Browse by category
Pythagoras: His Lives and the Legacy of a Rational Universe by Kitty Ferguson
$55.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
This is the story of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans, whose insights transformed the ancient world and still inspire the realms of science, mathematics, philosophy and the arts. Einstein said that the most incredible thing about our universe was that it was comprehensible at all. As Kitty Ferguson expla ...Show more
Stephen Hawking: A Life Well Lived (revised & updated 2019) by Kitty Ferguson
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
In 1963 Stephen Hawking was given two years to live. Defying all the odds, he died in March 2018 at age seventy-six as the most celebrated scientist in the world. This carefully researched, and now newly updated, up-to-the-minute biography and tribute gives a rich picture of Hawking's remarkable life - ...Show more
Stephen Hawking: His Life and Work by Kitty Ferguson
$30.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: Scholarly/Undergraduate
In 1963 Stephen Hawking was given a couple of years to live. In January 2017 he celebrates his seventy-fifth birthday. This biography of the brilliant theoretical physicist and inspirational international celebrity, written with the help of Hawking himself and his close associates, now includes: his lea ...Show more
Stephen Hawking: His Life and Work by Kitty Ferguson
$19.95 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Stephen Hawking is one of the most remarkable figures of our time - a Cambridge genius who has earned international celebrity and become an inspiration to those who have witnessed his triumph over disability. This is Hawking's life story by Kitty Ferguson, written with help from Hawking himself and his ...Show more
Stephen Hawking - Remarkable Lives by Kitty Ferguson
$15.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Remarkable Lives Ser.
Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with motor neurone disease at the age of 21 and was expected to live for only another two years. He went on to write books and deliver public lectures right up until his death at the age of 76 in 2018. Hawking achieved commercial success with several works of popular scienc ...Show more
Tycho and Kepler by Kitty Ferguson
$29.95 NZD
Category: History
Set in one of the most turbulent and colourful eras in European history, this is the story of an unlikely alliance that led to an astonishing breakthrough. Johannes Kepler was an obsessive, devout teacher and Tycho Brahe was an extravagant but brilliant aristocrat, both changed history. Kitty Fergu ...Show more
0 - 5 of 6