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Library Guide to Chemistry & Physics 
New to the Shelf!
Students and faculty online and at regional centers may request books by mail through CU Library Exchange.
The Beauty of Chemistry: Art, Wonder, and Science by 
The Chemical Age: How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and Change Our Relationship with the Earth by 
Six Impossible Things: The Mystery of the Quantum World by 
Understanding How Science Explains the World by 
Asteroids: How Love, Fear, and Greed will Determine our Future in Space by 
Paleontology: An Illustrated History by 
The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution by 
More Than the Sum of the Parts: Complexity in Physics and Beyond by 
Astronomy: the Human Quest for Understanding by 
The Three Ages of Water: Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future by 
Accidental Astronomy: How Random Discoveries Shape the Science of Space by 
Purified: How Recycled Sewage is Transforming our Water by 
A First Guide to Computational Modelling in Physics by Selected E-Books
The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity by 
Infinity and the Mind: The Science and Philosophy of the Infinite by eBook Collection by EBSCOhost
Additional e-books not available through CU Search can be found at EBSCOhost's ebook collection, which contains over 180,000 books.
Recent Titles in Print
Find these books and many more on the shelves in the reference and circulating collections of Montgomery Library:
| PHILOSOPHY | ||
| BD 553 .I53 2022 | Mechanisms in Science: Method or Metaphysics? | |
| SCIENCE (GENERAL) | ||
| Q 175 .A485 2022 | The Joy of Science | |
| Q 175.35 .K45 W38 2017 | Convergence: The Idea at the Heart of Science | |
| Q 175.32 .K45 M328 2022 | Understanding How Science Explains the World | |
| GB 661.2 .G58 2023 | The Three Ages of Water: Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future | |
| ASTRONOMY | ||
| QB 43.3 .O88 2022 | Astronomy: The Human Quest for Understanding | |
| QB 44.3 .L56 2024 | Accidental Astronomy: How Random Discoveries Shape the Science of Space | |
| QB 461 .D86 2019 | Our Universe | |
| QB 651 .E48 2021 | Asteroids: How Love, Fear, and Greed will Determine our Future in Space | |
| QB 755 .G743 2020 | Meteorite: How Stones from Outer Space Made Our World | |
| QB 820 .G64 2018 | Exoplanets | |
| PHYSICS | ||
| QC 6 .S243 2022 | More than the Sum of the Parts: Complexity in Physics and Beyond | |
| QC 20 .S423 2024 | A First Guide to Computational Modelling in Physics | |
| QC 24.5 .A44 2020 | The World According to Physics | |
| QC 32 .R554 2019 | Physics Problems for Aspiring Physical Scientists and Engineers With Hints and Full Solutions | |
| QC 173 .F675 2018 | A Student's Guide to Atomic Physics | |
| QC 174.12 .G748 2019 | Six Impossible Things: The Mystery of the Quantum World | |
| CHEMISTRY | ||
| QD 37 .B28 2020 | The Beauty of Chemistry: Art, Wonder, and Science | |
| GEOLOGY | ||
| QE 705 .A1 B35 2022 | Paleontology: An Illustrated History | |
| QE 721.2 .E97 H36 2021 | Extinctions: Living and Dying in the Margin of Error | |
| NATURAL HISTORY | ||
| QH 31 .H9 B37 2022 | The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution | |
| QH 325 .E24 2019 | Foresight: How the Chemistry of Life Reveals Planning and Purpose | |
| QH 325 .K3925 2019 | A World Beyond Physics | |
| TECHNOLOGY | ||
| TA 455 .G65 J66 2018 | Graphene: The Superstrong, Superthin, and Superversatile Material that Will Revolutionalize the World | |
| TD 196 .P38 V66 2020 | The Chemical Age: How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and Change Our Relationship with the Earth | |
| TD 429 .A56 2023 | Purified: How Recycled Sewage is Transforming our Water | |
| TK 140 ..E3 M685 2019 | Edison | |
| TL 796.6 .M47 M47 2018 | Mercury: The View ater Mercury |
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Browse the Collection
Use these call numbers to browse the reference and circulating collections on Montgomery Library's first floor.
Library of Congress Classification Guide for Chemistry and Physics:
| Q 1-390 | Science (General) |
| QB 1-991 | Astronomy |
| QC 1-999 | Physics |
| QC 851-999 | Meteorology. Climatology |
| QD 1-999 | Chemistry |
| QD 146-197 | Inorganic chemistry |
| QD 241-441 | Organic chemistry |
| QE 1-996.5 | Geology |
| QE 701-760 | Paleontology |
| QE 760.8-899.2 | Paleozoology |
| QE 901-996.5 | Paleobotany |
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