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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

The Planets: Photographs from the Archives of NASA

Hellfire Boys: The Untold History of Soldiers, Scientists, and America's First Race for Weapons of Mass Destruction

Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality

The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures

From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

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Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery

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The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

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9x Fun: A Children's Picture Book That Makes Math Fun, with a Cartoon Story Format to Help Kids Learn the 9x Table; Educational Science (Math) Series
by Sharon Clark, Roberto Gonzalez (Illustrations)

Release date: Mar 05, 2014

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Dr. E's Super Stellar Solar System by Bethany Ehlmann

Dr. E's Super Stellar Solar System: Massive Mountains, Supersize Storms, Alien Atmospheres, and Other Out-Of-This-World Space Science
by Bethany Ehlmann, Jennifer Swanson (Goodreads Author)

Release date: Jan 16, 2018

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The Cosmic Machine: The Science That Runs Our Universe and the Story Behind It
by Scott Bembenek (Goodreads Author)

Release date: Aug 15, 2017

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