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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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
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Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse
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    Roman's Data Science: How to monetize your data
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    Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

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    Back to Earth: What Life in Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet—And Our Mission to Protect It

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    Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
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    Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
    The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
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    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
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