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.

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe
Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story
Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon
Aliens: The World's Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
The Other Side of Impossible: Ordinary People Who Faced Daunting Medical Challenges and Refused to Give Up
The Wonder of Birds: What They Tell Us about Ourselves, the World, and a Better Future
The New Ocean: The Fate of Life in a Changing Sea
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science
Incendiary: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber and the Invention of Criminal Profiling
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River
Awkward: The Science of Why We're Socially Awkward and Why That's Awesome

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    Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
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    Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
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    One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.
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