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An Imaginary Tale: The story of i [the square root of minus one] by Paul J. Nahin
$45.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Princeton Science Library
Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use - from electrical engineering to aeronautics - that few people would expect the story behind their derivation to be filled with adventure and enigma. In "An Imaginary Tale", Paul Nahin tells the 2000-year-old history of one of mathematics' most el ...Show more
Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture by Patrick E. McGovern
$48.99 NZD
Category: Cooking & Wine | Series: Princeton Science Library
A richly illustrated account of the story of ancient vinicultureThe history of civilization is, in many ways, the history of wine. This book is the first comprehensive account of the earliest stages of the history and prehistory of viniculture, which extends back into the Neolithic period and beyond. El ...Show more
"E": The Story of a Number by Eli Maor
$38.95 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Princeton Science Library
The interest earned on a bank account, the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower, and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis are all intimately connected with the mysterious number e. In this informal and engaging history, Eli Maor portrays the curious characters and the elegant mathematics that lie b ...Show more
Fearful Symmetry - The Search for Beauty in Modern Physics by A. Zee; Roger Penrose (Foreword by)
$71.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Princeton Science Library
Fearful Symmetry brings the incredible discoveries of contemporary physics within everyone's grasp. A. Zee, a distinguished physicist and skillful expositor, tells the exciting story of how today's theoretical physicists are following Einstein in their search for the beauty and simplicity of Nature. An ...Show more
Fearful Symmetry: The Search for Beauty in Modern Physics by Anthony Zee
$58.95 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Princeton Science Library
The concept of symmetry has widespread manifestations and many diverse applications--from architecture to mathematics to science. Yet, as twentieth-century physics has revealed, symmetry has a special, central role in nature, one that is occasionally and enigmatically violated. Fearful Symmetry brings t ...Show more
How to Clone a Mammoth - The Science of De-Extinction by Beth Shapiro
$29.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Princeton Science Library
An insider's view on bringing extinct species back to life Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? The science says yes. In How to Clone a Mammoth, Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in ancient DNA research, walks readers through the astonis ...Show more
How to Solve it: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method by Georg Polya
$46.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Princeton Science Library
A perennial bestseller by eminent mathematician G. Polya, How to Solve It will show anyone in any field how to think straight. In lucid and appealing prose, Polya reveals how the mathematical method of demonstrating a proof or finding an unknown can be of help in attacking any problem that can be "reaso ...Show more
Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth by Andrew H Knoll
$45.95 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Princeton Science Library | Reading Level: good
Australopithecines, dinosaurs, trilobites--such fossils conjure up images of lost worlds filled with vanished organisms. But in the full history of life, ancient animals, even the trilobites, form only the half-billion-year tip of a nearly four-billion-year iceberg. Andrew Knoll explores the deep histor ...Show more
Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future - The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers by John MacCormick
$34.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Princeton Science Library
Nine revolutionary algorithms that power our computers and smartphones Every day, we use our computers to perform remarkable feats. A simple web search picks out a handful of relevant needles from the world's biggest haystack. Uploading a photo to Facebook transmits millions of pieces of information ov ...Show more
Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate by William F. Ruddiman
$44.95 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Princeton Science Library
The impact on climate from 200 years of industrial development is an everyday fact of life, but did humankind's active involvement in climate change really begin with the industrial revolution, as commonly believed? Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum has sparked lively scientific debate since it was first pu ...Show more
Primates and Philosophers by Frans De Waal
$31.95 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Princeton Science Library
'It's the animal in us', we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? "Primates and Philosophers" tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations of one of humanity's most valued traits: morality. In this provocative book, primatologist Frans de Waal argues that modern-d ...Show more
Primates and Philosophers by Frans De Waal
$45.95 NZD
Category: Not a Book | Series: Princeton Science Library
"It's the animal in us," we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? "Primates and Philosophers" tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations of one of humanity's most valued traits: morality. In this provocative book, primatologist Frans de Waal argues that modern-d ...Show more