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.

Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You
Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis
Lincoln: The Fire of Genius: How Abraham Lincoln's Commitment to Science and Technology Helped Modernize America
Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity
The Carbon Club
No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies: A Lyric Essay
The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of Obsession
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 Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain Is Different and How to Understand Yours
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    Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants

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    How Do We Know Ourselves?: Curiosities and Marvels of the Human Mind

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  • Lessons in Chemistry
    The Surgeon's Daughter
    What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    Bewilderment
    Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
    Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar
    The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
    Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
    Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
    Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention- and How to Think Deeply Again
    What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
    The Naturalist (The Naturalist, #1)
    Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life
    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
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    Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterFermat's Enigma by Simon SinghFlatland by Edwin A. AbbottThe Code Book by Simon SinghZero by Charles Seife
    Best Books About Mathematics
    402 books — 634 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 — 321 voters
    A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootQuiet by Susan CainFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
    Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
    1,467 books — 1,176 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
    343 books — 507 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

    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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