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.

Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire
The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years
Being a Human: Adventures in Forty Thousand Years of Consciousness
Every Minute Is a Day: A Doctor, an Emergency Room, and a City Under Siege
We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation
Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America
The Quiet Zone: Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence
The Arbornaut: A Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us
Pando: A Living Wonder of Trees
Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse
How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch: In Search of the Recipe for Our Universe
This is Your Mind on Plants
Fox & I
Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer
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    Love, Zac: Small-Town Football and the Life and Death of an American Boy
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    Dr. Jennifer Gunter is the world’s most famous—and outspoken—gynecologist." —The Guardian

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    Transcendent Kingdom
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    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    This is Your Mind on Plants
    The Overstory
    Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
    Dangerous Ground (Fiona Carver, #1)
    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
    Brief Answers to the Big Questions
    Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
    Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
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    A Short History of Nearly Everything
    The Selfish Gene
    Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
    Cosmos
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
    The Origin of Species
    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 Gene: An Intimate History
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