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.

A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
Data Baby: My Life in a Psychological Experiment
Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades
UFO: The Inside Story of the U.S. Government's Search for Alien Life Here―and Out There
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Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless
Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe
Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature's Toxins―From Spices to Vices
Breaking Through: My Life in Science
Blood Memory: The Tragic Decline and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo
Mischievous Creatures: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science
Poison: The History of Potions, Powders and Murderous Practitioners
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    Nora: The Story of a House Lizard (The Nora Stories, #1)
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    The Ritual Effect: From Habit to Ritual, Harness the Surprising Power of Everyday Actions
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    Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
    The Bone Hacker (Temperance Brennan, #22)
    Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
    “You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People
    The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
    Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
    Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
    The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
    How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
    Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
    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
    1,394 books — 1,403 voters
    Outliers by Malcolm GladwellFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichBlink by Malcolm Gladwell
    Sociology Books
    542 books — 437 voters

    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
    312 books — 444 voters
    A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
    Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
    1,773 books — 1,268 voters

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeDivergent by Veronica Roth
    All Sorts Favourites
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    Introduction to Algorithms by Charles E. LeisersonStructure 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
    197 books — 309 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
    The Gene: An Intimate History
    Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

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