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
The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning
Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs: 100 Discoveries That Changed the World
How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America
Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
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
A Human History of Emotion: How the Way We Feel Built the World We Know
Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution
The Story Paradox: How Our Love of Storytelling Builds Societies and Tears them Down
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Dinopedia: A Brief Compendium of Dinosaur Lore
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    Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
    Her Hidden Genius
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    Histories of the Everyday
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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
    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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