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A Child Against All Odds by Robert M.L. Winston
29.99 NZD
Category: Health
Compared to the famously fecund rabbit, for whom a single act of coitus has a 90 per cent chance of creating a litter of up to 12 rabbits, humans are very infertile animals. Here in the UK, the average chance of conception is about 18 per cent per month. And in 98 per cent of cases, successful conceptio ...Show more
A Child of Our Time by Tessa Livingstone & foreword by Robert Winston
21.00 NZD
Category: Family
In 2005 the children from the BBC's groundbreaking Child of Our Time television series reach an important milestone as they turn five years old. Now familiar to millions of viewers who have watched their progress from birth, they have become an invaluable source of inspiration to thousands of parents wh ...Show more
All About Biology by Robert Winston
24.00 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: All About
What makes Earth an ideal place for life to survive? Professor Robert Winston will take kids back to Earth's beginnings showing how organisms live and survive in All About Biology. From the very big to the microscopic, meet the animals, plants, fungi and bacteria that play an important role in sustainin ...Show more
All About Chemistry (PB) by Robert Winston
24.00 NZD
Category: Science | Series: All About
An explosive look at chemistry with Robert Winston, All about Chemistry answers all those intriguing questions your kids ask...Why are helium balloons lighter than air? What are the secrets of the Philosopher's Stone? All About Chemistry takes an amazing look at the what, why and how of science. From th ...Show more
Bad Ideas? An Arresting History of Our Inventions by Robert Winston
29.99 NZD
Category: Science
From the axe to the internet - the hidden dangers of man's impulse to invent. We are born with the instinct to create and invent. Indeed, our ability to do so is what separates us from the rest of the animal world. But have our creative ideas always produced desirable results? And have they always serv ...Show more
DK Human by Robert Winston (editor)
99.95 NZD
Category: Reference
Human is a comprehensive, highly illustrated account of what makes us what we are: how we evolved, how our bodies develop and work, and how we think and behave both as individuals and as members of society. It not only examines the qualities we all share and that define us as a species, but also highlig ...Show more
Home Activity Lab Exciting Experiments by Robert Winston
37.99 NZD
Category: Activity Books
This jam-packed collection of fun and simple science experiments for kids is perfect for the classroom or at home. Make an erupting volcano, design rubber band planets, sail a soap-powered boat, and race balloon cars with Home Activity Lab, which offers exciting experiments for budding scientists. Inclu ...Show more
Home Lab: Exciting Experiments for Budding Scientists by Robert Winston
37.00 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
This award-winning science book is bubbling over with entertaining and educational experiments for budding scientists to follow at home or in the classroom. Build a soap-powered sailboat, recreate the Solar System out of rubber bands, construct your own colourful kaleidoscope, or make mouthwatering mo ...Show more
Human Instinct: How Our Primeval Impulses Shape Our Modern Lives by Robert M.L. Winston
27.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: good
A fascinating investigation of our most basic instincts, accompanying the major BBC television series.Whether we recognise it or not instinct shapes our daily lives. It fashions the decisions we make moment to moment and our interaction with the people around us. From the ambition to be successful in ou ...Show more
It's Elementary by Robert Winston
35.00 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction
How do you make a dog? Why are helium balloons lighter than air? What are the secrets of the Philosopher's Stone? "It's Elementary!" takes an amazing look at the stuff that stuff is made of, with fantastic experiments to do, puzzles, quizzes and loads more. See what the elements are, how they were disco ...Show more
It's Elementary! Putting the Crackle into Chemistry by Robert Winston
19.99 NZD
21.00 (4% off)
Category: Children Non Fiction | Reading Level: 10-13
This title offers an explosive look at chemistry with Robert Winston - now in paperback. How do you make a dog? Why are helium balloons lighter than air? What are the secrets of the Philosopher's Stone? It's Elementary! takes an amazing look at the stuff that stuff is made of. Discover the elements tha ...Show more
Super Human Encyclopedia by Robert Winston
45.00 NZD
Be amazed and astounded at the human body, from head to toe, and discover how extraordinary you really are. Author Steve Parker and Editor in Chief Robert Winston explain all the amazing things the human body can do. From the human brain to muscles and bones, SuperHuman Encyclopedia explains to kids the ...Show more