Diverse Perspectives in STEM

Libraries play a powerful role in supporting diverse perspectives in STEM by providing access to resources, promoting inclusivity, and fostering collaboration. To help libraries represent a wide range of perspectives in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), including those from underrepresented groups, EBSCO Books librarians have recently curated a new Featured Collection, Diverse Perspectives in STEM.

This well-balanced collection includes more than 75 academic e-books written and edited by authors from historically marginalized people groups across many different STEM disciplines. This collection includes key texts from experts in their fields, guidance on diversifying STEM communities, memoirs by scientists and engineers from historically marginalized groups, and local studies from around the world with global applications.

Here is a brief sampling of the e-books included in our new Diverse Perspectives in STEM Featured Collection:

Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything by Michio Kaku
Published by Doubleday (Penguin Random House)
9780385548373

Dr. Michio Kaku is a world-renowned theoretical physicist and bestselling author. His latest book delves into the world of quantum computing and how it is already shaping the future.

Queering Science Communication: Representations, Theory, and Practice edited by Lindy A. Orthia and Tara Roberson
Published by Policy Press
9781529224436
Available as DRM-Free

Dr. Lindy Orthia’s and Dr. Tara Roberson’s book brings together over 40 contributors detailing various ways in which science communication can be more inclusive to and representative of LGBTQIA+ scientists and communities.

The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Published by Hachette Book Group
9781541724693

Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is a particle cosmologist and one of fewer than 100 black women to have a PhD in physics. In this debut book, she addresses the wonders of the universe and the societal constructs that hinder minority and female scientists like herself in their pursuit of their own scientific journeys.

Testimonios: Stories of Latinx and Hispanic Mathematicians edited by Pamela E. Harris, Alicia Prieto-Langarica, Vanessa Rivera Quiñones, Luis Sordo Vieira, Rosaura Uscanga, Andrés R. Vindas Meléndez
Published by American Mathematical Society
9781470467159

The American Mathematical Society presents the stories and career biographies of over 25 Latine and Hispanic mathematicians. This collection is a mirror for the next generation of Latine and Hispanic math enthusiasts, and a window for current and aspiring mathematicians from all ethnicities to better understand the diversity of the mathematical community.

Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Governance: A Sub-Saharan African Perspective edited by Eromose E. Ebhuoma and Llewellyn Leonard
Published by Springer Nature
9783030994112

Bringing together scientists from around sub-Saharan Africa, this book investigates indigenous knowledge systems in relation to climate science, and how that should also affect public policy in the face of climate change.

Among Tigers: Fighting to Bring Back Asia’s Big Cats by K. Ullas Karanth
Published by Chicago Review Press
9781641606554

Dr. K. Ullas Karanth is a conservation zoologist and leading tiger expert. Among Tigers is the story of the tiger – its biology, its critical role in the natural Asian ecosystems, and its importance in human culture. It is also a hopeful call to action, providing a roadmap to save not only these great cats, but many other species that share their habitat.

Browse all e-books included in the Diverse Perspectives in STEM collection using EBSCOhost Collection Manager (ECM.)

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Please note: Not all titles may be available to all customers or in all markets.

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