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. ...more

The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie
The Madness Pill: One Doctor's Quest to Understand Schizophrenia
You've Been Pooping All Wrong: How to Make Your Bowel Movements a Joy
The Book of Cannabis: The History and Future of the Plant and the Drug
Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI
On the Future of Species: Authoring Life by Means of Artificial Biological Intelligence
How to Talk to AI (and How Not To)
Beyond Inheritance: Our Ever-Mutating Cells and a New Understanding of Health
Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Works
The Age of Alchemy: How Early Innovators Shaped Modern Chemistry
Chain Reaction: The Wondrous Chemistry of Everyday Life
When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World
The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary
Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History
The Story of Stories: The Million-Year History of a Uniquely Human Art
  • A New Vision of the Early Universe by Robert J. Conover
    A New Vision of the Early Universe: The Spin-Coherent Origin of Structure, Force, and Matter

    Release date: Feb 16, 2026
    This book explores the early universe as a real medium, showing how angular momentum naturally gave rise to black holes, particles, and forces.
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    Availability: 12 copies available, 1685 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Apr 30 - May 29, 2026

    Countries available: U.S.

  • On the Future of Species by Adrian Woolfson
    On the Future of Species: Authoring Life by Means of Artificial Biological Intelligence

    Release date: Apr 28, 2026
    'Visionary and exhilarating ... A work of astonishing scope and imagination' TIM COULSON
    'The book we need right now ... Essential reading' TOM ELLIS
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    Availability: 5 copies available, 2135 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: May 15 - May 29, 2026

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  • Kobuk the Destroyer by Alex Davies
    Kobuk the Destroyer: And Other Tales from the Wild, Unseen World of Test Engineering

    Release date: Sep 08, 2026
    A rollicking exploration of why the stuff we use (mostly) works—and a celebration of the mad genius of the engineers who ensure it does.

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    Availability: 10 copies available, 1959 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: May 02 - May 30, 2026

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  • Raising Hare: A Memoir
    Abundance
    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
    Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
    Livesuit (The Captive's War, #1.5)
    Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse, #5)
    Playground
    Elon Musk
    Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter
    Dopamine Detox : A Short Guide to Remove Distractions and Train Your Brain to Do Hard Things (Productivity Series Book 1)
    No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
    Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future
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    I, Robot by Isaac AsimovDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeNeuromancer by William GibsonThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
    Best Books on Artificial Intelligence
    485 books — 712 voters
    A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
    Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
    1,929 books — 3,628 voters

    Outliers by Malcolm GladwellFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichBlink by Malcolm Gladwell
    Sociology Books
    562 books — 420 voters
    Dune by Frank Patrick HerbertLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyOn Destiny by Aileen ErinNot Till We Are Lost by Dennis E. TaylorLight Bringer by Pierce Brown
    Space Opera
    863 books — 1,123 voters

    Hopebreaker by Dean F. WilsonThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Subtle Knife by Philip PullmanThe Amber Spyglass by Philip PullmanSoulless by Gail Carriger
    Best Steampunk and Gaslight Works
    315 books — 423 voters
    The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Host by Stephenie MeyerCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica Roth
    Best Sci-Fi/Futuristic Romance
    1,453 books — 1,397 voters

    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
    The Origin of Species
    The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
    The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
    Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
    Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
    The Gene: An Intimate History
    "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

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