Navigating the Stars - Maori Creation Myths by Witi Ihimaera
$45.00 NZD
Category: Te ao Māori
From master storyteller Witi Ihimaera, a spellbinding and provocative retelling of traditional Maori myths for the twenty-first century. In this milestone volume, Ihimaera traces the history of the Maori people through their creation myths. He follows Tawhaki up the vines into the firmament, Hine-titama ...Show more
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
$36.00 NZD
Category: Astronomy
# 1 New York Times BestsellerLibraryReads PickSMLWhat is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? Today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. Now Neil deGrasse Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, within sp ...Show more
Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson; Gregory Mone
$23.00 NZD
Category: Astronomy
America's most celebrated astrophysicist invites young readers to explore the mysteries of the universe. Neil deGrasse Tyson has become one of the most recognizable and respected figures in science, beloved to curious kids. In this adaptation of his #1 New York Times bestseller Astrophysics for People ...Show more
Dark Skies: A Practical Guide to Astrotourism (Lonely Planet) by Lonely Planet
$34.99 NZD
Category: Astronomy | Series: Lonely Planet Ser.
Witnessing the sweep of the Milky Way, the remains of comets burning up in our atmosphere, or the shimmering aurora, we better understand the universe and our place in it. Lonely Planet's Dark Skies, the first world's guide to astrotourism, can help you experience all of this and more first-hand. Meticu ...Show more
Bright Star - Beatrice Hill Tinsley Astronomer by Christine Cole Catley
$48.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Kiwi Beatrice Tinsley became a professor at Yale, and her work on the evolution of galaxies has affected scientific knowledge profoundly yet she little known here today. Beatrice Hill Tinsley is a famous New Zealander we don't yet know about. She is honoured in the United States and United Kingdom for ...Show more
Southern Nights - The story of New Zealand's night sky by Naomi Arnold
$66.00 NZD
Category: Astronomy
Meet the night sky, down under Aotearoa New Zealand was founded on stargazing. It was celestial navigation that brought the first people here, and it was tatai arorangi, Maori astronomy, that helped people survive once they arrived. There is no better place on Earth to view the brilliance of other worl ...Show more
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos by Brian Greene
$30.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
From the best-selling author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos comes his most expansive and accessible book to date--a book that takes on the grandest question: Is ours the only universe? There was a time when "universe" meant all there is. Everything. Yet, in recent years discoverie ...Show more
A Brief History Of Time: From Big Bang To Black Holes by Stephen Hawking
$27.00 NZD
Category: Astronomy
From the Big Bang to the theory of relativity, Stephen W. Hawking will challenge your imagination and expand your grasp of the cosmos. This is the classic revelatory science book of the last century. Here is a landmark book written for those of us who prefer words to equations. Told by an extraordinary ...Show more
New Zealand's Night Sky by Stardome Observatory Planetarium
$16.00 NZD
Category: Astronomy
When you look up at the stars in the night sky it can be easy to think of them as lights glowing on a large dark ceiling. Can you identify the brightest stars and planets? Do you know which constellations are visible right now, and what their stories are? New Zealand's Night Skyby the Stardome Observato ...Show more
Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity by Carlo Rovelli
$30.00 NZD
Category: Astronomy
What are time and space made of? Where does matter come from? And what exactly is reality? Scientist Carlo Rovelli has spent his life exploring these questions and pushing the boundaries of what we know. Here he explains how our image of the world has changed throughout centuries. From Aristotle to Albe ...Show more
Anatomicum (Welcome to the Museum) by Jennifer Z. Paxton
$50.00 NZD
Category: Astronomy | Series: Welcome To The Museum
Welcome to the museum that is always open to explore... Step inside the pages of this beautiful book to uncover the mysteries of anatomy, expertly curated to give you the experience of a museum exhibition from the comfort of your ow n home. The 2019 offering from Big Picture Press's W elcome to the Muse ...Show more
Planetarium (Welcome to the Museum) by Chris Wormell
$50.00 NZD
Category: Astronomy
Welcome to the museum that is always open to explore... Step inside the pages of this beautiful book to discover galleries of galactic matter, expertly curated to bring you the experience of a fascinating exhibition from the comfort of your own home. Planetarium features all aspects of space, from the ...Show more