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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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
Lessons in Chemistry
Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life
The Anthropocene Reviewed
Bewilderment
Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Her Hidden Genius
Transcendent Kingdom
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--And How to Think Deeply Again
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
Miss Benson's Beetle
Migrations
Unfuck Your Brain: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
  • The Surgeon's Daughter by Audrey  Blake
    The Surgeon's Daughter
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    Release date: May 09, 2022
    Women's work is a matter of life and death

    Nora Beady, the only female student at a prestigious medical school in Bologna, is a rarity. In the 19th cen
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    Giveaway dates: Apr 01 - May 01, 2022

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  • Virology by Joseph Osmundson
    Virology: Essays for the Living, the Dead, and the Small Things in Between

    Release date: Jun 07, 2022
    "Inquisitive, bold, and lyrical." ― Melissa Febos, author of GIRLHOOD
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  • The Upgrade by Louann Brizendine
    The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Remakes Itself in the Second Half of Life

    Release date: Apr 19, 2022
    “An important book... I wish I had read it years ago!”—Jane Fonda

    "Filled with useful insights and inspiring."—Mary Pipher, Women Rowing North
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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
    Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken KeseyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
    Medicine and Literature
    1,742 books — 1,957 voters
    The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Host by Stephenie MeyerCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica Roth
    Best Sci-Fi/Futuristic Romance
    1,329 books — 1,393 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
    195 books — 298 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 — 502 voters

    Salt by Mark KurlanskyAt Home by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterA History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
    Histories of the Everyday
    360 books — 316 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 — 302 voters


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