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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Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
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    Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
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    Sadie Sprocket Builds a Rocket
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    Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
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    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
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