The Library was opened on the 20th November 1979 and it is named after the Hungarian-American scientist Leo Szilárd, who in part initiated the idea of EMBL.
What volcanoes tell us about the world and ourselves? What are the effects of opera music from brain to body? How our future with robots could like? Why humans are so susceptible to noise and bias in decision-making? Explore our collection to find your story for summer days!
From our collection of EMBL alumni and EMBL authors' books, we selected titles for summer break - enjoy novels, memoires, biographies and taste recipes seasoned with EMBL!
Is it possible to achieve sustainability in the near future? How do we understand multiverse? What are the grounds of collective behavior in ecology? What limitarianism means in praxis? This and more find out in our new acquisitions ...
A selection of books from our EMBL Alumni and EMBL authors collection, with focus on scientific subjects such as molecular biology, evolution and environment, and an autobiography of a life in science.
Empowering women in STEM, a new biography of Carl Linnaeus, the role of music in human evolution, effective presentation design and critical reading, bioethics and the posthumanities - browse our latest arrivals
This year’s theme is “Be part of the Plan”, where everyone has a role to play and therefore can Be Part of the Plan. Let's explore newest arrivals on topics of biodiversity, environment and ecosystems and think of our part in the Plan?
On the occasion of 50th EMBL and 45th Szilárd Library anniversary, we looked at the data available from our library systems from 1998 to 2023 about book loans and borrowers.