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.
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   "A masterpiece of science writing." -Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass "Mesmerizing, world-expanding, and achingly...
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...
Every living thing
Roberts, Jason
Paper Book
An epic, extraordinary account of scientific rivalry and obsession in the quest to survey all of life on Earth--a competition "with continued repercussions for Western views of race. [This] vivid double biography is a passionate corrective" (The New York Times Book Review,...
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
The science of cleaning
Bressanini, Dario
Paper Book
Countless cleaning hacks for every kind of household dirt may vie for our attention, but how do we know which ones really work and which ones will only leave you with a sticky mess that doesn't actually do the job? Scientific evidence comes to the rescue, as chemistry professor Dario Bressanini...

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