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Science

The Red Planet

book cover image: Mars : our future on the Red Planet

Is habitation of Mars really possible?  Can it happen in our lifetime? In October 2015, NASA declared Mars "an achievable goal".

The world's first real spaceship

book cover image: Into the black

On 12 April 1981 a revolutionary new spacecraft blasted off from Florida on her maiden flight. 

The Big Bang Theory

book cover image: The Science of TV's the Big Ban Theory: Explanations even Penny would understand

Well, this book is, and isn't, about science. It is more about our interest in science and all things scientific. 

Record Breaking Super Moon

book cover image: the moon and how to observe it

While I generally blog about books that we have in the collection or an upcoming program I had to change tactics because we have the chance to see a record-breaking supermoon - the biggest in nearly 70 years.

Cosmology - an ever advancing science

book cover image: The cosmic web

Grab this copy of an insider's account how a generation of undaunted theorists and observers solved the mystery of the architecture of our cosmos

Newton's apple

book cover image: Newton's apple and other myths about science

Ronald L. Numbers and Kostas Kampourakis have joined together to create Newton's apple and other myths about science

To sleep, perchance to dream"

book cover image: The sleep revolution

Adrianna Huffington's new book The sleep revolution: transforming your life, one night at a time follows on the heel of her book Thrive, a #1 New York Times bestseller. 

Take it from McNair

Ronald McNair's Portrait

We have free access to a wealth of information through print, audio and online.  At your library your children can develop their interests and dream of their future.  It wasn't always so.

How to Have a Good Day

book cover image: how to have a good day

Caroline Webb's new book How to Have a Good Day: Harness the Power of Behavioural Science to Transform your working life  is absolutely packed with great information.  Webb explains how to apply the advances in the behavioural sciences to our everday lives, especially our work lives.