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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Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--And How to Think Deeply Again
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Sweat: A History of Exercise
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The Urge: Our History of Addiction
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  • Vagina Obscura by Rachel E. Gross
    Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage

    Release date: Mar 29, 2022
    "Vagina Obscura is a marvel of a book―lyrical, compassionate, infuriating, insightful, and wise." ―Deborah Blum, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist ...more
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    Giveaway dates: Jan 28 - Feb 20, 2022

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  • Robot Theology by Joshua K. Smith
    Robot Theology

    Release date: Jan 13, 2022
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  • A Brief History of Timekeeping by Chad Orzel
    A Brief History of Timekeeping: The Science of Marking Time, from Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks

    Release date: Jan 25, 2022
    Take a journey through the science, philosophy, and politics that grew alongside centuries of human efforts to measure the passage of time.
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  • Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
    The Anthropocene Reviewed
    Bewilderment
    Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--And How to Think Deeply Again
    Her Hidden Genius
    Transcendent Kingdom
    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
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    Miss Benson's Beetle
    Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    The Overstory
    The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward
    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
    The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le GuinDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickA Midsummer Night's Dream by William ShakespeareThe Absolute Sandman, Volume One by Neil GaimanA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
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    Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonStiff by Mary RoachGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
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