Collection: Science & Space Books

As a science centre we’re proud to have an extensive collection of science books – it’s in our DNA! And speaking of DNA, why not find out how it’s shaped our evolution, or maybe it’s computer coding that gets you going? Whatever it is, you’re sure to discover it here!

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  • Fantastically Great Women: Scientists and Their Stories
    Book cover is blue with illustrations of female scientists (2 light-skinned women, two medium-skinned women) doing different activities.
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  • The Big Science Activity Book
    Book cover shows lab flask with maze. Cover reads
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  • Planetarium
    Front cover shows illustrations of Earth, Jupiter, Saturn and other planets iwth Milky Way and stars in the background. Images look like coloured wood carvings. Words on cover read 'Science Museum', 'Welcome to the Museum, Admit All' on ticket image, 'Planetarium, curated by Chris Wormwell and Raman Prinja'. 'Big Picture Press' in bottom left.
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  • My First Body Book
    Book cover shows colourful humanoids doing different activities.
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  • Lift the Flap Engineering
    Yellow book cover with red dashed lines across it. Illustrations show prosthetic arm using a smart phone, a windmill, a rocket, headphones, an airplane, measuring devices and a cyclist. Cover reads
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  • Little People Big Dreams: David Attenborough
    Book cover is green with illustration of David Attenborough (a white man) with a butterfly on his finger and binoculars in his left hand.
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  • Anatomicum Book
    Anatomicum cover is dark blue and has illustrations of body parts.
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  • See Inside Space
    Book cover shows illustration of two astronauts standing on the mooon with Apollo 11 with the Earth in the background as well as the sun, stars, planets, satellites and a galaxy. Cover reads 'An Usborne Flap Book, with over 50 flaps and a star map booklet'.
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  • Science Scribble Book
    Science Scribble book cover is green with illustrations of skeleton, space rover and whale. Red stripe down the right hand side. Title reads
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  • Little People Big Dreams: Mae Jemison
    Book cover is dark blue with an illustration of Mae Jemison in a space suit, holding a helmet.
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  • What If
    Red book cover has black illustration of T-Rex lifted by rope. Across the top in white letters, cover reads 'The UK and US No.1 Bestseller'. Two quotes read: '
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  • Lift the Flap Computers and Coding
    Green book cover with small illustrations of little robot creatures. Cover has text boxes with what you'll find inside the book: 'try a simple program', 'look inside a computer', 'with extra help & resources online', 'see how computers think', 'with over 100 flaps to lift'.
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  • See Inside Space Stations and Other Spacecraft
    Book cover shows illustration of International Space Station orbiting Earth with star-spotted space in the background. The cover reads
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  • Planetarium Activity Book
    Book cover shows detailed illustrations of planets and moons. Book title and curator names are in the centre. Top right has a 'Welcome to the Museum' emblem. Under the title is a red circle with the words 'colouring, drawing, puzzles & facts!' Bottom left shows publisher Big Picture Press logo.
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  • The Incredible Ecosystems of Planet Earth
    Book cover is black with different ecosystems illustrated within bottles and other transparent containers. The middle bottle holds the Earth.
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  • Little People Big Dreams: Mary Anning
    Orange book cover with illustration of Mary Anning (a white woman with dark blonde hair) leaning on a large animal skull.
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