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E=mc2 by David Bodanis
$25.00 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction
'By the end of the astonishing E=mc2, a dedicated reader will have achieved, if only by osmosis, an understanding of Einstein's theory of relativity and feel quite at ease dining with Nobel Prize winners. It's a lucid, even thrilling study: the very best kind of science journalism. I didn't know I could ...Show more
E=mc2 : A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation by David Bodanis
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: very good
'By the end of the astonishing "E=mc2", a dedicated reader will have achieved, if only by osmosis, an understanding of Einstein's theory of relativity and feel quite at ease dining with Nobel Prize winners. It's a lucid, even thrilling study: the very best kind of science journalism. I didn't know I cou ...Show more
Einstein's Greatest Mistake: The Life of a Flawed Genius by David Bodanis
$28.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Widely considered the greatest genius of all time, Albert Einstein revolutionised our understanding of the cosmos with his general theory of relativity and helped to lead us into the atomic age. Yet in the final decades of his life he was also ignored by most working scientists, his ideas opposed by eve ...Show more
Einstein's Greatest Mistake - The Life of a Flawed Genius by David Bodanis
$40.00 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
Widely considered the greatest genius of all time, Albert Einstein revolutionised our understanding of the cosmos with his general theory of relativity and helped to lead us into the atomic age. Yet in the final decades of his life he was also ignored by most working scientists, his ideas opposed by eve ...Show more
Electric Universe : How electricity switched on the modern world by David Bodanis
$28.00 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction
For centuries, electricity was viewed as little more than a curious property of certain substances that sparked when rubbed. Then, in the 1790s, Alessandro Volta began the scientific investigation that ignited an explosion of knowledge and invention, transforming our world. The force that once seemed in ...Show more
Passionate Minds : The Great Enligtenment Love Affair by David Bodanis
$35.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: very good
Emilie du Chatelet was one of the greatest thinkers of the 18th century, a woman whose work was of vital use to Einstein and who, until now, has been largely ignored by history. Fiercely intellectual and passionate, Emilie's relationship with Voltaire was as radical as her thinking; only after swordfigh ...Show more
The Art of Fairness - The Power of Decency in a World Turned Mean by David Bodanis
$28.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
From a New York Times bestselling author, a fresh and detail-rich argument that the best way to lead is to be fair Can you succeed without being a terrible person? We often think not: recognizing that, as the old saying has it, "nice guys finish last." But does that mean you have to go to the other ext ...Show more
The Art of Fairness - The Power of Decency in a World Turned Mean by David Bodanis
$37.99 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
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