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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Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success
My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places
The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet
The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business
Letters to a Young Scientist
Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live
My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs
The Evolutionary Mind: Conversations on Science, Imagination & Spirit
How Animals Grieve
The Incidental Steward: Reflections on Citizen Science
The Sharpbrains Guide to Brain Fitness
The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance
Imperial Dreams: Tracking the Imperial Woodpecker Through the Wild Sierra Madre
Baby Meets World: Suck, Smile, Touch, Toddle

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    How We Decide
    The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion
    The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
    Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
    The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
    The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
    Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think
    Free Will
    Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It
    The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
    Prophet of Bones
    On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks
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    The Selfish Gene
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
    The Origin of Species
    Cosmos
    The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
    The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
    Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
    The God Delusion
    Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
    Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
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