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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Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive
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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
A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis
Patient Zero: A Brief History of the Science  Stories Behind the World's Worst Diseases
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  • The Upgrade by Louann Brizendine
    The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Remakes Itself in the Second Half of Life

    Release date: Apr 19, 2022
    The NYT bestselling author of The Female Brain explains how a woman’s brain changes for the better in midlife, guiding women to unlock their potential
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    Availability: 15 copies available, 2076 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Dec 09 - Jan 06, 2022

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  • Heartbreak by Florence  Williams
    Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey

    Release date: Feb 01, 2022
    "Williams captures the heartache of divorce and the crooked road back to living." ―Helen Fisher, author of THE ANATOMY OF LOVE. ...more
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  • Drug Use for Grown-Ups by Carl L. Hart
    Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear

    Release date: Jan 11, 2022
    Win a copy of Dr. Carl Hart's Drug Use for Grown-Ups, now in paperback! ...more
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  • Bewilderment
    The Anthropocene Reviewed
    Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
    Transcendent Kingdom
    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
    Migrations
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    The Overstory
    Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
    The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
    Miss Benson's Beetle
    Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
    Brief Answers to the Big Questions
    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
    Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
    Divergent by Veronica RothInsurgent by Veronica RothUglies by Scott WesterfeldThe Host by Stephenie MeyerDelirium by Lauren Oliver
    Best Books About Nanotechnology
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    The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le GuinDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickMemories, Dreams, Reflections by C.G. JungA Midsummer Night's Dream by William ShakespeareThe Absolute Sandman, Volume One by Neil Gaiman
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    A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
    Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
    1,641 books — 3,636 voters
    Walden by Henry David ThoreauSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonBeing and Time by Martin HeideggerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Age of Insight by Eric R. Kandel
    Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
    2,562 books — 1,346 voters

    The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George Orwell
    Works of Pure Genius
    670 books — 832 voters
    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessCoraline by Neil Gaiman
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    A Brief History of Time
    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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