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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Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid
A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars
The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Shaped the World
The Burning Blue: The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA's Challenger Disaster
Projections: A Story of Human Emotions
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What Fresh Hell Is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You
Coming to Our Senses: A Boy Who Learned to See, a Girl Who Learned to Hear, and How We All Discover the World
The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth
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    Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
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    Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
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    The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
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