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50 Quantum Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know by Joanne Baker
$20.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Following on from the highly successful 50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know, author Joanne Baker consolidates the foundation concepts of physics and moves on to present clear explanations of the most cutting-edge area of science: quantum physics. With 50 concise chapters covering complex theories a ...Show more
50 Religious Ideas You Really Need to Know by Peter Stanford
$29.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Despite frequent prognostications regarding the death of God' and the triumph of secular materialism, religion remains a central component in the lives of most people around the world. There are currently thought to be 2 billion Christians, 1.2 billion Muslims, 800 million Hindus, along with some 700 mi ...Show more
50 Universe Ideas You Really Need to Know by Joanne Baker
$29.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
For millennia humanity has gazed in wonder at the night sky, tracked the motions of the planets and attempted to explain our place in the Universe. But only in our own time has the true scale, the astonishing variety and the remarkable strangeness of the cosmos come clearly into focus. The pace and soph ...Show more
Earth: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know by Martin Redfern
$29.99 NZD
Category: Previous Stock - Popular Science | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
This latest book in the bestselling '50 Ideas' series is a wonderfully accessible overview of the only place we know of in the universe that is capable of sustaining life. Expert popular science writer Martin Redfern covers all the natural processes of the Earth: climate, ocean currents, air currents, t ...Show more
Economics by Matthew Forstater
$21.99 NZD
Category: Business | Series: 50 Ideas in 500 Words Ser.
Economics: 50 in 500 words explores the most crucial economic concepts by way of 50 remarkable individuals whose ideas have reshaped human history, including thinkers such asLocke, Marshall, Marx and Keynes. From the pre-classical economics of the ancient world to the development economics of the modern ...Show more
Philosophy : 50 Ideas in 500 Words by Jeremy Stangroom
$21.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: 50 Ideas in 500 Words Ser.
Philosophy : 50 in 500 unravels its most central concepts through five tightly focused chapters. From metaphysics to modern economic theories, from grou ndbreaking advances inspired in psychology to its relationship with postmodernist theory, this book examines the greatest ide as from the greatest thin ...Show more
Psychology: 50 Theories in 500 Words - 50 Theories in 500 Words by Jeremy Stangroom
$21.99 NZD
Category: Psychology | Series: 50 Ideas in 500 Words Ser.
Psychology: 50 in 500 sheds light on these and other crucial questions by examining the ideas and work of fifty of the world_s greatest psychologists. From B. F. Skinner to Noam Chomsky, Sigmund Freud to Abraham Maslow, this beautifully concise, richly informative little book discusses the ideas and exp ...Show more
Science: 50 Ideas in 500 Words - 50 Ideas in 500 Words by Peter Moore
$21.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: 50 Ideas in 500 Words Ser.
Science: 50 in 500 discusses the most groundbreaking ideas of 50 of the most important scientists who have shaped the world as we know it. Not only are the key theories and discoveries of each scientist presented in a concise and compelling way, but also the stories behind each figure_s brilliance _whet ...Show more
The Future: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know by Richard Watson
$29.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series | Reading Level: very good
What will the world look like in 2020, 2030 or even 2100? How will progress in scientific research affect human life in the areas of health and lifestyle, energy and the environment, politics and conflict, space exploration and even the ultimate questions of existence? This book offers an electrifying t ...Show more
World History: 50 Events You Really Need to Know by Ian Crofton
$29.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
People often complain that in history lessons at school they were taught just a few topics - the Romans, the Tudors, the Nazis - and how they have no idea at all about what happened in between. To remedy this, World History: 50 Key Milestones You Really Need to Know offers brief and stimulating outlines ...Show more