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.

If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity
Mindreader: The New Science of Deciphering What People Really Think, What They Really Want, and Who They Really Are
The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide
Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea and the Shipwreck of the Titanic
The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain Is Different and How to Understand Yours
Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet
Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller
Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World
Animal Joy: A Book of Laughter and Resuscitation
A Brief History of Black Holes: And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong
Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films
Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World’s First Modern Computer
Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Cosmic Quest from Zero to Infinity
Death by Landscape
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    Cheap Land Colorado: Off-Gridders at America's Edge

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    Her Hidden Genius: A Novel
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    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Mystery of Mrs. Christie and The Only Woman in the Room.

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    The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

    Release date: Oct 25, 2022
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  • Lessons in Chemistry
    What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)
    The Anthropocene Reviewed
    Bewilderment
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    The Overstory
    Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life
    What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
    Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar
    Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention- and How to Think Deeply Again
    The Ministry for the Future
    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
    The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
    Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
    Transcendent Kingdom
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    A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldWalden by Henry David ThoreauA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeySilent Spring by Rachel Carson
    Best Nature Books
    915 books — 694 voters

    A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
    Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
    1,678 books — 3,637 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
    340 books — 304 voters

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonCoraline by Neil GaimanHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
    Trippy Books
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    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 — 300 voters

    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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