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.

Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive
Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs: 100 Discoveries That Changed the World
National Geographic Ocean: A Global Odyssey
Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond
The Last Winter: The Scientists, Adventurers, Journeymen, and Mavericks Trying to Save the World
Patient Zero: A Brief History of the Science  Stories Behind the World's Worst Diseases
Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
On Animals
Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 2 - The Pillars of Civilization
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet
The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery
The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women
The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged): Adventures in Math and Science
The Gilded Page: The Secret Lives of Medieval Manuscripts
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    Uprooted: Family Trauma, Unknown Origins, and the Secretive History of Artificial Insemination

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    Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals: The Future of Food

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    Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
    Transcendent Kingdom
    Migrations
    The Overstory
    Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
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    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
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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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    The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
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    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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