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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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Physics for Cats
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Nightmare Obscura: A Dream Engineer's Guide Through the Sleeping Mind
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web
Why Rats Laugh and Jellyfish Sleep: And Other Enchanting Stories of Evolution
Humanish: What Talking to Your Cat or Naming Your Car Reveals About the Uniquely Human Need to Humanize
Facing Infinity: Black Holes and Our Place on Earth
The Shape of Wonder: How Scientists Think, Work, and Live
The Last Extinction: The Real Science Behind the Death of the Dinosaurs
Seven Rivers: A Journey Through the Currents of Human History
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    Why We Drink Too Much: The Impact of Alcohol on Our Bodies and Culture
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    The Science of Pets

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    Science writer Jay Ingram explores the hearts, minds, and bodies of the animals who love us—or do they?
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    The Laws of Thought: The Quest for a Mathematical Theory of the Mind

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