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 Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World
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
Virology: Essays for the Living, the Dead, and the Small Things in Between
Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History
A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman
How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion
The World As We Knew It: Dispatches From a Changing Climate
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
Expedition Backyard
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    Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy

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    Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life
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    Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar
    Transcendent Kingdom
    What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
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    Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention- and How to Think Deeply Again
    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
    Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
    What We Owe the Future
    The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
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    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
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    The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

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