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A Human's Guide to the Future by Jordan Nguyen
$40.00 NZD
Category: Sciences
TECHNOLOGY IS EVOLVING AT THE FASTEST RATE WE'VE EVER SEEN, BUT IT MAY BE THE SLOWEST RATE WE'LL EVER SEE AGAIN! What does this mean for the future of the human race? Do we resist these changes or embrace them?Australian biomedical engineer, inventor and visionary Dr Jordan Nguyen has lived a life of cu ...Show more
The Human Cosmos: A Secret History of the Stars by Jo Marchant
$33.00 NZD
Category: Sciences
For most of human history, we have led not just an earthly existence but a cosmic one. Celestial cycles drove every aspect of our daily lives. Our innate relationship with the stars shaped who we are - our religious beliefs, power structures, scientific advances and even our biology. But over the last f ...Show more
Entangled Life - How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake
$40.00 NZD
Category: Sciences
'A dazzling, vibrant, vision-changing book. Sentence after sentence stopped me short. I ended it wonderstruck at the fungal world. A remarkable work by a remarkable writer' - ROBERT MACFARLANE, author of Underland. There is a lifeform so strange and wondrous that it forces us to rethink how life works. ...Show more
Overkill: When modern medicine goes too far by Paul Offit
$38.00 NZD
Category: Sciences
An acclaimed medical expert and patient advocate offers an eye-opening look at many common and widely used medical interventions that are far more harmful than helpful. Modern medicine has significantly advanced in the last few decades as more informed practices, thorough research, and incredible break ...Show more
Letters from an Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson
$24.00 NZD
Category: Sciences
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has attracted one of the world's largest online followings with his fascinating, widely accessible insights into science and our universe. Now, Tyson invites us to go behind the scenes of his public fame by unveiling his candid correspondence with people across the glo ...Show more
No One is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg
$10.00 NZD
Category: Sciences
'Everything needs to change. And it has to start today.' In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, decided not to go to school one day. Her actions ended up sparking a global movement for action against the climate crisis, inspiring millions of pupils to go on strike for our plane ...Show more
Numbers Don't Lie - 73 Things about the World You Need to Know by Vaclav Smil
$40.00 NZD
Category: Sciences
Is flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy? From earth's nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world - and how all of this affects the planet itself - in Numbers Don't Lie, Pr ...Show more
How the Brain Lost Its Mind by Allan Ropper; Brian David Burrell
$33.00 NZD
Category: Sciences
In 1882, Jean-Martin Charcot was the premiere physician in Paris, having just established a neurology clinic at the infamous Salpetriere Hospital, a place that was called a 'grand asylum of huma misery'. Assessing the dismal conditions, he quickly set up to upgrade the facilities, and in doing so, revol ...Show more
Mysteries of the Quantum Universe by Thibault Damour; Mathieu Burniat
$30.00 NZD
Category: Sciences
The bestselling French graphic novel about the mind-bending world of quantum physics Take an incredible journey through the quantum universe with explorer Bob and his dog Rick, as they travel through a world of wonders, talk to Einstein about atoms, hang out with Heisenberg on Heligoland and eat crepes ...Show more
Puppy Zen by Mark Vette
$45.00 NZD
Category: Sciences
A comprehensive guide to puppy training by Mark Vette, of Pound Pups to Dog Stars fame. Mark's first book Dog Zen had just 40 pages on puppies - this book goes into full detail about all ages and stages, and how to do the right thing at the right time. Following a quick look at the role of pups within ...Show more
Neurotribes by Steve Silberman
$28.00 NZD
Category: Sciences
Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize Shortlisted for the MJA Health Book of the Year Award Shortlisted for the BMA Medical Book Awards A Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Foreword by Oliver Sacks What is autism: a devastating developmenta ...Show more
Europe: A Natural History by Tim Flannery
$40.00 NZD
Category: Sciences
It is hard to overstate just how unusual Europe was towards the end of the age of the dinosaurs. It was a dynamic island arc whose individual landmasses were made up of diverse geological types, including ancient continental fragments, raised segments of oceanic crust, and land newly minted by volcanic ...Show more
