The Magic of Reality: How we know what's really true by Richard Dawkins
$27.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
An inspiring introduction to science and a fascinating exploration of the natural world. Magic takes many forms. The ancient Egyptians explained the night by suggesting that the goddess Nut swallowed the sun. The Vikings believed a rainbow was the gods' bridge to earth. The Japanese used to explain ea ...Show more
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins
$27.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.
Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape by Cal Flyn
$24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
THE SUNDAY TIMES' BESTSELLER AND SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT CONSERVATION AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE This is a book about abandoned places: ghost to ...Show more
Chatter: The Voice in Our Head and How to Harness It by Ethan Kross
$24.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Turn your inner voice from critic to coach As humans, we all have a special ability that is unique to our species: an inner voice. It helps us focus, achieve our goals and reflect on life's most joyful moments. But it can also be our biggest enemy, chewing over painful emotions and replaying embarrassme ...Show more
Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel
$26.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
______________________'A powerfully disruptive book for disrupted times ... If you're looking for transformative ideas, this book is for you.' KATE RAWORTH, economist and author of Doughnut Economics Featured in FT Best Books of the Year 2020______________________The world has finally awoken to the ...Show more
Tamed: Ten Species That Changed Our World by Alice Roberts
$30.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
**'A masterpiece of evocative scientific storytelling.' BRIAN COX** **'The best popular book on broad-sweep history since Guns, Germs and Steel.'** Peter Forbes The extraordinary story of the species that became our allies. For hundreds of thousands of years, our ancestors depended on wild plants and an ...Show more
Nonviolent Communication : A Language of Life (2nd edition) by ROSENBERG M
$45.00 NZD
$55.00 (18% off)
Category: Mind, Body & Spirit
More than one million copies sold for one simple reason - it works! An enlightening look at how peaceful communication can create compassionate connections with family, friends, and other acquaintances. The book uses stories, examples, and sample dialogues to provide solutions to communication problems ...Show more
The Mysterious World of the Human Genome by Frank Ryan
$26.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
How could a relatively simple chemical code give rise to the complexity of a human being? How could our human genome have evolved? And how does it actually work? Over the past 50 years we have deciphered the inner workings of the human genome. From the basic structure of DNA through to the complete sequ ...Show more
When the Earth Was Flat: All the Bits of Science We Got Wrong by Graeme Donald
$22.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The perfect gift for anyone with an interest in our scientific history, "When the Earth Was Flat" exposes the scientific theories that were once widely believed to be true but have since been disproved. Featuring ideas that now seem more crazy than credible, from the human body being made up of only fou ...Show more
Chaotic Fishponds and Mirror Universes: The Strange Maths Behind the Modern World by Dr. Richard Elwes
$27.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
What can we learn from fish in a pond? How do social networks connect the world? How can artificial intelligences learn? Why would life be different in a mirror universe? Mathematics is everywhere, whether we are aware of it or not. Exploring the subject through 35 of its often odd and unexpected applic ...Show more
50 Human Brain Ideas You Really Need to Know by Moheb Costandi
$24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Neuroscience is one of the most fascinating and complex areas of scientific research, with new advances being made every day. In 50 Human Brain Ideas You Really Need to Know, Mo Costandi condenses all we know about the brain and how it works into series of introductions to the most important concepts. ...Show more
The Magic of Reality - How We Know What's Really True by Richard Dawkins; Dave McKean (Illustrator)
$55.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
Richard Dawkins, the world's most famous evolutionary biologist, presents a gorgeously lucid, science book examining some of the nature's most fundamental questions both from a mythical and scientific perspective. Science is our most precise and powerful tool for making sense of the world. Before we dev ...Show more