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.

An Immense World
Death by Landscape
Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films
The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation
Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality
Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America's Woods
Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History
The World As We Knew It: Dispatches From a Changing Climate
How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion
Future Stories: What's Next?
When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness
Birdgirl: A Young Environmentalist Looks to the Skies in Search of a Better Future
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    The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize Everything

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    The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction

    Release date: Jan 03, 2022
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    The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

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  • Lessons in Chemistry
    The Surgeon's Daughter
    The German Wife
    The Anthropocene Reviewed
    Bewilderment
    Transcendent Kingdom
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life
    Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
    The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization
    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
    The Ministry for the Future
    Miss Benson's Beetle
    What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
    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
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    The Martian by Andy WeirRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsDune by Frank HerbertFoundation by Isaac AsimovRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
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    Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah BlumThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
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    351 books — 288 voters
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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 Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

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