A Brief History of Timekeeping: The Science of Marking Time, From Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks by Chad Orzel
$26.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
A wonderful look into understanding and recording time, Orzel's latest is appropriate for all readers who are curious about those ticks and tocks that mark nearly every aspect of our lives.--Booklist "A thorough, enjoyable exploration of the history and science behind measuring time." --Foreword Review ...Show more
No Logo by Naomi Klein
$23.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. When No Logo was first published, it became an instant bestseller and international phenome ...Show more
Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape by Cal Flyn
$33.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
‘Meticulous research, lyrical writing … A book that goes to the eeriest, most desolate places on Earth and finds hope' LOUISE GRAY This is a book about abandoned places: exclusion zones, no man's lands, ghost towns and post-industrial hinterlands – and what nature does when we're not there to see it. ...Show more
IQ EQ DQ - New Intelligence in the AI Age by Yuhyun Park
$35.00 NZD
Category: Futurism
Do you know that 60% of children around the world have experienced at least one cyber-risk such as cyber-bullying, technology addiction, misinformation, online sexual exploitation, and others? The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the digitalization of global society. Cyber-risks among children, dig ...Show more
The Astronomy Puzzle Book by The Royal Observatory
$38.00 NZD
Category: Puzzles
__________ Pre-order now: the biggest quiz book of 2021. The Astronomy Puzzle Book is a puzzle book that's truly out of this world__________ What's Goldilocks got to do with the study of space? Everyone's heard of NASA, but can you name any of the other 72 space agencies around the world? And do ...Show more
Exercised: The Science of Physical Activity, Rest and Health by Daniel Lieberman
$26.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
In industrialized nations, our sedentary lifestyles have contributed to skyrocketing rates of obesity and diseases like diabetes. A key remedy, we are told, is exercise - voluntary physical activity for the sake of health. However, most of us struggle to stay fit, and our attitudes to exercise are plagu ...Show more
Making Sense - Conversations on Consciousness, Morality and the Future of Humanity by Sam Harris
$24.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
"Civilization rests on a series of successful conversations." Sam HarrisNeuroscientist, philosopher, podcaster and bestselling author Sam Harris, has been exploring some of the greatest questions concerning the human mind, society, and the events that shape our world.Harris's search for deeper understan ...Show more
Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of t by Shanna Swan
$35.00 NZD
Category: Futurism
In the tradition of Silent Spring and The Sixth Extinction, an urgent, meticulously researched, and groundbreaking book about the ways in which chemicals in the modern environment are changing--and endangering--human sexuality and fertility on the grandest scale, from renowned epidemiologist Shanna Swan ...Show more
Testosterone - The Story of the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us by Carole Hooven
$38.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
Through riveting personal stories and the latest research, Harvard evolutionary biologist Carole Hooven shows how testosterone drives the behaviour of the sexes apart and how understanding the science behind this hormone is empowering for all.'With all the talk about testosterone in sex, sports and poli ...Show more
Being You: A New Science of Consciousness by Anil Seth
$37.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Anil Seth's radical new theory of consciousness challenges our understanding of perception and reality, doing for brain science what Dawkins did for evolutionary biology.
Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art by Rebecca Wragg Sykes
$25.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Kindred is important reading not just for anyone interested in these ancient cousins of ours, but also for anyone interested in humanity.--The New York Times Book Review A] bold and magnificent attempt to resurrect our Neanderthal kin.--The Wall Street Journal Kindred is the definitive guide to the ...Show more
The Weirdest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by Joseph Henrich
$40.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
An exhilarating account of how psychology, culture and institutions co-evolved to produce the Western mindDo you identify yourself by your profession or achievements, rather than your family network? Do you cultivate your unique attributes and personal goals? If so, perhaps you are WEIRD- raised in a so ...Show more