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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Vector: A Surprising Story of Space, Time, and Mathematical Transformation
On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water
Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life
Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves
The Singularity is Nearer
We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky: The Seductive Promise of Microfinance
Do I Know You?: A Faceblind Reporter’s Journey into the Science of Sight, Memory, and Imagination
Psychedelic Outlaws: The Movement Revolutionizing Modern Medicine
Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation
Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall
Are You Small?
  • The Full Power Plan by Ernest J. Brake
    The Full Power Plan: Unlock Nature's Formula for Optimal Bodymind Vitality
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    Release date: Jul 06, 2024
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    Availability: 100 copies available, 906 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Jul 11 - Aug 10, 2024

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  • The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer
    The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

    Release date: Nov 19, 2024
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, rec ...more
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  • The Interpretation of Cats by Claude Béata
    The Interpretation of Cats: Understanding the Psychology of Our Feline Companions

    Release date: Oct 15, 2024
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  • A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
    Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
    1,780 books — 3,757 voters

    The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
    Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
    3,824 books — 1,690 voters
    Outliers by Malcolm GladwellFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichBlink by Malcolm Gladwell
    Sociology Books
    543 books — 440 voters

    The Martian by Andy WeirRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsFoundation by Isaac AsimovDune by Frank HerbertRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
    best hard science fiction
    383 books — 716 voters
    Dune by Frank HerbertFoundation by Isaac AsimovHyperion by Dan SimmonsA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
    Space Opera
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