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30-Second Medicine: The 50 Crucial Milestones, Treatments and Technologies in the History of Health, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Gabrielle M. Finn
25.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: 30 Second
What does the Hippocratic oath actually say? Who originally discovered antibiotics? And is it true that technology now allows reconstructive surgery to use customized 3D-printed body parts? Find out the answers to these questions and many others in 30-Second Medicine, an intriguing visit to the world of ...Show more
30-Second Meteorology: The 50 Most Significant Events and Phenomena, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Adam Scaife
40.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: 30 Second
If you only have 30 seconds, there is time - using this book - to make sense of the science behind the seeming vagaries of the weather, the controversies, predictions and forecasts for climate change that shape our day-to-day experiences of the great outdoors. Ever since Aristotle first tried to explain ...Show more
30-Second Mythology by Robert A. Segal
25.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction | Series: 30 Second
The perfect introduction to the study of mythology, covering essential facts and details in one handy volume.
30-Second Mythology: The 50 Most Important Classical Gods and Goddesses, Heroes and Monsters, Myths and Legacies, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Dr. Robert A. Segal
23.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction | Series: 30 Second
The 30-Second...series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects that you feel you should really understand. Each idea, no matter how complex, is explained using a mere two pages, 300 words, and one picture: all easily digested in only half a minute. 30-Second Mythology offers the ...Show more
30- Second New York: The 50 Key Visions, Events and Architects by Sarah Fenton
25.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction | Series: 30 Second
New York never sleeps, they say, and 30-Second New York offers up an energetic tour of the city, looking at its founding fathers (and mothers), at key events in its history, and at the buildings and people that make up its unique character, taking in all of the Five Boroughs, not just Manhattan. Find ou ...Show more
30-Second Newton: The 50 Crucial Concepts, Roles and Performers, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Brian Clegg
40.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: 30 Second
Not only a towering figure in his own era, Newton also left an immense scientific legacy, much of which still underpins key theories today. So if the principal thing you remember about him is that an apple fell on his head, it's high time you learned a little more. 30-Second Newton offers a fast-track u ...Show more
30-Second Opera: The 50 Crucial Concepts, Roles and Performers, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Hugo Shirley
25.00 NZD
Category: Music | Series: 30 Second
The bestselling 30-Second series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Each title selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Every idea, no matter how complex, is explained in 300 words and one ...Show more
30-Second Philosophies by Barry Loewer
25.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction | Series: 30-Second
A fascinating guide to the main ideas and influential thinkers in the world of philosophy.
30-Second Photography: The 50 most thought-provoking photographers, styles and techniques, each explained in half a minute
23.00 NZD
Category: Craft | Series: 30 Second Ser.
Why was the first human ever captured on film caught by pure luck? Where is the human blind spot, and why don't you realise you have one? What does authenticity mean in an art where originals can be reproduced infinitely and manipulated flawlessly? Packed with world-renowned photographs, from the dagu ...Show more
30-Second Politics by Steven L. Taylor
25.00 NZD
Category: Politics | Series: 30-Second
30-second Politics will help dispel this fog of mistrust and paranoia. It challenges political theorists of all colours to come up with no-frill, no-spin, tell-it-like-it-is explanations of the 50 most important political -isms, -archies, and -ocracies that have pertained since the time of Periclean Ath ...Show more
30-Second Psychology by Christian Jarrett
25.00 NZD
Category: Psychology | Series: 30 Second
A compact yet detailed introduction to the primary theories of psychology and the history of its development.
30-Second Religion by Russell Re Manning
25.00 NZD
Category: Religion | Series: 30-Second
30-Second Religion decants and demystifies the key beliefs, deities, origins, and iconography of the world's major religions, denominations, and less widespread sects and cults. Whether you wish to understand the key differences between Catholicism and Protestantism, to glimpse the many gods of Hinduism ...Show more