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
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Monster Science: Could Monsters Survive (and Thrive!) in the Real World?
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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
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Beyond Human: How Cutting Edge Science is Extending Our Lives
Big Data: Does Size Matter?
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  • The ABCs of How We Learn by Daniel L. Schwartz
    The ABCs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, and When to Use Them
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    Giveaway dates: Sep 10 - Oct 01, 2016

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    The Secret Life of the Periodic Table: Unlocking the Mysteries of All 118 Elements
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    The Secret Life of Equations: The 50 Greatest Equations and How They Work
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    The Last Days of Night
    Elon Musk: Inventing the Future
    The Tumor
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    Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
    Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
    Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
    Ego Is the Enemy
    The Wright Brothers
    Lab Girl
    Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
    We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
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    105 books — 144 voters

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    The God Delusion
    The Grand Design
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    The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
    Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
    The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales


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    It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.
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