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 Genius of Birds
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
Unseen City: The Majesty of Pigeons, the Discreet Charm of Snails & Other Wonders of the Urban Wilderness
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports
No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon
What's It Like in Space?: Stories from Astronauts Who've Been There
The Most Perfect Thing: Inside (and Outside) a Bird's Egg
House of Lost Worlds: Dinosaurs, Dynasties, and the Story of Life on Earth
The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe
Sorting the Beef from the Bull: The Science of Food Fraud Forensics
Tipping Point for Planet Earth: How Close Are We to the Edge?
Immunity: How Elie Metchnikoff Changed the Course of Modern Medicine

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    Niels Bohr
    An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
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    The Seven Social Sins are: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce
    The Seven Social Sins are: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Worship without sacrifice. Politics without principle. From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925.
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