Forever evolving: New science books
The scientific world is forever making new discoveries and rewriting what we thought we knew. Check out our new science books!
- Groundbreakers: the return of Britain's wild boars / Lyons, Chantal
Wild boars are back in Britain but their right to exist is heavily debated with its impact on both people and the countryside. In Groundbreakers, Chantal Lyons talks to people around Britain about what the wild boars' presence means to them and their country. - Accidental: the greatest (unintentional) scientific breakthroughs and how they changed the world / James, Tim
From a sneeze to Eureka, science is often wrong but occasionally by chance things go right, changing everything. Accidental is an intriguing book about those little accidents that changed science and our lives forever. - Sing like fish: how sound rules life under water / Kingdon, Amorina
Human's hearing underwater has always been poor but with new advances in technology scientists have discovered how various properties of water affect sound. In "Sing Like Fish," Amorina Kingdon explores these discoveries and examines how human-made noise affects the oceans and the ways marine creatures use sound. - How to be a bad botanist / Barnes, Simon
Simon Barnes is a birdwatcher who use to think that plants were only good as homes for birds. But after he saw the ability of some plants to thrive in inhospitable places, he realised how important plants truly are. In How to be a Bad Botanist, Barnes takes us to from thinking we know nothing about plants to observing and admiring the plants around us. - Vector: a surprising story of space, time, and mathematical transformation / Arianrhod. Robyn
Vectors and tensors have enabled physicists and mathematicians to think in new ways and help create things we rely on daily like mobile phones and GPS. Vector will take you through history to explore these mathematical concepts. - The asteroid hunter: a scientist's journey to the dawn of our solar system / Lauretta, Dante S.
The asteroid Bennu was discovered in 1999 and has become both a blessing and a curse for mankind. It beholds many answers to scientific questions, but it was also discovered to be heading on a course to collide with Earth in 2182. Dante S. Lauretta, the leading scientist on the project discusses in The Asteroid Hunter, the impact of Bennu and it's relationship with Lauretta's own personal journey. - Metamorphosis: how insects are changing our world / McAlister, Erica
There is an unimaginable number of insects in the world. In Metamorphosis learn about the impact insects have on the world of science and the important relationship we have to insects with up-to-date research and scientific storytelling. - Every living thing: the great and deadly race to know all life / Roberts, Jason
Back in the 18th century, two men decided to identify and describe every living creature on Earth. Carl Linnaeus and Georges-Louis de Buffon took completely different approaches, but alas neither were able to complete the mammoth task. Read Every Living Thing to discover the lives of these two men and the fate of their work after their deaths. - Foraging New Zealand : over 250 plants and fungi to forage in Aotearoa / Langlands, Peter
New Zealand has an abundance of plants to forage if you know what you are looking for. Foraging New Zealand is the guide to help you with up-to-date information and photos, you can find food in your suburban streets or in the middle of the countryside.