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

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Biological War: A Scenario
Data Empire: The Power of Information to Organize, Control, and Dominate
The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI
Togetherness: Symbiosis and the Hidden Story of Life's Greatest Collaborations
Little Blue Dot: How GPS Shaped the Modern World
Poking the Squid: What We Can Learn from Animal Sex
In Defense of Sunlight: The Surprising Science of Sun Exposure
The Beasts of the East: The Fall and Rise of America's Eastern Wilderness
The God Test: Artificial Intelligence and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning
This Is Life: How the Science of the Cosmos Explains What We Are
  • Finally Focused, Revised and Updated Edition by James Greenblatt MD
    Finally Focused, Revised and Updated Edition: The Natural Treatment Plan for Child and Adult ADHD That Restores Attention, Minimizes Hyperactivity, and Helps Eliminate Medication Side Effects

    Release date: Aug 25, 2026
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  • Big Math by Steven Strogatz
    Big Math: The Hidden Codes That Run Our World

    Release date: Nov 10, 2026
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  • Why We Ask Why by Tania Lombrozo
    Why We Ask Why: The Science of Explanation and the Human Drive to Understand

    Release date: Oct 06, 2026
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  • Biological War: A Scenario
    Raising Hare: A Memoir
    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
    Abundance
    Whalefall
    The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    Elon Musk
    Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse, #5)
    Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
    Playground
    Fossil Feud
    Dopamine Detox : A Short Guide to Remove Distractions and Train Your Brain to Do Hard Things (Productivity Series Book 1)
    Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future
    The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments
    Hyperion by Dan SimmonsDune by Frank HerbertEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardFoundation by Isaac AsimovLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
    Best Space Opera
    1,151 books — 1,982 voters
    Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterFermat's Enigma by Simon SinghFlatland by Edwin A. AbbottThe Code Book by Simon SinghZero by Charles Seife
    Best Books About Mathematics
    458 books — 680 voters

    Divergent by Veronica RothInsurgent by Veronica RothUglies by Scott WesterfeldThe Host by Stephenie MeyerDelirium by Lauren Oliver
    Best Books About Nanotechnology
    184 books — 662 voters
    Viciously Yours by Jamie Applegate HunterHeretical Fishing by Haylock JobsonThe Three Witches and the Master by Max NowazBeing a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For by Sara PascoeA Dead and Stormy Night by Steffanie Holmes
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    Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksHow the Mind Works by Steven PinkerThe Blank Slate by Steven PinkerThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
    Best Cognitive Science Books
    431 books — 534 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 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
    The Gene: An Intimate History
    "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

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