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.

The Valedictorian of Being Dead: The True Story of Dying Ten Times to Live
How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales
Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
Down from the Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear
You Are Never Alone
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives
Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
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  • Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
    This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
    The Naturalist
    The Fifth Risk
    The Only Woman in the Room
    Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
    Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
    A Mind of Her Own
    Unsheltered
    Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
    The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
    Lost and Wanted
    Brief Answers to the Big Questions
    The Valedictorian of Being Dead: The True Story of Dying Ten Times to Live
    Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
    Salt by Mark KurlanskyAt Home by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterA History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
    Histories of the Everyday
    245 books — 291 voters
    Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonQuiet by Susan Cain
    Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
    546 books — 339 voters

    Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken KeseyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
    Medicine and Literature
    1,384 books — 1,762 voters
    A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittQuiet by Susan CainThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
    Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
    786 books — 626 voters

    A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonBeing and Time by Martin HeideggerFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Undiscovered Self by Carl JungMemories, Dreams, Reflections by Carl Jung
    Most Engaging Scientific Nonfiction
    291 books — 269 voters
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    Best Nature Books
    650 books — 551 voters

    A Brief History of Time
    A Short History of Nearly Everything
    The Selfish Gene
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    Cosmos
    The Origin of Species
    The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
    Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
    What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
    The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    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

    Niels Bohr
    “ An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. ”
    ― Niels Bohr

    Terry Pratchett
    “ In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded. ”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

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