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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.

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Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature
Project Mind Control: Sidney Gottlieb, the CIA, and the Tragedy of MKULTRA
They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals
Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want
Proof: The Art and Science of Certainty
King Tyrant: A Natural History of Tyrannosaurus rex
No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
Ocean: Earth’s Last Wilderness
Into the Ice: The Northwest Passage, the Polar Sun, and a 175-Year-Old Mystery
Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age
Children of Radium: A Buried Inheritance
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    Who Banged the Big Bang!: Trans-Scientific Mysteries: Decoded, Simplified!
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    Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
    Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time
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    Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
    Playground
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
    Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
    Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
    Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
    Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 1 - The Birth of Humankind
    No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
    The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments
    I, Robot by Isaac AsimovDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeNeuromancer by William GibsonThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
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    Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonOutliers by Malcolm GladwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondStiff by Mary Roach
    Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
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    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 Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeySilent Spring by Rachel Carson
    Best Nature Books
    1,142 books — 754 voters

    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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    The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondQuantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1 by Kenneth SchmittAI Doctor by Ronald M. Razmi
    Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
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    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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