Science & Technology

Dispatches from the AIDS Pandemic

by Kevin M. De Cock, Harold W. Jaffe, and James W. Curran; edited by Robin Moseley; read by Curtis Michael Holland

Authentic and insightful, Dispatches from the AIDS Pandemic provides an authoritative account of an epidemic and its central role in the expansion of global public health. Learn More

Crossings

by Ben Goldfarb; read by Malcolm Hillgartner

An eye-opening account of the global ecological transformations wrought by roads, from the award-winning author of Eager. Learn More

Muscle

by Roy A. Meals, MD; read by Jonathan Yen

An entertaining deep dive into muscle, from the discovery of human anatomy to the latest science of strength training. Learn More

Fragmented

by Ilana Yurkiewicz, MD; read by Ilana Yurkiewicz, MD

An award-winning physician-writer exposes how pervasive cracks in the health care system cost us time, energy, and lives—and how we can fix them. Learn More

A Brief History of the Female Body

by Dr. Deena Emera; read by Dr. Deena Emera

From breasts and orgasms to periods, pregnancies, and menopause―A Brief History of the Female Body is a fascinating science book explaining the mysteries of the female body through an evolutionary lens. Learn More

Hyperspace

by Michio Kaku; read by Tim Lounibos

The first book-length exploration of the most exciting development in modern physics, the theory of ten-dimensional space. The theory of hyperspace, which Michio Kaku pioneered, may be the leading candidate for the Theory of Everything that Einstein spent the remaining years of his life searching for. Learn More

Eight Bears

by Gloria Dickie; read by Cassidy Brown

A global exploration of the eight remaining species of bears—and the dangers they face. Learn More

Fertility Technology

by Donna J. Drucker; read by Christa Lewis

A concise overview of fertility technology—its history, practical applications, and ethical and social implications around the world. Learn More

The Parrot and the Igloo

by David Lipsky; read by Mike Chamberlain

The New York Times bestselling author explores how "anti-science" became so virulent in American life―through a history of climate denial and its consequences. Learn More

The Masters of Medicine

by Andrew Lam; read by Jason Vu

An in-depth look at the mavericks, moments, and mistakes that sparked the greatest medical discoveries in modern times—plus the cures that will help us live longer and healthier lives in this century . . . and beyond. Learn More

Many Things Under a Rock

by David Scheel; illustrated by Laurel "Yoyo" Scheel; read by David Stifel

A behavioral ecologist's riveting account of his decades-long obsession with octopuses: his discoveries, adventures, and new scientific understanding of their behaviors. Learn More

The Lagoon

by James Michael Dorsey; read by Graham Rowat

A voyage to a magical marine haven, the San Ignacio Lagoon in Baja, Mexico, where the connection between man and beast is like no other on Earth. Learn More

The Invisible Machine

by Eugene Lipov, MD, and Jamie Mustard; read by Kent Klineman

The world has long misunderstood trauma. Now, leading experts in the field have a radical new understanding of post-traumatic stress . . . and a surprising new treatment to reverse it could have profound implications for medicine, mental health, and society at large. Learn More

Four Battlegrounds

by Paul Scharre; read by Steve Marvel

Next Big Idea Club's Must-Read Books

An award-winning defense expert tells the story of today’s great power rivalry―the struggle to control artificial intelligence. Learn More

Junk Food Politics

by Eduardo J. Gómez; read by Timothy Andres Pabon

Why do sugary beverage and fast food industries thrive in the emerging world? Learn More

Planta Sapiens

by Paco Calvo; with Natalie Lawrence

An astonishing window into the inner world of plants, and the cutting-edge science in plant intelligence. Learn More

Solving Modern Problems With a Stone-Age Brain

by Douglas T. Kenrick and David E. Lundberg-Kenrick, PhD; read by Chris Sorensen

Sharing stories and advice rooted in the science of evolutionary psychology, father and son authors Doug Kenrick and David Lundberg-Kenrick pinpoint the dangers of stone-age problem solving for our lives today, and present a new, systematic way to survive and be happy in the modern world. Learn More

Cosmogenesis

by Brian Thomas Swimme; read by Brian Thomas Swimme

From the host and cocreator of PBS's Journey of the Universe, a fresh look at how the rich collision between science and spirituality has influenced contemporary consciousness. Learn More

How Data Happened

by Chris Wiggins and Matthew L. Jones; read by Eric Jason Martin

A sweeping history of data and its technical, political, and ethical impact on our world. Learn More

The Things We Make

by Bill Hammack; read by Jonathan Todd Ross

Bill Hammack, a Carl Sagan Award–winning professor of engineering and viral "The Engineer Guy" on YouTube, has a lifelong passion for the things we make, and how we make them. Now, for the first time, he reveals the invisible method behind every invention and takes us on a whirlwind tour of how humans built the world we know today. Learn More

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