Guides: Redpath Book Display: Science Literacy Week

This display was created by Liaison Librarian Lucy Kiester.

Science at Play

We turned images from items in our Rare & Special Collections into digital jigsaw puzzles and colouring pages.

Jigsaw puzzles

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Science Literacy Week (SLW) in Canada is a celebration of the unique relationship each of us share with science and how we manifest it. This year's SLW is dedicated to the integral role that mathematics has and continues to play in scientific and technological innovations. With that as this year's central theme, the SLW team encourages us to explore mathematics, its modern applications and how this ancient science is the origin of all the technology we know and use today.

To encourage the same exploration within the McGill Community, the HSSL Library brings to you this virtual collection of books to satisfy your mathematical curiosities. So pick a book or 'sum' and enjoy!

Browse the Shelf

Pi of life : hidden happiness of mathematics by Sunil Singh

The mathematical universe : from Pythagoras to Planck

L. A. Math: A Collection of detective stories using math to solve crime

Never split tens : a biographical novel of blackjack game theorist

Prime Suspects: a graphic novel that investigates key concepts in mathematics

Impossible? Explore these mind-boggling but true mathematical paradoxes

The Essence of Mathematics Through Elementary Problems

Celestial tapestry : the warp and weft of art and mathematics

How to free your inner mathematician : notes on mathematics and life

Clash of symbols : a ride through the riches of glyphs

Proving it her way : Emmy Noether, a life in mathematics

The legacy of Tatjana Afanassjewa : philosophical insights from the work of an original physicist and mathematician

Foolproof, and Other Mathematical Meditations

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

Sophie Germain : revolutionary mathematician

Emmy Noether - Mathematician Extraordinaire

Murder on the Einstein Express and Other Stories

Fashion Figures : How Missy the Mathlete Made the Cut

Humble pi : when math goes wrong in the real world

Towing Icebergs, Falling Dominoes, and Other Adventures in Applied Mathematics

Bibliographies

SciLit 2022 - Mathematics Print Resources
A list of print resources on the theme of the year, Mathematics!
SciLit 2022 - Mathematics E-Resources
Contains numerous e-book titles catering to the theme of the year, Mathematics!
Science Literacy Week - Print Titles
A general list of SciLit print titles compiled over the years.
Science Literacy Week - E-Resources
Includes a number of e-titles and audio material compiled over the years for SciLit.

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