The Libraries may not specialize in fiction, but does have some of these challenged titles. Celebrate reading during banned books week (and any week!) The American Library Association also has more »
Category: Natural and Physical Sciences
The periodic table of the elements. It is every chemist's cheat sheet and an indispensable fixture in the life of every school's science lab. Despite its ubiquity, did you ever more »
While it may not be a bicentennial, the year 2009 marks what would have been the 175th birthday of August Weismann, a German biologist and one of the founders of more »
The illustration features a vivarium which can be used in summer or winter: …more suitable, with certain exceptions, for Snakes than Lizards, as the latter are apt to climb up more »
2009 is the centennial year of the discovery of the Burgess Shale fossil in the Rocky Mountains of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. In 1909, Charles Walcott—the fourth secretary of the more »
Now that it has stopped raining every day, you may want to get out at lunch and explore some gardens. Two garden related events are going on near the National more »
Don't worry, not all the work is so glamorous! Hoover Company, Hoover: The Story of a Crusade, 1926, Hoover test of woman vacuuming There are many behind-the-scenes folks who volunteer more »