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An Ocean of Air: A Natural History of the Atmosphere by Gabrielle Walker
32.99 NZD
Category: Science
'I never knew air could be so interesting'- Bill BrysonWe not only live in the air, we live because of it. At ground level air transforms miraculously; it wraps our planet in a blanket of warmth, while the outer layer of our atmosphere soaks up violent flares from the sun. In this fascinating celebratio ...Show more
Antarctica: An Intimate Portrait of the World's Most Mysterious Continent by Gabrielle Walker
36.99 NZD
Category: History
There have been many books about Antarctica in the past, but all have focused on only one aspect of the continent - its science, its wildlife, the heroic age of exploration, personal experiences or the sheer awesome beauty of the landscape, for example - but none has managed to capture whole story, till ...Show more
Snowball Earth by Gabrielle Walker
35.00 NZD
39.95 (12% off)
Category: Non-Fiction
A gripping global adventure story and a fascinating account of scientist Paul Hoffman's quest to prove his audacious 'Snowball Earth' theory Did the Earth once undergo a super ice age, one that froze the entire planet? Paul Hoffman, a brilliant and irascible scientist at Harvard, claims that the Earth ...Show more
Snowball Earth : The story of a marverick scientist and his theory of the global catastrophe that spawned life as we know it by Gabrielle Walker
29.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The riveting story of the Earth's first ice age and the scientist who discovered it Did the Earth once undergo a super ice age, one that froze the entire planet? A global adventure story and a fascinating account of scientist Paul Hoffman's quest to prove his maverick Snowball Earth theory, this is s ...Show more
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