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 Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
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  • The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson
    The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
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    Release date: May 03, 2022
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  • At Home on an Unruly Planet by Madeline Ostrander
    At Home on an Unruly Planet: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth

    Release date: Aug 02, 2022
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    Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America's Woods
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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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