Ice: Cool Stories From a Disappearing World by DK
$37.00 NZD
Category: Science and Maths
From the mighty mammoths and deserts of ice to early explorers and polar survival, come face to face with one of Earth's greatest resources- ice. With captivating CGIs, illustrations, and photography, DK's Ice will take readers on an epic journey from the ice age to modern day, exploring how icy worlds ...Show more
Illustrated Dictionary of Maths by Large, Tori
$22.99 NZD
Category: Science and Maths | Series: Usborne Illustrated Dictionaries
An essential study guide for examination candidates. Included over 500 definitions of all key terms and concepts, more than 300 useful illustrations and diagrams, over 100 worked examples, comprehensive cross-referencing and detailed index, and internet links to recommended websites.
Impossible Inventions: Ideas That Shouldn't Work by Aleksandra Mizielinska; Daniel Mizielinski
$34.99 NZD
Category: Science and Maths
A funky and fascinating collection of ideas, patents, and plans.When Leonardo da Vinci, over five hundred years ago, invented the tank, car, helicopter, glider, parachute, submarine, elevator, and telescope, he was considered a dreamer. Or even crazy. Today he is understood to be a genius, ahead of his ...Show more
In Great Numbers by Little Little Gestalten (Editor); Beth Walrond (Illustrator); Daniela Olejníková (Illustrator); Isabel Thomas (Text by)
$50.00 NZD
Category: Science and Maths
In Great Numbers will introduce children to the fascinating world of numbers and explains how they help us in our daily life. Imagine a world without numbers. How would we ask for three scoops of ice cream? Or know whether we've got 60 minutes left to play with our friends rather than 60 seconds? Why do ...Show more
Incredible Inventions - All About Light by Matt Turner
$19.99 NZD
Category: Science and Maths
All About Light - From Lenses to Lazers: covers inventions for communicating, viewing and imaging - from ancient lighthouses lit by flames; through the first lenses for spectacles, microscopes and telescopes, and the development of the camera and movie projector; to X-rays, scanners and ultrasound, and ...Show more
Incredible Inventions - Let's Communicate by Matt Turner
$19.99 NZD
Category: Science and Maths
Let's Communicate - From the First Written Word to the Internet: takes us through the most important human landmark ever: writing, dating from more than 5,000 years ago. We look at scripts from pictorial to alphabet (early ones had no vowels!), paper and writing tools, the invention of movable type by t ...Show more
Incredible Inventions - That Made the Modern World by Matt Turner
$19.99 NZD
Category: Science and Maths
That Made the Modern World - From the Plough to Robots: shows how human society has benefited from multifarious innovations, from the earliest methods of farming and preserving food, through steam and electric power, and on to wonders of civil engineering and medicine, as well as a host of domestic gadg ...Show more
Introducing Chaos: A Graphic Guide by Ziauddin Sardar, Iwona Abrams
$15.99 NZD
Category: Science and Maths | Series: Introducing...
"Introducing Chaos" explains how chaos makes its presence felt in many varieties of event, from the fluctuation of animal populations to the ups and downs of the stock market. It also examines the roots of chaos in modern mathematics and physics, and explores the relationship between chaos and complexit ...Show more
Introducing Quantum Theory: A Graphic Guide by J.P. McEvoy, Oscar Zarate
$15.99 NZD
Category: Science and Maths | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Quantum theory confronts us with bizarre paradoxes which contradict the logic of classical physics. At the subatomic level, one particle seems to know what the others are doing, and according to Heisenberg's "uncertainty principle", there is a limit on how accurately nature can be observed. And yet the ...Show more
Introducing Relativity: A Graphic Guide by Bruce Bassett, Ralph Edney
$15.99 NZD
Category: Science and Maths | Series: Introducing...
It is now more than a century since Einstein's theories of Special and General Relativity began to revolutionise our view of the universe. Beginning near the speed of light and proceeding to explorations of space-time and curved spaces, "Introducing Relativity" plots a visually accessible course through ...Show more
Inventor Lab: 20 Projects for Genius Makers by .
$29.99 NZD
Category: Science and Maths
This DK children's book aged 9-15 is brimming with exciting, educational activities and projects that focus on electronics and technology. Keep your siblings out of your room with a brilliant bedroom buzzer, power a propellor motorboat, build your own phone charger, make a set of speakers, and construct ...Show more
Jump Into Science Sun by Tomecek Steve
$21.00 NZD
Category: Science and Maths
Jump in and follow our brightest star to learn all about the sun — what it is, how it works, and why we all depend upon it. Adorable illustrations and kid-friendly text make complex science fun and easy to understand. Every Jump Into Science book ends with a hands-on experiment to fully engage readers a ...Show more