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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.

No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
Ocean: Earth’s Last Wilderness
Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age
Children of Radium: A Buried Inheritance
Off the Spectrum: Why the Science of Autism Has Failed Women and Girls
Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global
So Very Small: How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs—and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease
Target Earth: Meteorites, Asteroids, Comets, and Other Cosmic Intruders That Threaten Our Planet
Ancestors: Identity and DNA in the Levant
More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity
What's Left: Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis
Rethinking Medications: Truth, Power, and the Drugs You Take
Nature's Memory: Behind the Scenes at the World’s Natural History Museums
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
The Ideological Brain: The Radical Science of Flexible Thinking
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    The Warrior's Garden: Tools for Guarding Your Mind Against Big Tech
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  • The Cost of Conviction by Steven A. Sloman
    The Cost of Conviction: How Our Deepest Values Lead Us Astray

    Release date: May 20, 2025
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    Outbound: Islands in the Void
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  • The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
    Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
    Elon Musk
    Playground
    Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
    The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War #1)
    Dopamine Detox : A Short Guide to Remove Distractions and Train Your Brain to Do Hard Things (Productivity Series Book 1)
    Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
    Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse #5)
    The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments
    Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
    Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
    Hopebreaker by Dean F. WilsonThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Subtle Knife by Philip PullmanThe Amber Spyglass by Philip PullmanSoulless by Gail Carriger
    Best Steampunk and Gaslight Works
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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
    1,815 books — 3,587 voters

    The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George Orwell
    Works of Pure Genius
    704 books — 555 voters
    Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. CormenStructure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold AbelsonThe C Programming Language by Brian W. KernighanThe Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-3 Boxed Set by Donald Ervin KnuthDesign Patterns by Erich Gamma
    Essential Books of Computer Science
    200 books — 308 voters

    Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonCoraline by Neil GaimanHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
    Trippy Books
    829 books — 890 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
    "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
    Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
    The Gene: An Intimate History

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