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50 Management Ideas You Really Need to Know by Edward Russell-Walling
$30.00 NZD
Category: Business | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
The fourth title in the Quercus Ideas You Really Need to Know series demystifies the management concepts that any budding entrepreneur would want to grasp. The 50 bite-sized topics expound the wisdom of the well-known business gurus (from Peters and Porter to Welch and Gates), explain helpful theories a ...Show more
50 Philosophy of Science Ideas You Really Need to Know by Gareth Southwell
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Science first began as a branch of philosophy, but it has since grown up and moved out of the family home, and its successes have put its parent in the shade. Thanks to scientific knowledge we have walked on the Moon, cured once-fatal illnesses, and even identified the very building blocks of life and t ...Show more
50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know by Joanne Baker
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Ser.
In this, the second volume in an important new series presenting core concepts across a range of critical areas of human knowledge, author Joanne Baker unravels the complexities of 20th-century scientific theory for a general readership. She explains ideas at the cutting-edge of scientific enquiry, maki ...Show more
50 Political Ideas You Really Need to Know by Ben Dupre
$27.99 NZD
Category: History and Politics | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Ser.
In a series of 50 accessible essays, Ben Dupre introduces and explains the fundamental concepts of politics including political theory, ideologies and the machinery of politics.From revolution to feminism, monarchy to political parties, 50 Political Ideas You Really Need to Know is a complete introducti ...Show more
50 Quantum Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know by Joanne Baker
$28.00 NZD
Category: Physics and Chemistry | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Ser.
In a series of 50 accessible essays, Joanne Baker introduces and explains the fundamental physical concepts and laws that govern the inner workings of our universe.From Schrodinger's cat to Einstein's theory of relativity, energy conservation to speed of light, 50 Quantum Physics Ideas You Really Need t ...Show more
50 Quantum Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know by Joanne Baker
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Following on from the highly successful 50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know, author Joanne Baker consolidates the foundation concepts of physics and moves on to present clear explanations of the most cutting-edge area of science: quantum physics. With 50 concise chapters covering complex theories a ...Show more
50 Religious Ideas You Really Need to Know by Peter Stanford
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Despite frequent prognostications regarding the death of God' and the triumph of secular materialism, religion remains a central component in the lives of most people around the world. There are currently thought to be 2 billion Christians, 1.2 billion Muslims, 800 million Hindus, along with some 700 mi ...Show more
50 Universe Ideas You Really Need to Know by Joanne Baker
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
For millennia humanity has gazed in wonder at the night sky, tracked the motions of the planets and attempted to explain our place in the Universe. But only in our own time has the true scale, the astonishing variety and the remarkable strangeness of the cosmos come clearly into focus. The pace and soph ...Show more
Earth: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know by Martin Redfern
$28.00 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
This latest book in the bestselling '50 Ideas' series is a wonderfully accessible overview of the only place we know of in the universe that is capable of sustaining life. Expert popular science writer Martin Redfern covers all the natural processes of the Earth: climate, ocean currents, air currents, t ...Show more
The Future: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know by Richard Watson
$25.00 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series | Reading Level: very good
What will the world look like in 2020, 2030 or even 2100? How will progress in scientific research affect human life in the areas of health and lifestyle, energy and the environment, politics and conflict, space exploration and even the ultimate questions of existence? This book offers an electrifying t ...Show more