Science & Technology audiobooks

Telescopes that Rocked Our World

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

This year marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s use of the first telescope. On this week’s show, we reflect on how telescopes have changed our perception of our place in the universe, how small we are in size, space and time. Our guests include Dava Sobel, author of The Planets, Vatican Astronomer Father Chris Corbally, and astronaut Paul... Read more

ScrumButs

By: Ken Schwaber

Narrated by: Ken Schwaber

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The use of Scrum is rapidly spreading, and the occurrence of "ScrumBut" is equally rapid. A Scrum But is when an organization adopting Scrum has changed Scrum, under the logic of "We use Scrum, but we've had to change it because in our organization we ... " Listen to this 60-minute interview with Ken Schwaber, the co-creator of the Scrum method,... Read more

Compartments

By: Steven R. Feldman

Length: 4 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The modern world is thoroughly compartmentalized. The separation of people into different groups causes conflict and misunderstanding. National award winning physician Dr. Steven Feldman uncovers strange behaviors and hidden truths in Compartments. Learn why some doctors appear clueless and uncaring to their peers. Explore why different groups... Read more

Hella Nation

By: Evan Wright

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 14 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

From his work as a reporter at Hustler magazine to his National Magazine Award—winning writing for Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair, Evan Wright has always had an affinity for outsiders—what he calls "the lost tribes of America." The previously published pieces in this collection chart a deeply personal journey, beginning with his stark but... Read more

What's Next

By: Max Brockman

Narrated by: Erik Davies & Kirsten Potter

Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Will climate change force a massive human migration to the Northern Rim?

How does our sense of morality arise from the structure of the brain?

What does the latest research in language acquisition tells us about the role of culture in the way we think?

What does current neurological research tell us about the nature of time?

This wide-ranging... Read more

Being Digital - Abridged

By: Nicholas Negroponte

Narrated by: Penn Jillette

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "Succinct and readable.... If you suffer from digital anxiety ... here is a book that lays it all out for you." --Newsday

In lively, mordantly witty prose, Negroponte decodes the mysteries--and debunks the hype--surrounding bandwidth, multimedia, virtual reality, and the Internet, and explains why such touted innovations as... Read more

Counterclockwise

By: Ellen J. Langer

Narrated by: Sandra Burr

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

If we could turn back the clock psychologically, could we also turn it back physically?For more than thirty years, award-winning social psychologist Ellen Langer has studied this provocative question, and now, in Counterclockwise, she presents a conclusive answer: Opening our minds to what’s possible, instead of presuming impossibility, can lead... Read more

The Inside Story of Afghanistan

By: Elizabeth Gould & Paul Fitzgerald

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

For millennia the forbidding territory of Afghanistan has served as a vital crossroads for armies, and has witnessed history-shaping clashes between civilizations: Greek, Arab, Mongol, Tartar, and in more recent times, British, Russian, and American. Many people in the U.S. have no idea of the hidden dimensions that lay beneath the current... Read more

Spiritual Beings In A Material World

By: Charles Tart, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Facing the conflict between materialistic science and spirituality and bringing the reality of human spirituality into the public discourse is the work and the mission of Charles Tart. He shares scientific evidence for reincarnation, telepathy, psychic healing, and more. Read more

Investing in the Bank of You and Me

By: Thomas H. Greco, Jr.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Thomas Greco has a solution for our economy. With his fresh perspective on money, credit, and…well…civilization, he believes we can save our economy and our planet by reconstructing our financial system-and find ourselves happier and healthier in the bargain. Read more

MySpace for Moms and Dads

By: Connie Neal

Narrated by: Allison Moffett

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Moms and dads—here it is at last! A quick, sweeping overview of MySpace: what it is, how it works, and why it is so important to your teen. You’ll find out how to address important issues with your teen in a way that strengthens your relationship and resolves conflicts.Whether you’re computer illiterate or a seasoned web surfer, MySpace for Moms... Read more

When the Silver Screen Shines With Truth

By: Dorothy Fadiman

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

From her first documentary about the light of spirit in every faith, Ms. Fadiman has dedicated her work to shedding light on provocative and touching stories of social justice, human rights, personal tragedy, and triumph. Read more

Trauma Stewardship

By: Laura van Dernoot Lipsky & Connie Burk

Narrated by: Laura van Dernoot Lipsky

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A longtime trauma worker, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky offers a deep and empathetic survey of the often-unrecognized toll taken on those working to make the world a better place. We may feel tired, cynical, or numb or like we can never do enough. These, and other symptoms, affect us individually and collectively, sapping the energy and effectiveness... Read more

The Noticer

By: Andy Andrews

Narrated by: Andy Andrews

Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestseller! From the author of The Traveler’s Gift comes a story of common wisdom based on the remarkable true story of “Jones,” a mysterious old man who has a knack for showing up in people's lives at just the right time, providing priceless lessons about love, life, and the importance of perspective.Orange Beach, Alabama, is a... Read more

The Story Behind Feature-Driven Development

By: Jeff DeLuca

Narrated by: Jeff DeLuca

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Feature-Driven Development is one of six recognized major agile development methodologies. FDD and Jeff De Luca are a part of the Agile Software Consortium, and FDD was one of the original agile methodologies represented at the signing of the Agile Manifesto. While most recent writing about agile has concerned Scrum and Extreme Programming... Read more

Strengthening Your Ability To Pay Attention

By: Winifred Gallagher

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

How may we focus on what is important to us? How can we avoid technology overload? Why do certain things grab our attention and not others? With so many things now demanding our attention — emails, cell phones, text messages — many of us are overwhelmed by a plethora of distractions. Our lives may be described as the sum of what we focus on. Read more

The Global Deal

By: Nicholas Stern

Narrated by: James Adams

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

In 2005, economist Nicholas Stern was commissioned by the British government to direct the largest study ever conducted into the scientific reality of global warming. The Stern Report, which made headlines around the world, is far and away the deepest and most far-reaching exploration into the economic and ethical consequences of this... Read more

How Sex Works

By: Sharon Moalem

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

“Read this book and discover sex again, but from a scientific perspective, and see why it evolved. It’s almost as much fun, and needs less energy.”
— Peter Macinnis, author of 100 Discoveries: The Greatest Breakthroughs in History ""How Sex Works manages to inject science writing with the prurient thrill of a gossip rag.""
—O magazine Medical... Read more

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to String Theory

By: George Musser

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Everything is connected.We're living in the midst of a scientific revolution that's captured the general public's attention and imagination. The aim of this new revolution is to develop a "theory of everything," a set of laws of physics that will explain all that can be explained, ranging from the tiniest subatomic particle to the universe as a... Read more

Dreams, with eBook

By: Sigmund Freud

Narrated by: Jonathan Reese

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Between 1915 and 1917, Sigmund Freud delivered a series of well-received lectures at the University of Vienna on his theories of psychoanalysis. Nine of them focused on Freud's theories about dreams—what they are and what they mean. The content of these lectures are presented in Dreams.



Freud covered a lot of ground in his lectures, focusing... Read more

Benjamin Franklin

By: Carl Van Doren

Narrated by: Patrick Cullen

Length: 32 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

From his beginnings as a journalist at age sixteen to his retirement from public affairs at eighty-two, there was no break in Benjamin Franklin’s activity and accomplishments. A writer, inventor, and statesman, he remains unsurpassed in the range of his natural gifts and the important uses to which he put them.In this Pulitzer Prize–winning... Read more

Hating Whitey and Other Progressive Causes

By: David Horowitz

Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach

Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

The anti-white racism of the political left remains one of the few taboo subjects in America. In this book, David Horowitz, a former confidante of the Black Panthers, lays bare the liberal attack on “whiteness,” the latest battle in the war against American democracy.Horowitz acknowledges that America’s political culture is the creation of... Read more

Summer World

By: Bernd Heinrich

Narrated by: Mel Foster

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

As the snow melts and the spring approaches, the animal kingdom awakens. In Summer World, Bernd Heinrich, the bestselling author of Winter World, brings us an up-close and personal view of that awakening and rebirth.



Almost all life on the surface of the earth derives its energy from the sun, either directly through photosynthesis or indirectly... Read more

The Wikipedia Revolution

By: Andrew Lih

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

"Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing." —Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia



With more than 2,000,000 individual articles on everything from Aa! (a Japanese pop group) to Zzyzx, California, written by an army of volunteer contributors, Wikipedia is... Read more