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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99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them
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The Intimate Animal: The Science of Sex, Fidelity, and Why We Live and Die for Love
The Hunger Crushing Combo Method: The Simple Secret to Eating Well Without Ever Dieting Again
The Oak and the Larch: A Forest History of Russia and Its Empires
Evergreen: The Trees That Shaped America
The Great Heist: China’s Epic Campaign to Steal America’s Secrets
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    Building the Space Infrastructure: Developing the Cis-Lunar Neighborhood
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  • The Misinformation Machine by James Lawrence Powell
    The Misinformation Machine: How Fraud, AI, and Greed are Corrupting Science

    Release date: Dec 24, 2025
    How Fraud, AI, and Greed are Corrupting Science

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  • The Polymorph
    The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
    Abundance
    Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    Playground
    Elon Musk
    Dopamine Detox : A Short Guide to Remove Distractions and Train Your Brain to Do Hard Things (Productivity Series Book 1)
    The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments
    Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future
    Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse, #5)
    No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
    Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
    Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
    The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George Orwell
    Works of Pure Genius
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    Neuromancer by William GibsonSnow Crash by Neal StephensonDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickReady Player One by Ernest ClineCount Zero by William Gibson
    Best cyberpunk books
    213 books — 452 voters

    A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsCosmos by Carl SaganGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
    Best General Science Books
    583 books — 489 voters

    The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Host by Stephenie MeyerCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica Roth
    Best Sci-Fi/Futuristic Romance
    1,442 books — 1,395 voters
    Outliers by Malcolm GladwellFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichBlink by Malcolm Gladwell
    Sociology Books
    558 books — 417 voters

    A Brief History of Time
    A Short History of Nearly Everything
    The Selfish Gene
    Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    Cosmos
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
    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
    Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
    "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
    The Gene: An Intimate History

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