Science & Technology audiobooks

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

By: William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer

Narrated by: Korey Jackson

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village.

When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to... Read more

A Radical Awakening

By: Shefali Tsabary

Narrated by: Shefali Tsabary

Length: 15 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author and renowned clinical psychologist teaches women how to transcend their fears and illusions, break free from societal expectations, and rediscover the person they were always meant to be: fully present, conscious, and fulfilled.

A Radical Awakening lays out a path for women to discover their inner truth and... Read more

I Am Code

By: code-davinci-002

Narrated by: Werner Herzog, Brent Katz, Josh Morgenthau & Si...

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Can AI tell us its own story? Does AI have its own voice?

At a wedding in early 2022, three friends were introduced to an early, raw version of the AI model behind ChatGPT by their fellow groomsman, an OpenAI scientist.

While the world discovered ChatGPT—OpenAI’s hugely popular chatbot—the friends continued to work with code-davinci-002, its... Read more

The Worlds I See

By: Fei-Fei Li

Narrated by: Cindy Kay

Length: 12 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

The moving memoir of a scientist coming of age as an immigrant in America who finds her calling at the forefront of the AI revolution.

Wired called Dr. Fei-Fei Li “one of a tiny group of scientists—a group perhaps small enough to fit around a kitchen table—who are responsible for AI’s recent remarkable advances.”

Known to the world as the creator... Read more

NOTES ON COMPLEXITY

By: Neil Theise

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith

Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

An electrifying introduction to complexity theory, the science of how complex systems behave, that explains the interconnectedness of all things and that Deepak Chopra says, “will change the way you understand yourself and the universe.
Nothing in the universe is more complex than life. Throughout the skies, in oceans, and across lands, life is... Read more

The Bird Way

By: Jennifer Ackerman

Narrated by: Jennifer Ackerman

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, a radical investigation into the bird way of being, and the recent scientific research that is dramatically shifting our understanding of birds -- how they live and how they think.

“There is the mammal way and there is the bird way.” But the bird way is much more than a unique... Read more

A Most Remarkable Creature

By: Jonathan Meiburg

Narrated by: Jonathan Meiburg

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

“Utterly captivating and beautifully written, this book is a hugely entertaining and enlightening exploration of a bird so wickedly smart, curious, and social, it boggles the mind.”—Jennifer Ackerman, author of The Bird Way

“A fascinating, entertaining, and totally engrossing story.”—David Sibley, author of What It's Like to Be a Bird

An... Read more

Shape

By: Jordan Ellenberg

Narrated by: Jordan Ellenberg

Length: 14 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times-bestselling author of How Not to Be Wrong—himself a world-class geometer—a far-ranging exploration of the power of geometry, which turns out to help us think better about practically everything

How should a democracy choose its representatives? How can you stop a pandemic from sweeping the world? How do computers learn to... Read more

Into the Magic Shop

By: James R. Doty, MD

Narrated by: James R. Doty, MD

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the extraordinary things that can happen when we harness the power of both the brain and the heart
 
Growing up in the high desert of California, Jim Doty was poor, with an alcoholic father and a mother chronically depressed and paralyzed by a stroke. Today he is the director of the Center for... Read more

The Nature of Oaks

By: Douglas W. Tallamy

Narrated by: Adam Barr

Length: 4 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

“With our hearts and minds focused on the stewardship of the only planet we have, the best way to engage in a hopeful future is to plant oaks! Let this book be your inspiration and guide.” —The American Gardener

With Bringing Nature Home, Doug Tallamy changed the conversation about gardening in America. His second book, the New York... Read more

A Liberated Mind

By: Steven C. Hayes, PhD

Narrated by: Mark Deakins & Steven C. Hayes, PhD

Length: 14 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

"In all my years studying personal growth, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is one of the most useful tools I've ever come across, and in this book, Dr. Hayes describes it with more depth and clarity than ever before."-Mark Manson, #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

Life is not a problem to be solved.... Read more

Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You)

By: Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy & Griffin McElroy

Narrated by: Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Griffin McElroy...

Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

From the #1 New York Times bestselling McElroy Brothers, creators of the hit podcasts My Brother, My Brother and Me and The Adventure Zone, comes a helpful and hilarious how-to podcast guide covering everything you need to know to make, produce, edit, and promote a podcast…and get rich* doing it! (*Results not guaranteed.)Justin, Travis, and... Read more

The Feminist Killjoy Handbook

By: Sara Ahmed

Narrated by: Sara Ahmed

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A renowned feminist thinker argues we need to get in the way of happiness, our own and other people’s, to build a more just world  Do you refuse to laugh at offensive jokes? Have you ever been accused of ruining dinner by pointing out your companion’s sexist comment? Are you often told to stop being so “woke”? If so, you might be a feminist... Read more

Dirt to Soil

By: Gabe Brown

Narrated by: Gabe Brown

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Gabe Brown didn’t set out to change the world when he first started working alongside his father-in-law on the family farm in North Dakota. But as a series of weather-related crop disasters put Brown and his wife, Shelly, in desperate financial straits, they started making bold changes to their farm. Brown—in an effort to simply survive—began... Read more

Sacred Economics

By: Charles Eisenstein

Narrated by: Steve Wojtas

Length: 15 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth. Today, these trends have reached their extreme—but in the wake of their collapse, we may find great... Read more

12 Principles for Raising a Child with ADHD

By: Russell A. Barkley, PhD

Narrated by: Chris Sorensen

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: No

Over decades of research and work with thousands of families, Russell A. Barkley has become a leading authority on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in kids and teens. He has learned what a huge difference parents can make in supporting their children's success—as well as how overwhelming it can be. This concise guide presents... Read more

Attack of the Teenage Brain

By: John Medina

Narrated by: John Medina

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Marvel at the neuroscientific reasons why smart teens make dumb decisions! Behold the mind-controlling power of executive function! Thrill to a vision of a better school for the teenage brain! Whether you're a parent interacting with one adolescent or a teacher interacting with many, you know teens can be hard to parent and even harder... Read more

Doom Guy

By: John Romero

Narrated by: John Romero

Length: 17 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The inspiring autobiography of video game designer and DOOM cocreator John RomeroDoom Guy: Life in First Person is the long-awaited autobiography of gaming’s original rock star and the cocreator of DOOM, Quake, and Wolfenstein—some of the most recognizable and important titles in video game history. Credited with the invention of the... Read more

Widen the Window

By: Elizabeth A. Stanley, PhD

Narrated by: Elizabeth A. Stanley, PhD & Fred Sanders

Length: 19 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

"I don't think I've ever read a book that paints such a complex and accurate landscape of what it is like to live with the legacy of trauma as this book does, while offering a comprehensive approach to healing."
--from the foreword by Bessel van der Kolk

A pioneering researcher gives us a new understanding of stress and trauma, as well as the... Read more

Belonging

By: Geoffrey L. Cohen

Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Finalist for The Next Big Idea Bookclub

Book of the Year Selection Behavioral Scientist and Greater Good Society

"This is perhaps the richest book on belonging you'll ever [listen to] . . . The inspiration one draws from every page of this book is an enhanced sense of what is possible. It revives the very thing we need most in these times:... Read more

The Power of Trees

By: Peter Wohlleben

Narrated by: Mike Grady

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

“Another love letter from Wohlleben to the green world… makes the case for how we should allow forests throughout the world to regrow and in the process help heal not only the climate but us, as well.”—Lydia Millet, Oprah Daily

An illuminating manifesto on ancient forests: how they adapt to climate change by passing their wisdom through... Read more

Nature Is a Human Right

By: Ellen Miles

Narrated by: Olivia Dowd

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: No

An inspiring collection of original writing from world-leading 'green' voices on why contact with nature is vital for our mental, physical and social wellbeing

Having access to natural, green spaces is vital to our physical and mental wellbeing. But, as urban development spreads, grey has become the new green. Already, concrete outweighs every... Read more

Read Write Own

By: Chris Dixon

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff & Chris Dixon

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A potent exploration of the power of blockchains to reshape the future of the internet—and how that affects us all—from influential technology entrepreneur and startup investor Chris Dixon

“A must for anyone who wants to better understand the real potential of blockchains and web3.”—Robert Iger, CEO, Disney

“A compelling vision of where the... Read more

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs

By: Steve Brusatte

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A sweeping and revelatory new history of the age of dinosaurs, from one of our finest young scientists. ""THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR BIOGRAPHY.""  — Scientific AmericanThe dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today they remain one of our planet’s great mysteries. Now The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs... Read more