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 Stardust Mystery

    Release date: Sep 30, 2020
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  • Under a White Sky by Elizabeth Kolbert
    Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future

    Release date: Apr 06, 2021
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  • Owls of the Eastern Ice by Jonathan C. Slaght
    Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl
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  • Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
    No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
    Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
    Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
    Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
    The Overstory
    A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
    Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World
    Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
    Interference
    The Naturalist (The Naturalist, #1)
    Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
    The Other Einstein
    The Tumor
    Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
    A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
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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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    Walden by Henry David ThoreauThe Age of Insight by Eric R. KandelBeing and Time by Martin HeideggerSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonMarie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser
    Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
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    The Martian by Andy WeirRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsFoundation by Isaac AsimovDune by Frank HerbertRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
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    345 books — 627 voters
    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 (nonfiction)
    328 books — 304 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
    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 Grand Design
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