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North Pole, South Pole - The Epic Quest to Solve the Mystery of Earth's Magnetism by Gillian Turner
40.00 NZD
Category: Science | Series: Awa Science Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Publication delayed, now due November 2009. In Roman legend, a shepherd named Magnes, climbing a rocky hillside, was shocked to find that he could hardly move: his iron-studded boots and iron-tipped rod kept sticking to the rocks. Thus was recorded a mysterious natural phenomenon - magnetism - that woul ...Show more
The Awa Book of New Zealand Science by Rebecca Priestley
49.90 NZD
Category: Science | Series: Awa Science | Reading Level: very good
This landmark anthology of writings about New Zealand science and by New Zealand scientists traces the development of all branches of science, from early naturalists' ramblings on flora and fauna, to geological accounts of Lake Rotomahana's famous pink and white terraces, to Rutherford splitting the ato ...Show more
The Transit of Venus: How a Rare Astronomical Alignment Changed the World by Peter Adds
25.00 NZD
Category: Science | Series: Awa Science Series
On June 8, 2004, the planet Venus moved across the face of the sun. This historic event was rare: the last Transit of Venus occurred 121 years earlier. On June 6, 2012, Venus will again transit the sun. In this book, scientists and historians write of the extraordinary impact these cosmic events have ha ...Show more
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