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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How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
Wild Maps for Curious Minds: 100 New Ways to See the Natural World
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Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health--and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More
The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder
Engineering in Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment
Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening
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Why Am I Taller? What Happens to an Astronaut's Body in Space
  • The Battle for Your Brain by Nita Farahany
    The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology

    Release date: Mar 14, 2023
    A new dawn of brain tracking and hacking is coming. Will you be prepared for what comes next?

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    Giveaway dates: Jan 03 - Jan 21, 2023

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  • Under Alien Skies by Philip Plait
    Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe
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    Release date: Apr 18, 2023
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  • Allergic by Theresa MacPhail
    Allergic: How Our Immune System Reacts to a Changing World

    Release date: May 30, 2023
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  • Lessons in Chemistry
    Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
    Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    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
    Bewilderment
    Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
    Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
    Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
    Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
    Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar
    Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeDivergent by Veronica Roth
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    Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondStiff by Mary RoachOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
    Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
    2,475 books — 1,425 voters

    A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
    Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
    1,616 books — 1,199 voters

    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
    404 books — 640 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
    1,687 books — 3,648 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 Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

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