How to Win a Nobel Prize by Barry Marshall & Lorna Hendry
$17.99 NZD
Category: Science and Maths
Mary has always wanted to win a Nobel Prize. She loves running her own science experiments at home. But how can she become a real scientist and win the greatest prize of all? One day Mary stumbles on a secret meeting of Nobel Prize winners. Swearing her to secrecy, Professor Barry Marshall agrees to be ...Show more
How to be a Maths Genius: Your Brilliant Brain and How to Train It by DK
$26.00 NZD
Category: Science and Maths
Learn hints and tips to help you fine-tune your brain, and be inspired by some of the greatest minds that have ever livedGet better at maths and numbers by realizing which math skills you already use in daily life, and learn new ones while having fun.Did you realize how much maths you are already using ...Show more
I Always Wondered about That - 101 Questions and Answers about Science and Other Stuff by Larry Scheckel
$39.99 NZD
Category: Science and Maths
Larry Scheckel is an award-winning science teacher and lecturer who makes complex topics simple to understand. Here you'll find entertaining answers to 101 questions you didn't even know you had, such as, "Why does glue stick?" "Why do batteries die?" "What would happen if you put human DNA into another ...Show more
I Heard a Sound by David J. Ward
$17.99 NZD
Category: Science and Maths
Learn the science of sound with easy experiments and examples from everyday life. Crickets, clarinets, and vocal chords. All vibrate. All make sound. Here is science learning at it's best- a kid-friendly, accessible text, with bold, retro-styled illustrations, and hands-on experiments you can try at h ...Show more
IF : A Mind-Bending Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers by David J. Smith
$23.99 NZD
Category: Science and Maths
'If the Sun were the size of a grapefruit, Earth would be the size of a grain of salt. Even the largest planet, Jupiter, would be only as big as a large pea.' Some things are so big or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. In If, we look at these hard-to-imagine objects and events and com ...Show more
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