<\/p>\n New books are added every year – and some never make it off the list (Catcher in the Rye<\/em> and To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em> are two examples). Many of the banned books are novels, but a number of science books have also been challenged.<\/p>\n Here are a few of the many books related to Engineering and Science that have been banned at one time or another:<\/p>\n If you are interested in exploring Leonardo da Vinci’s engineering works, check out Doing da Vinci<\/a>.<\/em> Four builders and engineers attempt to build never-before-constructed inventions! da Vinci’s armored tank, siege ladder, self-propelled carts and even a machine gun are featured on this 2-disc set! Will his creations actually work? Doing da Vinci <\/em>will show you!<\/p>\n We have many resources that relate to Darwin<\/a>, Galileo<\/a>, and da Vinci<\/a>. Come explore our library and find these titles and more!<\/p>\n Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n Banned Books Week. <\/em>2016. Thunderclap, Inc. <\/a>Date Accessed: Sept. 2016<\/p>\n Banned Books Week.<\/em> 2014. Cornell University<\/a>.<\/p>\n Banned Books in the Sciences.<\/em> 2016. Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University.<\/p>\n Gelilei, Galileo, translated by Stillman Drake. 2967. Dialogue concerning the two chief world systems, Ptolemaic & Copernican. <\/em>Berkeley : University of California Press. Main Library QB41 .G1356 1967<\/a><\/p>\n Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary.<\/em> 1993. Springfield, Mass : Merriam Webster. Hardin Library for Health Sciences PE 1628 W4M4 1993<\/a><\/p>\n Other Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n Why Diverse Books are Commonly Banned.<\/em> Sept. 21, 2016 by Maggie Jacoby. Banned Books Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n Scholz, Matthias Paul. 2007. Advanced NXT : the da Vinci inventions book.<\/em> Berkeley, CA : Apress : New York : Distributed by Springer-Verlag. Engineering Library TJ211.15 .S36 2007<\/a><\/p>\n Letze, Otto, editor. 1997. Leonardo da Vinci : scientist, inventor, artist.<\/em> Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany : Verlag Gerd Hatje : New York, NY : Distribution Art Publishers. Engineering Library N6923.L33 A4 1997<\/a><\/p>\n D’Onofrio, Mauro, Burigana, Carlo, editors. 2009. Question of modern cosmology : Galileo’s legacy.<\/em> Berlin : Springer. Engineering Library QB981 .Q47 2009<\/a><\/p>\n Naess, Atle. 2005. Galileo Galilei, when the world stood still.<\/em> Berlin : New York : Springer. Engineering Library QB36.C2 N2413 2005<\/a><\/p>\n Brasier, M.D. 2009. Darwin’s lost world : the hidden history of animal life<\/em>. Oxford, NY : Oxford University Press. Engineering Library QE653 .B736 2009<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Banned Books Week 2016 Banned Book Week was launched in 1982 in order to bring attention to a surge of challenges that schools, bookstores and libraries were getting. The purpose is to highlight the value of free and open access to information and the freedom to read. The American Library Association (ALA) reports that between 2000 and 2009, 5,099Continue reading “It is Banned Book Week 2016!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":4612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5],"tags":[],"syndication":[35],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4610"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4610"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8372,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4610\/revisions\/8372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4610"},{"taxonomy":"syndication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/syndication?post=4610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/files\/2016\/09\/2016-Banned-Books-Week-400x250.png\")
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