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Library Guide to Chemistry & Physics 
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The Beauty of Chemistry: Art, Wonder, and Science
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Call Number: QD 37 .A44 2020ISBN: 9780262044417Publication Date: 2021-05-11 -
The Chemical Age: How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and Change Our Relationship with the Earth
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Call Number: TD 196 .P38 V66 2020ISBN: 9780226697246Publication Date: 2020-09-04 -
Six Impossible Things: The Mystery of the Quantum World
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Call Number: QC 174.12 .G748 2019ISBN: 9780262043236Publication Date: 2019-10-08 -
Understanding How Science Explains the World
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Call Number: Q 175.32.K45 M328 2022ISBN: 9781316518175Publication Date: 2022-07-07 -
The Joy of Science
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Call Number: Q 175 .A485 2022ISBN: 9780691211572Publication Date: 2022-04-12 -
Asteroids: How Love, Fear, and Greed will Determine our Future in Space
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Call Number: QB 651 .E48 2021ISBN: 9780300231922Publication Date: 2021-06-08E-book also available! -
Paleontology: An Illustrated History
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Call Number: QE 705 .A1 B35 2022ISBN: 9780691220925Publication Date: 2022-02-08 -
The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution
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Call Number: QH 31 .H9 B37 2022ISBN: 9780226720111Publication Date: 2022-11-16 -
More Than the Sum of the Parts: Complexity in Physics and Beyond
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Call Number: QC 6 .S243 2022ISBN: 9780192864178Publication Date: 2022-08-25 -
Astronomy: the Human Quest for Understanding
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Call Number: QB 43.3 .O88 2022ISBN: 9780198825821Publication Date: 2022-10-30 -
The Three Ages of Water: Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future
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Call Number: GB 661.2 .G58 2023ISBN: 9781541702271Publication Date: 2023-06-13 -
Accidental Astronomy: How Random Discoveries Shape the Science of Space
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Call Number: QB 44.3 .L56 2024ISBN: 9781541605411Publication Date: 2024-06-11 -
Purified: How Recycled Sewage is Transforming our Water
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Call Number: TD 429 .A56 2023ISBN: 9781642832815Publication Date: 2023-11-09 -
A First Guide to Computational Modelling in Physics
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Call Number: QC 20 .S423 2024ISBN: 9781009413121Publication Date: 2024-02-08
Selected E-Books
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The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity
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Infinity and the Mind: The Science and Philosophy of the Infinite
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ISBN: 9780691191386Publication Date: 2019-07-23
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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Interlibrary Loan
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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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Library of Congress Classification for ScienceMore detailed information on the LC classification for the Natural Sciences.