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.

An Immense World
Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Cosmic Quest from Zero to Infinity
Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films
Death by Landscape
The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation
Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality
Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America's Woods
Virology: Essays for the Living, the Dead, and the Small Things in Between
Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History
The World As We Knew It: Dispatches From a Changing Climate
How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion
Future Stories: What's Next?
When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness
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    Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Cosmic Quest from Zero to Infinity

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    The Wright Engineers: Inventing the Airplane
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    The Gospel of Wellness: Gyms, Gurus, Goop, and the False Promise of Self-Care

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  • Lessons in Chemistry
    The Surgeon's Daughter
    The Anthropocene Reviewed
    Bewilderment
    Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention- and How to Think Deeply Again
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    Transcendent Kingdom
    Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life
    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
    Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
    What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
    Her Hidden Genius
    Miss Benson's Beetle
    Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
    A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldWalden by Henry David ThoreauA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeySilent Spring by Rachel Carson
    Best Nature Books
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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
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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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    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
    325 books — 502 voters

    A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondCosmos by Carl Sagan
    Best General Science Books
    534 books — 502 voters
    The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankWhy They Stay by Anne MichaudGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Search for Mother Missing by Janine VanceA Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
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    A Brief History of Time
    A Short History of Nearly Everything
    The Selfish Gene
    Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
    Cosmos
    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #1)
    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
    The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

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