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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The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State
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The Vanishing Earth: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Extraction
The World Beneath Our Feet: The Hidden Life of Soil and Why It Matters to Us All
Biological War: A Scenario
Lost in Curiosity: Field Notes from Scientists' Adventures into the Unknown
An Expert Witness: The Story of Forensic Science in the Courtroom
Our Wild Familiars: How Animals Are Adapting to Cities and Reshaping the Natural World
Data Empire: The Power of Information to Organize, Control, and Dominate
Alive: The Hidden Intelligence of the Living World
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    Endings: Encounters with Extinction

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    The Time Illusion: Why Reality is Moving Faster Than We Realize: How Modern Life, Technology, and Human Perception Are Distorting Our Experience of Time (Life Beyond, #4)
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    What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
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    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
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