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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    Heal Your TMJ: 6 Steps to Heal Jaw, Head, & Neck Pain for Life
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    Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World

    Release date: Mar 21, 2023
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  • The Exceptions by Kate Zernike
    The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science

    Release date: Feb 28, 2023
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  • Lessons in Chemistry
    What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
    Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar
    Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
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    Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
    Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
    An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
    Critical Mass
    “You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People
    Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
    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 Neil deGrasse Tyson
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    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
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    Mindset by Carol S. DweckOutliers by Malcolm GladwellDrive by Daniel H. PinkThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellHow to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
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    A Brief History of Time
    A Short History of Nearly Everything
    The Selfish Gene
    Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    Cosmos
    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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