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. ...more

The Vanishing Family: Love, Fate, and the Quest to End Dementia
Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts for Navigating the Universe
Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines
Wither
Bogland: The Secret World That Defies Death and Protects Life
Hawking: His Life and Work
Kobuk the Destroyer: And Other Tales from the Wild, Unseen World of Test Engineering
On the Equality of All Things: Physics and Philosophy
How to Design a Universe: The Science of Real and Virtual Worlds
The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State
The Ghost of the Mountains: Unraveling the Secrets of the Snow Leopard
The World Beneath Our Feet: The Hidden Life of Soil and Why It Matters to Us All
Think Before You Think: Understanding and Mastering Executive Function
The Vanishing Earth: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Extraction
The Compass: A Novel
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    Empire of the Mind: The Battle to Own the Future of Psychedelic Medicine

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    Hawking: His Life and Work

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    Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life
    Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse, #5)
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    Vibe: The Secrets of Strong Connections in a Lonely World
    The Vanishing Family: Love, Fate, and the Quest to End Dementia
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    The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI
    Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
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    What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
    The Origin of Species
    The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
    The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
    Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
    Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
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