Introduction to Biological Physics for the Health and Life Sciences by Kirsten Franklin; Paul Muir; Terry Scott; Paul Yates
132.99 NZD
Category: Science
A thoroughly updated and extended new edition of this well-regarded introduction to the basic concepts of biological physics for students in the health and life sciences. Designed to provide a solid foundation in physics for students following health science courses, the text is divided into six sectio ...Show more
All In The Mind: the new book from the popular ABC radio program and podcast by Lynne Malcolm
37.99 NZD
Category: Science
Inspiring and transformational stories from the forefront of brain science -- from the popular ABC Radio program and podcast Understanding the human mind remains one of the most alluring challenges we face. Now pioneering investigations and technologies are enabling science to gain new insights into the ...Show more
A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life by Bret Weinstein, Heather Heying
27.99 NZD
Category: Science
A bold, provocative exploration of the tension between our evolutionary history and our modern woes - and what we can do about it.
Your Designed Body by Steve Laufmann; Howard Glicksman
95.00 NZD
Category: Science
Consider your body. Every day it must solve hundreds of hard engineering problems simultaneously, or else you'll die. While you're going about your daily business, your body stores, retrieves, translates, and manages software for thousands of proteins, switches, setpoints, thresholds, feedback loops, co ...Show more
How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present, and Future by Vaclav Smil
30.00 NZD
Category: Science
Delightfully contrarian, this is the one book you need to read to understand our modern world. We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperi ...Show more
The Little Book of Mushrooms: An Illustrated Guide to the Extraordinary Power of Mushrooms by Alex Dorr
35.00 NZD
Category: Science
A beautifully illustrated guide to 75 of the most unique and fascinating mushrooms in the world, including interesting insight into their history, uses, and etymologies.From sweet little toadstools to giant puffballs, mushrooms come in all shapes and sizes. With over 10,000 mushrooms in the world, some ...Show more
The Lost Rainforests Of Britain by Guy Shrubsole
49.99 NZD
Category: Science
'A treasure chest full of woodland jewels, rare, precious and beautiful' - Chris Packham From the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Who Owns England?, a mesmerising chronicle of our forgotten rainforests - and an inspiring intervention to help restore them to the places they once were. In 2020, writer ...Show more
Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions by Sabine Hossenfelder
36.99 NZD
Category: Science
"Stimulating . . . encourage[s] readers to push past well-trod assumptions [...] and have fun doing so." --Science Magazine"Hossenfelder is a rare gem. There are other theoretical physicists out there who can write for a popular audience, but very few of them are able to do so in such a no-nonsense way. ...Show more
Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe by Professor Brian Cox
37.99 NZD
Category: Science
A brilliant exploration of the most exotic objects in the universe by Professor Brian Cox and Professor Jeff Forshaw. Lying at the centre of every galaxy are the strangest objects in the Universe: black holes. Of extraordinary density and huge gravitational pull, no matter or even light can escape their ...Show more
Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilisation by Neil DeGrasse Tyson
32.99 NZD
Category: Science
Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson, bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time–war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, race, and tribalism–in a way that stimulates a deeper sense of ...Show more
The Theory of Everything Else by Dan Schreiber
37.99 NZD
Category: Science
A collection of the world’s most mind-boggling, thought-provoking and downright hilarious theories – by the co-host of the UK’s most downloaded podcast No Such Thing As A Fish, Dan Schreiber Why are we here? Do ghosts exist? Will we ever travel back in time? Are we being visited by extraterrestrials? Wi ...Show more
Hortus Curious: Discover the World's Most Weird and Wonderful Plants and Fungi by Michael Perry
45.00 NZD
Category: Science
A fun and fact-filled exploration of forty fascinating plantsCelebrate the weird, wacky, and wonderful world of plants with a book that revels in the diversity of the botanical world.Plants are truly awe inspiring. They can be vast, minute, smelly, or spectacularly ugly. Some look remarkably like animal ...Show more