National Science Week

National Science Week is Australia's annual celebration of science and technology which features more than 1000 events around Australia, including those delivered by universities, schools, research institutions, libraries, museums and science centres. This year National Science Week is it being held from 10-18 August, so join the festivities and events by reading some of the titles from the following list.

Updated June 11, 2024
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Adventures in Volcanoland: ; What Volcanoes Tell Us About the World and Ourselves
Mather, Tasmin.
Paper Book
A mix of memoir, travel and popular science, charting journeys across deserts, through jungles and up ice caps, to some of the most important volcanoes around the world In this captivating book from one of the most influential geochemists in the field, Tamsin Mather takes us...
Light eaters, the
Schlanger, Zoe
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER TIME's 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 * A Best Book of the Year: Barnes & Noble and Publishers Weekly * An Amazon Best Nonfiction Book of the Year "A masterpiece of science writing." -Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass ...
How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi : Collected Quirks of Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math from Nerd Nite
Orr, Kristen
Paper Book
In the vein of acclaimed popular-science bestsellers such as Atlas Obscura, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry, The Way Things Work, What If?, and Undeniable, the co-founders of the global science organization Nerd Nite bring readers a collection of...
Sing like fish : how sound rules life under water
Kingdon, Amorina
Paper Book
A captivating exploration of how underwater animals tap into sound to survive, and a clarion call for humans to address the ways we invade these critical soundscapes--from an award-winning science writer "Sing Like Fish is that rare book that makes you see the world...
The possibility of life : searching for kinship in the cosmos
Green, Jaime
Paper Book
An LA Times Book Prize Finalist A Washington Post Best Book of the Year An NPR Science Friday Book Club Pick A "Next Big Idea Book Club" Must Read An Esquire Best Book of 2023 A Gizmodo New Release Pick for April
Perfume: a Century of Scents
Ostrom, Lizzie
Paper Book
Signature scents and now-lost masterpieces; the visionaries who conceived them; the wild and wonderful campaigns that launched them; the women and men who wore them--every perfume has a tale to tell. Join Lizzie Ostrom on an olfactory adventure as she explores the trends and...

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