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

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
The Impossible Factory: The Remarkable True Story of Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works, America's Innovation Machine
The Secrets of our DNA: How Genetics has Changed the World
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 Dark Frontier: Unlocking the Secrets of the Deep Sea
Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI
The Book of Cannabis: The History and Future of the Plant and the Drug
On the Future of Species: Authoring Life by Means of Artificial Biological Intelligence
How to Talk to AI (and How Not To)
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    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
    Abundance
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    Magnifica Humanitas: Lettre encyclique sur la protection de la personne humaine à l’ère de l’intelligence artificielle
    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
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    Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life
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    A Brief History of Time
    A Short History of Nearly Everything
    The Selfish Gene
    Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
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    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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