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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    Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
    Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
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    The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
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    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
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