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About The Size Of It : The Common Sense Approach to Measuring Things by Warwick Cairns
$29.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Why does the size of a space shuttle's fuel tanks have more to do with a horse's rump than rocket science? Is there a correlation between the humble pint and the capacity of the human bladder? And why is an old Wellington boot as important an instrument of spacial awareness as was ever invented? About t ...Show more
About the Size of it: The Common Sense Approach to Measuring Things by Warwick Cairns
$39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
A serious, but seriously funny book about measuring things. Readers will find out: - Why an old Wellington boot is as important an instrument of spacial awareness as was ever invented? - Why the size of a space shuttle's fuel tanks has more to do with the proportions of a horse's rump than rocket scienc ...Show more
How to Live Dangerously : Why We Should All Stop Worrying and Start Living by Warwick Cairns
$35.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
We live in a society governed by Fear. Packets of peanuts 'may contain nuts', our children are locked away safe indoors, and we are encouraged to fear risks that previous generations took for granted. The result is a temptation never to leave the house. "How to Live Dangerously" is a sane, straight-talk ...Show more
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