The Library has launched a project to promote the reading of books of a scientific nature with a review of selected books.
Check out on Youtube the recommended reading list of Arturo DSF, the mascot of our library, you can borrow here the books suggested!
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Books reviewed by Arturo:
Alla scoperta di Ascanio Sobrero by Giuseppe Garbarino
A short history of (nearly) everything by Bill Bryson
The Drunkard’s Walk by Leonard Mlodinow
Dancing naked in the Mind Field by Kary Mullis
In search of Memory by Eric Kandel
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
The Periodic Table by Primo Levi
Napoleon’s Buttons by Penny Le Couteur and Jay Burreson
Cantor’s dilemma by Carl Djerassi
Viruses and bacteria by Michele La Placa
Surely you’re joking, Mr. Feynman!: adventures of a curious character, and What do you care what other people think? by Richard Feynman
Why does asparagus make your pee smell? by Andy Brunning
LSD my problem child by Albert Hofmann
Encyclopedia of Chemistry by Icilio Guareschi with interview of prof. Alberto Minassi
La scienza in pasticceria by Dario Bressanini
La chimica della bellezza by Piersandro Pallavicini
Il trucco c'è e si vede by Beatrice Mautino
The Double Helix by James Watson