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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The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
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The Naturalist (The Naturalist, #1)
The End of October
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
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The Overstory
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
The Other Einstein
A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs
Looking Glass  (The Naturalist, #2)
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
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    Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration, and Life on Earth
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  • 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
    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    The Origin of Species
    What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
    The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
    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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    Best Cognitive Science Books
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    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessCoraline by Neil Gaiman
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    Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
    1,136 books — 852 voters

    Watchmen by Alan MooreSoon I Will Be Invincible by Austin GrossmanThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonBatman by Frank MillerHero by Perry    Moore
    Superhero Fiction
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