British Science Week

Join us in celebrating British Science Week 
Get involved at www.britishscienceweek.org

This year’s theme is Growth 

All the books are available to read for free online and in libraries.

Tell us what you think of the books on this list and suggest great books you would like to share: contact us libraries247@coventry.gov.uk

Check out these great titles

Adult booklist

  • A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough
  • Human Universe by Brian Cox and Andrew Cohen 
  • Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life by Dr Helen Czerski
  • Vaxxers by Sarah Gilbert 
  • Heart: A History by Sandeep Jauhar
  • The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee
  • What if?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
  • To Be a Machine by Mark O’Connell
  • Superior: The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini  
  • Headstrong by Rachel Swaby

Children's booklist

  • Agents of the Wild series of books by Jennifer Bell and Alice V Lickens
  • Once Upon a Star: a Poetic Journey Through Space by James Carter
  • Grow: Secrets of Our DNA by Nicola Davies
  • Agent Asha: Mission Shark Bytes by Sophie Deen
  • Space Oddity by Christopher Edge  
  • The Plesiosaur’s Neck by Jonathan Emmett and Dr Adam Smith
  • Lightning Mary by Anthea Simmons
  • Nano: the Spectacular Science of the Very (Very) Small by Jess Wade