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Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning “knowledge”) is the effort to discover, and increase human understanding of how the physical world works. Through controlled methods, science uses observable physical evidence of natural phenomena to collect data, and analyzes this information to explain what and how things work.

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Counting Backwards: A Doctor's Notes on Anesthesia
by Henry Jay Przybylo

Release date: Nov 14, 2017

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The Angry Chef: Bad Science and the Truth about Healthy Eating
by Anthony Warner

Release date: Jan 09, 2018

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Jane on the Brain: Exploring the Science of Social Intelligence with Jane Austen
by Wendy Jones

Release date: Dec 05, 2017

Why is Jane Austen so phenomenally popular? Why do we read Pride and Prejudice again and again? Why do we delight in Emma’s mischievous schemes? Why d ...more
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“ Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. ”
― Carl Sagan

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“ The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. ”
― Albert Einstein, The World As I See It

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