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.

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 2: The Pillars of Civilization
The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women
The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged): Adventures in Math and Science
Sea Lions in the Parking Lot: Animals on the Move in a Time of Pandemic
The Gilded Page: The Secret Lives of Medieval Manuscripts
The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone
Sex: Lessons From History
The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity
A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird
Murder Isn't Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie
Life as We Made It: How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation Refined—and Redefined—Nature
Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History
Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission
Tu Youyou's Discovery: Finding a Cure for Malaria
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  • Bewilderment
    The Anthropocene Reviewed
    The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
    Transcendent Kingdom
    The Overstory
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    Migrations
    Miss Benson's Beetle
    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
    Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
    Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
    The Ministry for the Future
    Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
    The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
    Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
    Walden by Henry David ThoreauA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeySilent Spring by Rachel Carson
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    A Short History of Nearly Everything
    The Selfish Gene
    Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
    Cosmos
    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    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
    The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

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