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. ...more

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Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science
Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind
Black Hole Survival Guide
The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention
The Sediments of Time: My Lifelong Search for the Past
What Is to Be Done: political engagement and saving the planet
A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind (Vol. 1)
The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
Vagina Problems: Endometriosis, Painful Sex, and Other Taboo Topics
Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology
Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art
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  • Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
    This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
    Uncanny Valley
    The Overstory
    Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World
    The End of October
    Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
    No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
    Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
    Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
    The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
    Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
    Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
    Interference
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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 Grand Design
    The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

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