Los Angeles Valley College Library: PASO Grant-Funded Library Materials: Fun: Hands-On Applications of STEM Concepts

The Science of Food, Drinks, & Cooking

Modernist Bread by Nathan Myhrvold; Francisco Migoya
Call Number: TX769 .M947 2017 (6 volumes, Reference)
Modernist Cuisine at Home by Nathan Myhrvold; Maxime Bilet
Call Number: TX651 .M93 2012 (2 volumes, Reference)
Molecular Gastronomy: Exploring the Science of Flavor by Hervé This
Call Number: TX546 .T5513 2008 (Stacks)
The Science of the Oven by Hervé This
Call Number: TX546 .T55313 2009 (Stacks)
Cook's Science: How To Unlock Flavor In 50 Of Our Favorite Ingredients by Edited by Cook's Illustrated Magazine, Guy Crosby
Call Number: TX651 .C6626 2016 (Stacks)
Ingredient : unveiling the essential elements of food by Ali Bouzari
Call Number: TX551 .B639 2016 (Stacks)
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat; Wendy MacNaughton (Illustrator); Michael Pollan (Foreword by)
Call Number: TX651 .N67 2017 (Stacks)
The Flavor Matrix by James Briscione; Brooke Parkhurst
Call Number: TX714 .B7534 2018 (Stacks)
Reinventing the wheel : milk, microbes, and the fight for real cheese by Bronwen Percival; Francis Percival
Call Number: SF271 .P47 2017 (Stacks)
Science Of Cooking: Every Question Answered To Perfect Your Cooking by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff; Stuart Farrimond
Call Number: TX651 .F37 2017 (Stacks)

The Science of Gardening

Teaming With Microbes: The Organic Gardener's Guide To The Soil Food Web by Wayne Lewis; Jeff Lowenfels
Call Number: S591 .L59 2010 (Stacks)
Teaming With Nutrients: The Organic Gardener's Guide To Optimizing Plant Nutrition by Jeff Lowenfels
Call Number: QK867 .L87 2013 (Stacks)
Teaming With Fungi: The Organic Grower's Guide To Mycorrhizae. by Jeff Lowenfels
Call Number: SB106 .M83 L69 2017 (Stacks)

Other

The Science of Crime Scenes by Max M. Houck; Frank Crispino; Terry McAdam
Call Number: HV8073 .H776 2018 (Stacks)
Science Of Biometrics: Security Technology For Identity Verification by Ravindra Das
Call Number: TK7882 .B56 D3725 2019 (Stacks)

The Science of Hair

Chemical and Physical Behavior of Human Hair by Clarence R. Robbins
Call Number: QM488 .R63 2012a (Stacks)
The Science of Hair Care by Claude Bouillon (Editor); John Wilkinson (Editor)
Call Number: RL91 .S45 2005 (Stacks)
The Science Of Black Hair: A Comprehensive Guide To Textured Hair Care by Audrey Davis-Sivasothy
Call Number: TT972 .D38 2011 (Stacks)
Hair Structure and Chemistry Simplified : exam review by John Halal
Call Number: TT970 .H35 2009 (Stacks)

Art & Illustration

Trees in Art by Charles Watkins
Call Number: N7680 .W38 2018 (Stacks)
Science Of Screenwriting: The Neuroscience Behind Storytelling Strategies by Contributions by Paul Joseph Gulino, Connie Shears
Call Number: PN1996 .G857 2018 (Stacks)
Project Origami: Activities For Exploring Mathematics by Thomas Hull
Call Number: QA19 .P34 H85 2013 (Stacks) -- also available (2012 version) as an ebook (3 users)
How To Fold It: The Mathematics Of Linkages, Origami, And Polyhedra by Joseph O'Rourke
Call Number: QA564 .O76 2011 (Stacks) -- also available as an ebook (unlimited simultaneous users)
Karakuri: How to Make Mechanical Paper Models that Move by Keisuke Saka
Call Number: TJ248 .H825 2010 (Stacks)
Origami Design Secrets: Mathematical Methods For An Ancient Art by Robert J. Lang
Call Number: TT870 .L2614 2012 (Stacks) -- also available as an ebook (unlimited simultaneous users)
Twists, Tilings, And Tessellations: Mathematical Methods For Geometric Origami by Robert J. Lang
Call Number: QA166.8 .L36 2018 (Stacks) -- also available as an ebook (unlimited simultaneous users)
Drawing Geometry: A Primer Of Basic Forms For Artists, Designers And Architects by Jon Allen
Call Number: QA464 .A449 2007 (Stacks)
Making Geometry: Exploring Three-Dimensional Forms by Jon Allen
Call Number: QA491 .A45 2012 (Stacks)
Geometry and the Visual Arts by Daniel Pedoe
Call Number: QA445 .P44 1983 (Stacks)
Werner's Nomenclature of Colours by Patrick Syme; Abraham Gottlob Werner (Illustrator)
Call Number: ND1510 .S96 2018 (Stacks)
Reductionism in Art and Brain Science by Eric Kandel
Call Number: N71 .K355 2018 (Stacks)
Art & Physics: Parallel Visions In Space, Time, And Light by Leonard Shlain
Call Number: N72 .S3 S56 2007 (Stacks)
The sick rose, or, Disease and the art of medical illustration by Richard Barnett
Call Number: R836 .B37 2014 (Stacks)

Home Experiments

The Electric Pickle: 50 Experiments from the Periodic Table, from Aluminum to Zinc by Joey Green
Call Number: QD38 .G74 2018 (Stacks)
Naked eggs and flying potatoes : unforgettable experiments that make science fun by Steve Spangler
Call Number: Q164 .S617 2010 (Stacks)
Fire bubbles and exploding toothpaste : more unforgettable experiments that make science fun by Steve Spangler
Call Number: Q164 .S616 2011 (Stacks)

Robotics & the Maker Movement

Assembled: Transform Everyday Objects Into Robots by Eszter Karpati (Editor)
Call Number: TT910 .A834 2017 (Stacks)
Home Robotics: Maker-Inspired Projects For Building Your Own Robots by Daniel Knox
Call Number: TJ211.15 .K55 2018 (Stacks) -- also available as an ebook (1 user)
Marine Robotics and Applications by Edited by Luc Jaulin et al.
Call Number: TC1662 .M37 2018 (Stacks)
Death And The Machine: Intersections Of Mortality And Robotics by Siobhan Lyons
Call Number: BJ59 .L96 2018 (Stacks)
Electronics from the Ground Up: Learn by Hacking, Designing, and Inventing by Ronald Quan
Call Number: TK7825 .Q36 2015 (Stacks)
507 Mechanical Movements by Henry T. Brown
Call Number: TJ181 .B87 2005 (Stacks)
Tool Book: A Tool Lover's Guide To Over 200 Hand Tools by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
Call Number: TJ1195 .D37 2018 (Stacks) -- also available as an ebook (1 user)

Music

Jazz Of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music And The Structure Of The Universe by Stephon Alexander
Call Number: QB981 .A54 2017 (Stacks)
Music By The Numbers: From Pythagoras To Schoenberg by Eli Maor
Call Number: ML3805 .M3 2018 (Stacks)
Musimathics: The Mathematical Foundations Of Music by Gareth Loy
Call Number: QA19 .M87 L69 2006 (2 volumes, Stacks)
Music, Physics and Engineering by Harry F. Olson
Call Number: ML3807 .O4 1967 (Stacks)
Science of Percussion Instruments by Thomas D. Rossing
Call Number: ML3805 .R76 2000 (Stacks)