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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StarTalk: Everything You Ever Need to Know About Space Travel, Sci-Fi, the Human Race, the Universe, and Beyond
Hank's Big Day: The Story of a Bug
Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science
Seeds on Ice: Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault
Monster Science: Could Monsters Survive (and Thrive!) in the Real World?
1 Out of 10 Doctors Recommends: Drinking Urine, Eating Worms, and Other Weird Cures, Cases, and Research from the Annals of Medicine
The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children
The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time
Ordinarily Well: The Case for Antidepressants
Beyond Human: How Cutting Edge Science is Extending Our Lives
Big Data: Does Size Matter?
Venomous: How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry

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    The ABCs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, and When to Use Them
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    The Secret Life of the Periodic Table: Unlocking the Mysteries of All 118 Elements
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    Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
    We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
    Lab Girl
    Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
    The Wright Brothers
    Ego Is the Enemy
    Grit: Passion, Perseverance, and the Science of Success
    Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
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    Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
    What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
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    The God Delusion
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