The Awa Book of New Zealand Science

Since Polynesian voyagers miraculously navigated the Pacific Ocean to find and inhabit a small group of islands at 42 degrees south, scientists of Aotearoa/New Zealand have had an extraordinary record of discovery. This landmark collection of writings ranges from early naturalists' observations of birds and plants to thrilling eyewitness accounts of experiments that revealed the structure of DNA and the nature of matter itself. This is science at its most exciting ¿ a book to amaze and delight readers of all ages.

Rebecca Priestley is a contributor to Te Ara, the online encyclopedia of New Zealand, and the editor of The Elegant Universe of Albert Einstein.