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Why Can't Kiwis Fly?: And 181 Other Curious Questions About New Zealand's Natural History
 

Why Can't Kiwis Fly?: And 181 Other Curious Questions About New Zealand's Natural History (Paperback)

By Hutching, Gerard

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Why did the top fall off Mt Cook? Do male kakapo ever get lonely? Why do sheep like to 'follow the leader'? Are there glaciers in the NorthIsland? What did Maori use for chewing gum? Are there moose in Fiordland? ...and why can't kiwis fly? Why Can't Kiwis Fly? is a succinct, qui ...

ISBN 9780143568698
Published 24 April 2013 by Penguin
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From the Big Bang to God
 

From the Big Bang to God (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Geering, Lloyd

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At 95, theologian Sir Lloyd Geering continues his lifelong inquiry into the nature of the divine and the human. He remains robust and articulate, impressively taking on cosmologist Lawrence Krauss at last year's Festival. Geering's latest book, From The Big Bang to God, sets the ...

ISBN 9781927242148
Published 1 May 2013 by Steele Roberts & Associates Lt
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Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction

Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Newitz, Annalee

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Climate change. Pandemics. Catastrophic volcanoes. Should we just give up and accept our doom? Absolutely not. Homo sapiens will survive the next mass extinction.

ISBN 9781863956031
Published 22 May 2013 by Black Inc
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The Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Woodford, James

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James Woodford wanted to understand the real reef in all its complexities and along its entire, extraordinary length. For a year he worked and dived with marine biologists, exploring it from the coral outpost of Lord Howe Island in the south to the crocodile haunted waters at the ...

ISBN 9781405039963
Published 11 October 2010 by Pan Macmillan
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Fifty Minerals That Changed the Course of History
 

Fifty Minerals That Changed the Course of History (Hardback)

By Chaline, Eric

Using the word 'minerals' in its broadest sense, Fifty Minerals that Changed the Course of History features the metals, alloys, rocks, organic minerals, and gemstones that humans have used as the building blocks of their material cultures.

ISBN 9781742379500
Published 1 August 2012 by Allen & Unwin
Interest Age Young Adults
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Pieces of Mind: 21 Short Walks Around the Human Brain
  

Pieces of Mind: 21 Short Walks Around the Human Brain (Paperback)

By Corballis, Michael C.

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Do we have bigger brains than dolphins? Does your dog remember where it buried its bone? Why don't sheep laugh or gorillas lie? Why do we remember faces but not names? In 21 short walks around the human brain, acclaimed psychologist Michael Corballis answers these and other quest ...

ISBN 9781869404925
Published 29 November 2011 by Auckland University Press
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Science on Ice: Discovering the Secrets of Antarctica
  

Science on Ice: Discovering the Secrets of Antarctica (Hardback)

By Meduna, Veronika

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'For some scientific questions, Antarctica is the best - and sometimes the only - place to look for answers. Visiting this frozen landscape is to gain a fresh perspective on our world, almost like going to another planet and looking back with renewed wonder on Earth.' In Science ...

ISBN 9781869405830
Published 6 April 2012 by Auckland University Press
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The Ant and the Ferrari: Lifting the Hood on Truth, Society and the Universe
  

The Ant and the Ferrari: Lifting the Hood on Truth, Society and the Universe (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Spackman, Dr. Kerry

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An accessible pop science book which offers readers a clear, navigable path through the big questions that confront us all today, using science to reveal the hidden truths in the universe. Author Dr Spackman examines questions such as: Is there such thing as absolute truth? How ...

ISBN 9781869509590
Published 1 June 2012 by HarperCollins
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Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words
  

Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words (Paperback)

By Lindsay, D. R.

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Telling people about research is just as important as doing it. But many researchers, who, in all other respects, are competent scientists, are afraid of writing. They are wary of the unwritten rules, the unspoken dogma and the inexplicably complex style, all of which seem to pe ...

ISBN 9780643100466
Published 1 February 2011 by CSIRO Publishing
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The Best Australian Science Writing 2011
 

The Best Australian Science Writing 2011 (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

Edited by Pincock, Stephen

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From the elemental forces that drive our expanding universe to the delicate hairs on the back of your neck, science offers talented writers the kind of scope that other subjects simply cant match. This dynamic genre of Australian writing has never, until now, been showcased in an ...

ISBN 9781742233000
Published 1 November 2011
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