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.

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On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear
The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness
The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here
The Hot Hand: The Mystery and Science of Streaks
Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America
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  • The Kitchen Pantry Scientist by Liz Lee Heinecke
    The Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Chemistry for Kids: Homemade Science Experiments and Activities Inspired by Awesome Chemists, Past and Present
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    Release date: May 05, 2020
    Replicate a chemical reaction similar to one Marie Curie used to purify radioactive elements! Distill perfume using a method created in ancient Mesopo ...more
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    Availability: 10 copies available, 445 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: May 05 - Jun 02, 2020

    Countries available: U.S.

  • Green Swans by John Elkington
    Green Swans: The Coming Boom In Regenerative Capitalism
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    Release date: Apr 07, 2020
    Have you heard of Nicholas Taleb's "Black Swans?" Meet the "Green Swans" of the future.

    Even leading capitalists admit that capitalism is broken. Green
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    Availability: 100 copies available, 155 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: May 21 - Jun 04, 2020

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  • The Future Earth by Eric Holthaus
    The Future Earth: A Radical Vision for What's Possible in the Age of Warming
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    Release date: Jun 30, 2020
    The first hopeful book about climate change, The Future Earth shows readers how to reverse the short- and long-term effects of climate change over the ...more
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    Availability: 5 copies available, 906 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: May 11 - Jun 08, 2020

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  • The End of October
    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
    The Overstory
    The Other Einstein
    Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
    Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World
    Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
    Unnatural Causes
    The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
    Uncanny Valley: A Memoir
    Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
    The Tumor
    Coronavirus: A Book for Children
    Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
    No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
    The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 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
    633 books — 684 voters
    Hyperion by Dan SimmonsDune by Frank HerbertEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardFoundation by Isaac AsimovThe Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
    Best Space Opera
    647 books — 1,081 voters

    The Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyMindset by Carol S. DweckOutliers by Malcolm GladwellDrive by Daniel H. PinkThe Art of Success by James Melouney
    Growth Mindset
    199 books — 305 voters
    A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonQuiet by Susan CainFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
    Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
    1,095 books — 832 voters

    The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingDivergent by Veronica RothTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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    1,098 books — 999 voters

    A Brief History of Time
    A Short History of Nearly Everything
    The Selfish Gene
    Cosmos
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
    The Origin of Species
    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    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

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