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

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The Traveler: One Man's Quest for Humanity from the South Seas to Revolutionary Paris
Togetherness: Symbiosis and the Hidden Story of Life's Greatest Collaborations
Little Blue Dot: How GPS Shaped the Modern World
Poking the Squid: What We Can Learn from Animal Sex
In Defense of Sunlight: The Surprising Science of Sun Exposure
The God Test: Artificial Intelligence and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning
This Is Life: How the Science of the Cosmos Explains What We Are
Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter
The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss
Lost Worlds: How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World
The Black Death: A Global History of Humanity's Most Devastating Pandemic
The Almighty Dollar: 500 Years of the World's Most Powerful Money
Opioids and Organs
The Impossible Factory: The Remarkable True Story of Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works, America's Innovation Machine
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    Basic Pistol: Living and Dying by the Gun in America

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    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
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    The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
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    Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse, #5)
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    The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments
    Dopamine Detox : A Short Guide to Remove Distractions and Train Your Brain to Do Hard Things (Productivity Series Book 1)
    Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future
    Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
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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
    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
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