Science and astronomy

• General science
• Astronomy
• Biology & human biology
• Chemistry
• Physics
  

General science

General books on science are kept at Dewey number 500 in the library

• 507 - General science experiments
• 509 - History of science
• 520 - Astronomy & the universe
• 530 - Physics
• 540 - Chemistry
• 550 - Earth sciences, including volcanoes & the weather
• 560 - Prehistoric life, including fossils & dinosaurs
• 570 - Nature & biology
• 580 - Plants & botany
• 590 - Animals

Some good general books are:

• School Certificate science: the eight week training programme by B. Bennison. An oldie, but a goodie.
• Galileo's finger: the ten great ideas of science by Peter Atkins
• Magic universe: the Oxford guide to modern science by Nigel Calder

For more books on general science, try these catalogue searches:

• Science -- Miscellanea
• Science -- Terminology

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Astronomy

• Astronomy demystified by Stan Gibilisco
• The everything astronomy book: discover the mysteries of the universe by Cynthia Phillips & Shana Priwer

For more books on astronomy, try these catalogue searches:

• Astronomy
• Cosmology

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