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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Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinking
Finding Normal: Sex, Love, and Taboo in Our Hyperconnected World
Sweat: A History of Exercise
Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers
The Urge: Our History of Addiction
Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern
Move: How the New Science of Body Movement Can Set Your Mind Free
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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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    Availability: 40 copies available, 2142 people requesting

    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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    Availability: 1 copy available, 884 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Feb 08 - Feb 22, 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
    Migrations
    Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
    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
    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
    1,650 books — 3,596 voters
    Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksHow the Mind Works by Steven PinkerThe Blank Slate by Steven PinkerThe Language Instinct by Steven Pinker
    Best Cognitive Science Books
    325 books — 497 voters

    The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings 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
    668 books — 748 voters
    A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondCosmos by Carl Sagan
    Most Engaging Scientific Nonfiction
    339 books — 300 voters

    I, Robot by Isaac AsimovDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeNeuromancer by William GibsonThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
    Best Books on Artificial Intelligence
    312 books — 514 voters
    Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. CormenStructure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold AbelsonThe C Programming Language by Brian W. KernighanThe Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-3 Boxed Set by Donald Ervin KnuthDesign Patterns by Erich Gamma
    Essential Books of Computer Science
    194 books — 293 voters

    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 (What If?, #1)
    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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