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Learn about Science and Scientists through Graphic Novels

Did you know that Baylor Libraries has graphic novels in their collection?  Did you know that they are not just about superheros?  Did you know that you can learn about science through graphic novels.  Below are just some of the graphic novels we have in our collection. Some of them are Biographies Logicomix about Bertrand Russell Feynman Darwin : a graphic biography : the really exciting and dramatic story of a man who mostly stayed at home and wrote some books Primates : the fearless science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas Some of them focus on...
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Book Review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

  From time to time, I will review books that have to do with STEM.  Some of them will be very practical like Scientific English and some of them more general interest like today’s book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. This book made many “best book” lists a few years ago.  I remember the first time I tried to check it out…it had already gone missing.  I figured that it was so popular and so interesting that someone didn’t want to give it back.  But never fear, we now have two hardback editions and a paper edition of the...
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