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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Sweat: A History of Exercise
Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers
The Urge: Our History of Addiction
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    Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Democracy: A Global Citizen's Report on the Corporate Control of Technology, Health, and Agriculture
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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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  • The Mind and the Moon by Daniel Bergner
    The Mind and the Moon: My Brother's Story, the Science of Our Brains, and the Search for Our Psyches

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    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
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    The Origin of Species
    The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
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