Science Literacy Week
September 17, 2019
— Events
This week is Science Literacy Week in Canada, “a nationwide celebration highlighting the excellence and diversity of science outreach events, resources and organizations from coast to coast.” SNOLAB will be at the Sudbury Farmer’s Market this Saturday with outreach activities, and we’ve also compiled a reading list of physics books for all ages to enjoy.
Check out the list below for your next favourite science book!
Kids
Rosie Revere, Engineer* + Ada Twist, Scientist*
Andrea Beaty and David Roberts
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
Bang! The Universe Verse*
James Lu Dunbar
Goodnight Lab
Chris Ferrie
Astrophysics for Babies
Chris Ferrie and Julia Kregenow
Older Than the Stars*
Karen Fox
When Planet Earth was New
James Gladstone
George’s Secret Key to the Universe*
Lucy and Stephen Hawking
You are Stardust*
Elin Kelsey
The Way Things Work Now
David Macaulay
Meet the Planets*
John McGranaghan
Born With a Bang
Jennifer Morgan
Thing Explainer*
Randall Munroe
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Burbage
Sydney Padua
Particle Physics Brick by Brick
Ben Still
Magnitude: The Scale of the Universe*
Megan Watzke and Kimberly Arcand
Adults
We Have No Idea*
Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson
The Infinite Monkey Cage: How to Build a Universe
Brian Cox
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by its Most Brilliant Teacher
Richard Feynman
The Elegant Universe
Brian Greene
Brief Answers to the Big Questions*
Stephen Hawking
Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
Sabine Hossenfelder
Neutrino Hunters*
Ray Jayawardhana
The Dialogues: Conversations on the Nature of the Universe
Clifford Johnson
To Light Such a Candle: Chapters in the History of Science and Technology
Keith Laidler
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space*
Janna Levin
How the Universe Got its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Place*
Janna Levin
Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteris of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions
Lisa Randall
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void*
Mary Roach
Cosmos
Carl Sagan
Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution: The Search for What Lies Beyond the Quantum
Lee Smolin
Note: Titles marked with * are available through the Greater Sudbury Public Library.