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 Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
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
A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria
Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity
The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins
Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World
Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life
Inconceivable: Super Sperm Donors, Off-the-Grid Insemination, and Unconventional Family Planning
Adventures in Volcanoland: What Volcanoes Tell Us About the World and Ourselves
Secrets of the Octopus
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    The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
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    Extinction
    Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
    Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
    The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments
    The Only Woman in the Room
    Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
    Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
    What Happened To You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
    Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
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    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
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    Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

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