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.

Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science
Earth Keeper: Reflections on the American Land
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
Exploring the Elements: A Complete Guide to the Periodic Table
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
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    This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
    Uncanny Valley
    The Overstory
    Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World
    Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
    Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
    The Tumor
    The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
    The End of October
    Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
    Interference
    Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
    No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
    World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
    A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonQuiet by Susan CainBlood River by Tim ButcherThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
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    Dune by Frank HerbertHyperion by Dan SimmonsFoundation by Isaac AsimovEnder's Game by Orson Scott CardRevelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
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    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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    A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldWalden by Henry David ThoreauA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
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    The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Host by Stephenie MeyerCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica Roth
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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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