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Stephen Hawking: An unfettered mind

by Kitty Ferguson

Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

New Books Shelf: QC16.H33 F465 2012

 

"Stephen Hawking has been an iconic figure in physics for the last half a century, making many groundbreaking discoveries on the nature of the universe. Yet while his mind roams to the farthest corners of reality, his body has become increasingly trapped by the advance of Lou Gehrig's disease, which has bound him to a wheelchair, without speech or movement except for a few facial muscles. Told in his youth that he would not live past his 20s, Hawking will turn 70 in 2012, and today he continues to inspire millions, drawing rock-concert-sized crowds wherever he lectures. Science writer Kitty Ferguson has been working with Stephen Hawking for decades, and produced an internationally bestselling biography of his life in 1992. Now, she brings his life as well as his scientific discoveries up-to-date. This is a remarkable look at how one of the greatest scientific mind alive overcame the odds to become the truly inspirational figure he is today." review from publisher

Check out this book, and other titles in the new book area, for four weeks with your SWC photo ID card.

SWC Library @ Otay Mesa

 

Otay Mesa Higher Education Center

Southwestern College


Library Hours Fall Semester:

Monday: 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 
Tuesday: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 
Thursday: 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m

 

Library resources include:

• Librarian to help you find what you need
• Computers for research
• Study rooms
• Online databases and books
• Textbooks for some classes (two-hour check out)
• Printer and photocopier (10 cents per page)
• Dictionaries, encyclopedias, and reference books
• Books to help with your research or to read just for fun
• Books and handouts to help you cite your sources
• Access to research from home

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Website of the Week

Students seeking health and medical information in easy-to-understand language will appreciate the organization and content of Healthopedia.com.

Healthopedia is presented as a consumer information resource that includes comprehensive and unbiased information on over 1,500 health topics. The information is offered as an alphabetical list and comes from 70 health centers.

This site includes featured centers such as: Allergies, Diabetes, and High Blood Pressure, as well as comprehensive medical encyclopedias. In addition to the patient-friendly language of each entry, a consistent and comprehensive format is provided for readers which includes:
 
1. Overview, causes & risk factors
2. Symptoms & signs
3. Diagnosis & Tests
4. Treatment & Monitoring
5. Attribution

Finally, each topic offers links to related articles and provides the author, reviewer, and date of review at the end of the entry. This makes a great, straightforward, one-stop resource for students’ health related research.

Review by Tanya Carr, SWC Librarian

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SWC Library @ National City

 

National City Higher Education Center

Southwestern College
 

Library Hours Fall Semester:

Monday: 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. 
Tuesday: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 
Thursday: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 

Library resources:

• Librarian to help you find what you need
• Computers for research
• Study rooms
• Online databases and books
• Textbooks for some classes (one or two-hour check out)
• Dictionaries, encyclopedias, and reference books
• Books to help with your research or to read just for fun
• Books and handouts to help you cite your sources
• Access to research from home

See you at the library!

Have a question? Ask a librarian!

Read a Book Day

September 6 is National Read a Book Day. What are you reading?

The book stacks are located on the third floor of the library. The library also has a collection of Leisure Reading books -- books to read just for fun. Search the library catalog or ask a librarian for help finding something. Check out books for four weeks with your SWC photo ID.

We also have books for sale (25 cents for softcover, 50 cents for hardcover). Proceeds benefit the Friends of the Library. Browse the sale shelves near the Reference Desk.

Check It Out

Life Upon These Shores : Looking at African American History, 1513-2008

by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Knopf, 2011

New Book Shelf: E185 G27 2011 

"In this work, the author gives us a sumptuously illustrated, landmark book tracing African American history from the arrival of the conquistadors to the election of Barack Obama. Informed by the latest, sometimes provocative scholarship, and including more than eight hundred images, ancient maps, art, documents, photographs, cartoons, posters, this book focuses on defining events, debates, and controversies, as well as the achievements of people famous and obscure. The author takes us from the sixteenth century through the ordeal of slavery, from the Civil War and Reconstruction through the Jim Crow era and the Great Migration; from the civil rights and black nationalist movements through the age of hip-hop on to the Joshua generation. By documenting and illuminating the sheer diversity of African American involvement in American history, society, politics, and culture, he bracingly disabuses us of the presumption of a single 'Black Experience.'" review from publisher

Take home this book and other new books for four weeks with your SWC photo ID card. Have a question? Ask a librarian!