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This revised and expanded edition has more material, including photographs of Area 51, Nevada, the government's secret testing facility. This classic on weird science is back in a new edition! Includes: How to build a flying saucer; Arthur C. Clarke on Anti-Gravity; Crystals and their role in levitation; Secret government research and development; Nikola Tesla on how anti-gravity airships could draw power from the atmosphere; Bruce Cathie's Anti-Gravity Equation; NASA, the Moon and Anti-Gravity; The mysterious technology used by th... read more

From the Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author of Woman, a playful, passionate guide to the science all around us With the singular intelligence and exuberance that made Woman an international sensation, Natalie Angier takes us on a whirligig tour of the scientific canon. She draws on conversations with hundreds of the world's top scientists and on her own work as a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer for the New York Times to create a thoroughly entertaining guide to scientific literacy. Angier's gifts are on full display in The... read more

From one of Europe's leading science journalists, and author of the international bestseller The Science of Happiness, comes a fascinating, wonderful book about time. The Secret Pulse of Time answers fundamental questions about time. Why does time fly when we are happy? Why do minutes pass so slowly when we are waiting impatiently? How can we truly appreciate the present moment despite leading over-extended lives? Stefan Klein brings a journalist's eye for detail to illuminate the highways and byways of time - always with the goal ... read more

The author trains her considerable humour and curiosity on the human soul, seeking answers from a varied and fascinating crew of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove), that life goes on after we die. First published 2005.

Hard to Swallow is an explosive exposé of the dangers of GE food, revealing how international corporate manipulation and political collusion has allowed dangerous genetically engineered food into people's daily diet. It is written by an American about the situation in the United States, but it is hugely relevant to New Zealand. With the moratorium on the commercial release of genetically modified organisms due to be lifted by the Labour Government at the end of October, New Zealand faces these identical issues.

Dunedin city and its environs are home to an exciting range of habitats and landscapes, of plants, animals, birds, insects, and geological features. In Wild Dunedin you will find fascinating details of the region's most popular attractions, including the Yellow-eyed penguin and Royal albatross colonies on the Otago Peninsula, and discover many other features of New Zealand's wildlife capital. Other features of the area covered in the book are: the beautiful Kaikawaka forest on the Leith saddlean ancient creature in Caversha... read more

New Zealand: Land of Birds captures brilliantly the grandeur and variety of many of New Zealand's birds and the wide diversity of environments in which they live, feed and breed. An informative introduction deals with the evolution of many of the species, followed by the impact to them caused through the arrival of the Maori and then the European settlers and their subsequent clearance of the land. Eight chapters, comprising over 150 full-colour photographs and an informative text, range over the various landscapes in which man... read more

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From the Matariki celebrations of the Maori new year to Captain Cook’s search for accurate longitude, people in Aotearoa/New Zealand have always looked to the skies.The book provides a thorough yet readable introduction to the skies of the southern hemisphere and current astronomical knowledge, from the formation of our solar system to the violent death of giant stars.

White Island is an accessible island volcano 49 km from the coast of the Bay of Plenty. It carries a Grade A classification of international scientific importance, and is New Zealand's most active volcano. This book features maps that locate the island in the Pacific Rim and chart its size and shape. Geographical detail is provided in fact boxes giving information about the composition of the volcano, the recorded activity and gas emissions. Also featured is a range of photographs, including underwater pictures depicting the marine... read more

Why use toxic chemicals to clean your home when lemon juice, vinegar, eucalyptus oil and bicarb soda are equally effective and much cheaper? This second edition is totally revised and updated and contains hundreds of practical and inexpensive ways to reduce the use of chemicals in your home.

Science starts to get interesting when things don't make sense. Even today there are experimental results that the most brilliant scientists can neither explain nor dismiss. In the past, similar anomalies have revolutionised our world: in the sixteenth century, a set of celestial irregularities led Copernicus to realise that the Earth goes around the sun and not the reverse. In "13 Things That Don't Make Sense" Michael Brooks meets thirteen modern-day anomalies that may become tomorrow's breakthroughs. Is ninety six percent of the ... read more

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Whether you're a novice or an experienced amateur astronomer, The Rough Guide to the Universe is an indispensable book. Giving both a guide to the universe and an accessible overview of the science of astronomy, the Rough Guide features: Concise information on every planet in the solar system, as well as the sun, moon, asteroids and comets. Practical advice on observing the planets and stars, with binoculars, telescopes and the naked eye. Incisive explanations of the latest theories about how the universe began and how it mi... read more

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This is the dramatic, powerful and superbly-written history of the most important and challenging scientific revolution of the 20th-century - and the ferocious debate at its heart.Without quantum theory our world would not exist. Yet for sixty years most physicists believed that quantum theory denied the very existence of reality itself.In this tour-de-force of science history, Manjit Kumar shows how the golden age of physics ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth century.Quantum theory is weird. In 1905 Albert E... read more

'If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is' - John von Neumann. Mathematics can tell you things about the world that can't be learned in any other way. This hugely informative and wonderfully entertaining little book answers one hundred essential questions about existence. It unravels the knotty, clarifies the conundrums and sheds light into dark corners. From winning the lottery, placing bets at the races and escaping from bears to sports, Shakepeare, Google... read more