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100 Things to Do Before You Die (Plus a Few to Do Afterwards) by New Scientist
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Category: Popular Science
Become a superhero, swim in a bioluminescent lake, reproduce without having sex, walk in a dinosaur
A Journey Through The Universe: A traveler's guide from the centre of the sun to the edge of the unknown by New Scientist
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Category: Popular Science | Series: New Scientist Instant Expert Ser.
There's a whole universe out there... Imagine you had a spacecraft capable of travelling through interstellar space. You climb in, blast into orbit, fly out of the solar system and keep going. Where do you end up, and what do you see along the way? The answer is: mostly nothing. Space is astonishingly, ...Show more
A Journey Through the Universe - A Traveler's Guide from the Center of the Sun to the Edge of the Unknown by New Scientist
$28.00 NZD
Category: Space & Astronomy | Series: New Scientist Instant Expert Ser.
There's a whole universe out there ... and this book is your journey into space.Imagine you had a spacecraft capable of travelling through interstellar space. You climb in, blast into orbit, fly out of the solar system and keep going. Where do you end up, and what do you see along the way?The answer is: ...Show more
Cats vs Dogs - 99 Scientific Answers to Weird and Wonderful Questions about Animals by New Scientist
$29.99 NZD
Category: Animals
Informative, surprising and hilarious, New Scientist tackles questions about the animal kingdom from readers in the magazine's popular 'Last Word' column. This book brings together the best of the bunch:Why do millipedes have so many legs?Will we ever speak dolphin?Do geese always fly in a V formation?A ...Show more
Do Polar Bears Get Lonely?: And 101 Other Intriguing Science Questions by New Scientist
$24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
From the phenomenal New Scientist series, with over 2,500,000 copies sold Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? is the third compilation of readers' answers to the questions in the 'Last Word' column of New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly. Following the phenomenal success of Does Anything Eat W ...Show more
Does Anything Eat Wasps?: And 101 Other Questions by New Scientist
$24.99 NZD
Category: Science, Technology & Nature
How long can I live on beer alone? Why do people have eyebrows? Has nature invented any wheels? Plus 99 other questions answered. Every year, readers send in thousands of questions to "New Scientist", the world's best-selling science weekly, in the hope that the answers to them will be given in the 'Las ...Show more
Eureka! - 365 Mindblowing Science Questions and Answers for Every Day of the Year by New Scientist
$40.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Introduced by Jim Al-KhaliliCould you surf down an erupting volcano?Why do zebras have stripes?Are you breathing the same air as Leonardo da Vinci?Are there any green mammals?Why do pineapples have spikes?Why do songs get stuck in your head?What happens when black holes collide?Can you extract your DNA? ...Show more
How Evolution Explains Everything About Life : From Darwin's Brilliant Idea to Today's Epic Theory ( New Scientist Instant Expert) by New Scientist Staff
$34.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: New Scientist Instant Expert
How did we get here? All cultures have a creation story, but a little over 150 years ago Charles Darwin introduced a revolutionary new one. We, and all living things, exist because of the action of evolution on the first simple life form and its descendants. We now know that it has taken 3.8 billions o ...Show more
How Long is Now?: Fascinating Answers to 191 Mind-Boggling Questions by New Scientist Magazine Staff; New Scientist Staff
$27.99 NZD
Category: Science, Technology & Nature
A Sunday Times bestseller How long is 'now'? The short answer is 'somewhere between 2 and 3 seconds'. The long answer involves an incredible journey through neuroscience, our subconscious and the time-bending power of meditation. Living in the present may never feel the same. Ready for some more? Okay ...Show more
How Numbers Work: Discover the strange and beautiful world of mathematics by New Scientist Staff
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Category: Popular Science | Series: New Scientist Instant Expert Ser.
Think of a number between one and ten. No, hang on, let's make this interesting. Between zero and infinity. Even if you stick to the whole numbers, there are a lot to choose from - an infinite number in fact. Throw in decimal fractions and infinity suddenly gets an awful lot bigger (is that even possibl ...Show more
How Numbers Work: Discover the strange and beautiful world of mathematics by New Scientist
$27.99 NZD
Category: Maths & Numbers | Series: Instant Expert Ser.
Discover the incredible connection between numbers and reality itself!Think of a number between one and ten...No, hang on, let's make this interesting. Between zero and infinity. Even if you stick to the whole numbers, there are a lot to choose from - an infinite number in fact. Throw in decimal fractio ...Show more
How Your Brain Works: Inside the Most Complicated Object in the Universe by New Scientist
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Category: Popular Science | Series: New Scientist Instant Expert
WHAT MAKES YOU, YOU? The brain has long been a source of fascination. In 1819, the radical thinker and surgeon William Lawrence put it like this: "It is strongly suspected that a Newton or Shakespeare excels other mortals only...by having an extra inch of brain in the right place." Today, many such susp ...Show more