Science & Technology audiobooks

He Wanted the Moon

By: Mimi Baird & Eve Claxton

Narrated by: Jane Alexander, Paul Boehmer & John Bedford Lloyd

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Soon to be a major motion picture, from Brad Pitt and Tony Kushner

A Washington Post Best Book of 2015

A mid-century doctor's raw, unvarnished account of his own descent into madness, and his daughter's attempt to piece his life back together and make sense of her own.
 
Texas-born and Harvard-educated, Dr. Perry Baird was a rising medical star in... Read more

Is Shame Necessary?

By: Jennifer Jacquet

Narrated by: Jennifer Jacquet

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

An urgent, illuminating exploration of the social nature of shame, and of the ways in which it might be used, sparingly and pointedly, to promote political change and social reform.In cultures that champion the individual, guilt is advertised as the cornerstone of conscience. Yet while guilt holds individuals to personal standards, it proves... Read more

One Nation Under Taught

By: Dr. Vince M. Bertram

Narrated by: Tom Parks

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

America has been steadily sliding in global education rankings for decades. In particular, our students are increasingly unable to compete globally in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields. According to the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), in 2010 only 26 percent of high school seniors in the U.S. scored at or... Read more

This Idea Must Die

By: John Brockman

Narrated by: David Colacci & Susan Ericksen

Length: 16 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Each year, John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, challenges some of the world's greatest scientists, artists, and philosophers to answer a provocative question crucial to our time. In 2014, he asked 175 brilliant minds to ponder: What scientific idea needs to be put aside in order to make room for new ideas to advance? The answers are as... Read more

At the Edge of Uncertainty

By: Michael Brooks

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling author of Free Radicals takes readers on a whirlwind tour of the most controversial areas of modern scienceThe atom, the big bang, DNA, natural selection—all are ideas that have revolutionized science; and all were dismissed out of hand when they first appeared. The surprises haven't stopped in recent years, and in At the Edge of... Read more

Matter And Consciousness: Shifting The Metaparadigm

By: Peter Russell, D.C.S.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Russell explains the difference between a paradigm and a metaparadigm and why consciousness cannot be explained within our current systems. He asserts that science is able to measure phenomena such as energy, time, and space, yet has not found a way to prove or measure consciousness. “These are all concepts in the mind…I am conscious I am having... Read more

To Explain the World

By: Steven Weinberg

Narrated by: Tom Perkins

Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

In this rich, irreverent, and compelling history, Nobel Prize–winning physicist Steven Weinberg takes us across centuries, from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad and Oxford, from Plato's Academy and the Museum of Alexandria to the cathedral school of Chartres and the Royal Society of London. He shows that the scientists of ancient and medieval... Read more

Sapiens

By: Yuval Noah Harari

Narrated by: Derek Perkins

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

One hundred thousand years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations, and human rights; to trust money, books, and... Read more

Geek Sublime

By: Vikram Chandra

Narrated by: Neil Shah

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Vikram Chandra has been a computer programmer for almost as long as he has been a novelist. In this extraordinary new book, his first work of nonfiction, he searches for the connections between the worlds of art and technology. Coders are obsessed with elegance and style, just as writers are, but do the words mean the same thing to both? Can we... Read more

Good Dog

By: David DiBenedetto & Editors of Garden & Gun

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

When Garden & Gun magazine debuted a column aptly named "Good Dog," it quickly became one of the publication's most popular features in print. Now, Editor in Chief David DiBenedetto (proud owner of a Boykin spaniel) and the editors of G&G have gathered the most memorable stories, as well as original pieces, in this collection of essays... Read more

Will I Ever Be Free of You?

By: Karyl McBride

Narrated by: Karyl McBride

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Author of the bestseller Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers, Dr. Karyl McBride draws on her expertise in treating children and partners damaged by narcissists in this practical new guide to divorce and its aftermath.With more than three decades of experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist, Dr.... Read more

Mobile Marketing Explained

By: Can Akdeniz & Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Andrea Ericson

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Customized marketing became more realistic after big data analytics and targeted marketing tools were implemented online, but those still offered the framework of a buying profile, not necessarily that sweet spot of temporal, geographical, and behavioral marketing that is not only designed for your tastes, but also for your immediate location in... Read more

The Powerhouse

By: Steve LeVine

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A Soul of the New Machine for our time, a gripping account of invention, commerce, and duplicity in the age of technology

A worldwide race is on to perfect the next engine of economic growth, the advanced lithium-ion battery. It will power the electric car, relieve global warming, and catapult the winner into a new era of economic and political... Read more

Game Theory and Strategy Explained

By: Can Akdeniz & Introbooks Team

Narrated by: David Willams

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Game Theory has evolved since its inception, but at its root, it is the modeling of strategic interactions between two or more players where there is a set of rules and outcomes! This basic definition gets to the heart of what Game Theory is. And this can be applied to almost any situation in your life and your business. Regardless of your... Read more

Lean Project Management Volume 1: Managing Business the Lean Way

By: Can Akdeniz

Narrated by: IntroBooks

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Research states that almost half of all improvement initiatives fail due to lack of effective leadership. If this is the case, then as business owners the time has never been more prudent to consider how we are managing our businesses and what kind of leadership strategies we have in place. Given that so many industries are littered with failed... Read more

Scary Close

By: Donald Miller

Narrated by: Webb Wilder

Length: 4 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

When it comes to authenticity, is being fully yourself always worth the risk? From the author of Blue Like Jazz comes New York Times bestseller Scary Close, Donald Miller's journey of uncovering the keys to a healthy relationship and discovering that they're also at the heart of building a healthy family, a successful career, and a trusted... Read more

The Mathematics of Love

By: Hannah Fry

Narrated by: Hannah Fry

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

In this must-have for anyone who wants to better understand their love life, a mathematician pulls back the curtain and reveals the hidden patterns—from dating sites to divorce, sex to marriage—behind the rituals of love.

The roller coaster of romance is hard to quantify; defining how lovers might feel from a set of simple equations is... Read more

The Teenage Brain

By: Frances E. Jensen & Amy Ellis Nutt

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert & Frances E. Jensen

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A New York Times BestsellerRenowned neurologist Dr. Frances E. Jensen offers a revolutionary look at the brains of teenagers, dispelling myths and offering practical advice for teens, parents and teachers.Dr. Frances E. Jensen is chair of the department of neurology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. As a... Read more

Tales from Both Sides of the Brain

By: Michael S. Gazzaniga

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 12 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Michael S. Gazzaniga, one of the most important neuroscientists of the twentieth century, gives us an exciting behind-the-scenes look at his seminal work on that unlikely couple, the right and left brain. Foreword by Steven Pinker.In the mid-twentieth century, Michael S. Gazzaniga, “the father of cognitive neuroscience,” was part of a team of... Read more

Bold

By: Peter H. Diamandis & Steven Kotler

Narrated by: Steven Kotler

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

“A visionary roadmap for people who believe they can change the world—and invaluable advice about bringing together the partners and technologies to help them do it.” —President Bill Clinton

A radical, how-to guide for using exponential technologies, moonshot thinking, and crowd-powered tools, Bold unfolds in three parts. Part One focuses on the... Read more

The Man Who Touched His Own Heart

By: Rob Dunn

Narrated by: Robert Fass

Length: 12 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The secret history of our most vital organ: the human heart.

The Man Who Touched His Own Heart tells the raucous, gory, mesmerizing story of the heart, from the first "explorers" who dug up cadavers and plumbed their hearts' chambers, through the first heart surgeries -- which had to be completed in three minutes before death arrived -- to heart... Read more

The Age of Cryptocurrency

By: Paul Vigna & Michael J. Casey

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 14 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Bitcoin became a buzzword overnight. A cyber-enigma with an enthusiastic following, it pops up in headlines and fuels endless media debate. You can apparently use it to buy anything from coffee to cars, yet few people seem to truly understand what it is. This raises the question: Why should anyone care about bitcoin?

In The Age of Cryptocurrency,... Read more

Evergreen

By: Noah Fleming

Narrated by: Walter Dixon & Noah Fleming

Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Loyal customers are the beating heart of every great business.

So why do so many companies act like adrenalin junkies, chasing after new customers at the expense of creating deeper, more profitable relationships with the ones they already have?

Evergreen exposes the mad pursuit for what it is: a brief spike in metrics and an ongoing revenue... Read more

The Art of Seduction (Unabridged)

By: Robert Greene

Narrated by: Joseph Powers

Length: 22 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The Art of Seduction is an indispensable primer of persuasion that reveals one of history's greatest weapons and the ultimate form of power. Read more