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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Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening
Engineering in Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment
Einstein
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The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions
Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness
Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions
Nature's Wild Ideas: How the Natural World is Inspiring Scientific Innovation
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    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
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    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
    Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
    Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
    Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
    An Immense World
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    Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
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    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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    The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
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