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.

The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice
The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of  America's Bird
The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
Two Heads: A Graphic Exploration of How Our Brains Work with Other Brains
How to Take Over the World: Practical Schemes and Scientific Solutions for the Aspiring Supervillain
The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss
Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas
Impact: How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong
Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything
More Than Words: The Science of Deepening Love and Connection in Any Relationship
Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History
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    Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist

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  • Mom Genes by Abigail Tucker
    Mom Genes: Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct

    Release date: Apr 05, 2022
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    Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
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    Bewilderment
    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
    The Anthropocene Reviewed
    Transcendent Kingdom
    Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--And How to Think Deeply Again
    Migrations
    The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward
    Miss Benson's Beetle
    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
    The Overstory
    Her Hidden Genius
    Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
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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 (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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