
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NZ$ 35.00 each
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Author: Alon Shulman (illus Andy Watt)
Published by: Particular Books (Penguin)
In Stock: 1

Which animal would you find in a Dazzle, a Crash, a Flamboyance, a Boogle or a Bloat? Why on earth is a group of crows known as a Murder? And were you aware that jellyfish don't have brains, a goat's pupils are rectangular, or that herrings communicate via bubbles from their bottoms? This is the most complete list of animal group names ever, with more ways of describing collections of creatures than you'll find anywhere else. And it contains the most utterly astonishing yet utterly true animal facts, covering 146 creatures from ants to zebras and a whole menagerie inbetween ...Welcome to Alon Shulman's miscellany of animal madness.

First published 2009.
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9780230201828
Ancestral Roots order quantity
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NZ$ 60.00 each
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Author: Timothy Clack
Published by: Palgrave Macmillan
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Many of the areas covered in the book are hot topics, such as environmental destruction and obesity. The author has written articles for many popular science magazines. We are approaching the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth, and 150 years since the "On the Origin of Species" was published, so books covering evolution, human evolution etc are going to be in the media.Human evolution explains how we have found ourselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. Issues of modern living; depression, obesity, and environmental destruction, can be understood in relation to our evolutionary past. An awareness of this past and its relation to the present can help limit their impact on the future.
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9780099238126
Archimedes and the Fulcrum (The Big Idea) order quantity
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Author: Strathern Paul
Published by: Arrow Publishing
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One of a popular-science series presenting straightforward accounts of great discoveries. This is the story of Archimedes, who transformed early mathematics but is best known for his contributions to science. It describes how his work led to technological advances throughout history.
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9780552997041
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Author: Bill Bryson
Published by: Black Swan
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Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely in his own study at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us. Bill Bryson's challenge is to take subjects that normally bore the pants off most of us, like geology, chemistry and particle physics, and see if there isn't some way to render them comprehensible to people who have never thought they could be interested in science. It's not so much about what we know, as how we know what we know. How do we know what is in the centre of the earth, or what a black hole is, or where the continents were 600 million years ago? How did anyone ever figure these things out? On his travels through time and space he encounters a ... more
 
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