AFTERGLOW: James Hector by Simon Nathan
Thursday 17 September was an evening of family and friends, science and history. More precisely, it was the launch of James Hector: Explorer, Scientist, Leader, by Simon Nathan, and it…
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Mad On Radium: New Zealand in the Atomic Age by Rebecca Priestley
Mad On Radium: New Zealand in the Atomic Age Rebecca Priestley, Auckland University Press ($45) Recorded history has a peculiar inertia. Its status as a record often makes it seem…
Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries by Ron Jonson
Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries Jon Ronson, MacMillan ($40) Ronson investigates the strange things we’re willing to believe in, from lifelike robots programmed with our loved ones’ personalities…
