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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The Ritual Effect: From Habit to Ritual, Harness the Surprising Power of Everyday Actions
Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World
Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos
We Loved It All: A Memory of Life
Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever
Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria
The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins
The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity
Before It's Gone: Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change in Small-Town America
Oliver's Great Big Universe: A Novel
Everything Is Predictable: How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World
Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life
Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World
  • Meet the Neighbors by Brandon Keim
    Meet the Neighbors: Animal Minds and Life in a More-than-Human World

    Release date: Jul 16, 2024
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  • The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
    Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
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    The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments
    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
    Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
    What Happened To You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
    Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
    The Only Woman in the Room
    Dopamine Detox : A Short Guide to Remove Distractions and Get Your Brain to Do Hard Things (Productivity Series Book 1)
    Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
    Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
    The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
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    Divergent by Veronica RothInsurgent by Veronica RothUglies by Scott WesterfeldThe Host by Stephenie MeyerDelirium by Lauren Oliver
    Best Books About Nanotechnology
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    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
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    Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonCoraline by Neil GaimanHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
    Trippy Books
    825 books — 963 voters
    Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksHow the Mind Works by Steven PinkerThe Blank Slate by Steven PinkerThe Language Instinct by Steven Pinker
    Best Cognitive Science Books
    354 books — 518 voters

    Outliers by Malcolm GladwellFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichBlink by Malcolm Gladwell
    Sociology Books
    542 books — 437 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
    412 books — 658 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 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
    Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

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