We've put together a few science-related books, eBooks, eJournals, and other eResources for this year's National Science Week.
If you are planning a visit to the State Library, you can view the books in the 'Book Display', or you could borrow them from your local library.
Books and periodicals
| A (very) short history of life on Earth Henry Gee Catalogue link  |
Taking to the field Jane Carey Catalogue link  |
Quantum mechanics Andrew Larkoski Catalogue link  |
| Wonder: childhood and the lifelong love of science Frank Keil Catalogue link  |
Nuclear weapons Mark Wolverton Catalogue link  |
Engineering sustainable life on earth John Coplin Catalogue link  |
| The first astronomers: how ingidenous elders read the stars Duane Hamacher Catalogue link  |
Fantastic numbers and where to find them : a cosmic quest from zero to infinity Antonio Padilla Catalogue link  |
Super volcanoes: what they reveal about Earth and the worlds beyond Robin George Andrews Catalogue link  |
| The secret perfume of birds Danielle Whittaker Catalogue link  |
Sticky: the secret science of surfaces Laurie Winkless Catalogue link  |
Black hole physics Daniel Grumiller Catalogue link  |
| Elementary particles and their interactions Steve Martin Catalogue link  |
How to fall slower than gravity… Paul Nahin Catalogue link  |
Einstein's fridge Paul Sen Catalogue link  |
| Notes from deep time Helen Gordon Catalogue link  |
The best Australian science writing 2021 Foreword by Cathy Foley, edited by Dyani Lewis Catalogue link  |
The universe Andrew Cohen Catalogue link  |
| Materials physics and chemistry edited by Satya Bir Singh, PhD, Alexander V. Vakhrushev, DSc, A.K. Haghi, PhD Catalogue link  |
The beauty of chemistry Phillip Ball Catalogue link  |
Astronomy…: a practical guide to the night sky (annual periodical) Georges Hall Catalogue link |
| Australia's Nobel Laureates. Vol 3 Editor Paul Brescia Catalogue link  |
ebooks and ejournals - home access
The following eResources can be accessed anytime and anywhere using your device and WI-FI.
- Women in Supramolecular Chemistry
- Grain and Noise - artists in synthetic biology labs
- Acetylsalicylic Acid
- Neuroscience for Pre-Clinical Students
- Integrated chemical processes in liquid multiphase systems
- Neutrons for science
- Energy and human ambitions on a finite planet
- Crop improvement
- Introduction to systems biology
- The Green Middle Ages
- Foundations of biomedical science
- Crop genetics
- Introduction to earth sciences
- Geology online lab activities
- Digging into Canadian soils
- Surveying and mapping
- An introduction to infinite-dimensional differential geometry
- Contemporary Mathematics
- IEEE Open Journal of Instrumentation and Measurement
- Superconductivity
- Environmental research, infrastructure, and sustainability
- Cognitive robotics
ebooks - onsite access
The following ebooks can be accessed onsite when you are at the State Library.