Eight Improbable Possibilities: The Mystery of the Moon, and Other Implausible Scientific Truths by John Gribbin
25.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
'Gribbin casts a wide net and displays his breadth of knowledge in packing a lot into each chapter . . . a brief read, but one that may inspire readers to dig deeper.' Giles Sparrow, BBC Sky at Night Magazine A mind-warping excursion into the wildly improbable truths of science. Echoing Sherlock Holme ...Show more
Wonderdog: How the Science of Dogs Changed the Science of Life by Jules Howard
37.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
How dogs defied science and changed the way we think about animals. What do dogs really think of us? What do dogs know and understand of the world? Do their emotions feel like our own? Do they love like we do? Driven by his own love of dogs, Charles Darwin was nagged by questions like these. To root ou ...Show more
Horizons: A Global History of Science by James Poskett
32.00 NZD
Category: History
A radical retelling of the history of science that foregrounds the scientists erased from historyIn this major retelling of the history of science from 1450 to the present day, James Poskett explodes the myth that science began in Europe.The blinkered Western gaze focusing on individual 'genius' - Coper ...Show more
Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life by Peter Godfrey-Smith
25.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
'Brilliant' GuardianWaterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month (March) SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter? ...Show more
Essential Science: The Only Science Book You Will Ever Need by Brian Clegg
45.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Essential Science aims to be the most detailed, accessible and authoritative book of its kind. Each of the 34 discoveries is broken down into seven essential elements to aid comprehension and inform the reader about what really matters: THE ESSENTIAL IDEA: a concise summary of the idea or discovery that ...Show more
How the Brain Lost Its Mind - Sex, Hysteria, and the Riddle of Mental Illness by Allan H. Ropper; B. D. Burrell
25.00 NZD
Category: No Category
The remarkable, intertwined histories of neurology, psychiatry, neurosyphilis and hysteria, by the authors of the Sunday Times top ten bestseller Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole.
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human by Siddhartha Mukherjee
35.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
From the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene, the stunning odyssey of the cell - the key to life and ourselves**A NEW YORK TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, ECONOMIST, MAIL ON SUNDAY and GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR**'Will leave you in awe' GuardianFrom the dawn of ...Show more