Science

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.

Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond
Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats
Blue Dreams: The Science and the Story of the Drugs that Changed Our Minds
Quirky: The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World
It’s Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear
Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet
Maria Sibylla Merian: Artist, Scientist, Adventurer
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor
Heavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia
Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road
Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Shuttle and Her Crew

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    She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
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    Many Ways to See the Sun: Nature Meditations for Children and the Adults Who Love Them
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    Brain Rules for Aging Well: 10 Principles for Staying Vital, Happy, and Sharp
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  • 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
    This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
    Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
    Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
    When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
    Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
    Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
    Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
    Leonardo da Vinci
    Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
    Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
    Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
    Modern Romance
    The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss
    The Tumor
    The Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George Orwell
    Works of Pure Genius
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    A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
    History of Science
    374 books — 251 voters

    My Lady Love by Bridgitte LesleyYou Really Are Full of Shit, Aren't You? by Karl WigginsWitch in the Woods by Taylor Ann BunkerWood, Talc and Mr. J by Chris   RoseCalico Jack in your Garden by Karl Wiggins
    Try it!
    136 books — 150 voters
    A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldWalden by Henry David ThoreauA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonPilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie DillardDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
    Best Nature Books
    588 books — 486 voters

    Animal Models in Cardiovascular Research by David R.  GrossCosmos by Carl SaganThe Systems View of Life by Fritjof CapraA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingPale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
    Science Writing
    168 books — 144 voters
    The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Subtle Knife by Philip PullmanThe Amber Spyglass by Philip PullmanHopebreaker by Dean F. WilsonThe Last Adventure of Dr. Yngve Hogalum by D.L. Mackenzie
    Best Steampunk and Gaslight Works
    253 books — 352 voters

    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    Cosmos
    The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
    What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
    The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
    Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
    Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
    The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
    The Grand Design
    The God Delusion
    The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
    Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
    The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
    The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
    Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void


    Sam Kean
    Sam Kean The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
    His Favorite Science Books for Nonscientists: No need for a lab coat. Enjoy these picks from the science writer behind The Violinist's Thumb, an in-depth look at our genetic code.
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    Sarah   Williams
    “ Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. ”
    ― Sarah Williams, Twilight Hours: A Legacy of Verse

    Stephen Hawking
    “ We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special. ”
    ― Stephen Hawking

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