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A Billion Wicked Thoughts by Sai Goddam and Ogi Ogas
Tue, Nov 01, 2011
“Like a little juicy in your life? Listen to this audio. Two neuroscientists came up with a brilliant idea to study what triggers human sexual desire.”
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The Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge
Tue, Aug 02, 2011
Jim Bond’s narration is exceptional. He is able to convey the unusual speech cadence of a brain-damaged woman who is still somewhat infantile without sounding either ridiculous or demeaning. His narrative enhancements are subtle and just right
*Self Comes to Mind by Antonio Dimasio
Fri, Jul 01, 2011
In an illuminating production neuroscientist Antonio Damasio explores the evolution of consciousness.... There is passion along with exacting analysis in Damasio’s prose which is captured in an outstanding narration by Fred Stella
The 4% Universe by Richard Panek
Wed, Jun 01, 2011
[Richard] Panek’s text combined with [Ray] Porter’s narration offers listeners a clear, accessible look at one of the most scientifically complex, and existential, questions – what makes our reality possible?
*Four Fish by Paul Greenberg
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Paul Greenberg's seafood writing has appeared in The New York Times, National Geographic, GQ, and many other publications. His 2005 New York Times Magazine article on Chilean sea bass received the International Association of Culinary Professionals' Award for excellence in food journalism, and he has received both a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship and a Food and Society Policy Fellowship.
Wrong by David H. Freedman
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
David H. Freedman is a contributing editor and columnist at Inc. magazine. He is a contributor to Newsweek, and has written on science, technology, and business for The Atlantic Monthly, New York Times, Science, The Harvard Business Review, Wired, and many other publications. He was the co-author of A Perfect Mess
*For the Love of Physics by Walter Lewin
Sat, Jan 01, 2011
“Narrator Kent Cassella sounds like the most interesting and quirky professor you’ve ever had....”
*Brain Bugs by Dean Buonomano
Sat, Jan 01, 2011
“Buonomano does an especially great job interspersing the more technical and dry material with fun illustrations and teasers. He clearly understands how our brains work.”
The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Wed, Dec 01, 2010
Stephen Hawking was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge for thirty years, and has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors including, most recently, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His books for the general reader include the classic A Brief History of Time, Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays, The Universe in a Nutshell, and A Briefer History of Time. He lives in Cambridge, England. www.hawking.org.uk Leonard Mlodinow is a physicist at Caltech and the bestselling author of The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules our Lives, Euclid’s Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace, and Feynman’s Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life. He also wrote for Star Trek: The Next Generation. He lives in South Pasadena, California. www.its.caltech.edu/~len
Confessions of an Alien Hunter by Seth Shostak
Mon, Nov 01, 2010
Seth Shostak is a scientist, author, and frequent commentator on TV and radio. He writes a monthly column on SPACE.com, and often lectures on his work at SETI. He lives in Palo Alto, California.
Sweet Sorrow by Mark Wakely
Fri, Oct 01, 2010
Mark Wakely is a Sydney-based writer, and a journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National. His first book, 'Dream Home'--a reflection on domestic architecture and the meaning of home--was short-listed for the 2004 NSW (Australia) Premier's Literary Award for non-fiction. Grant Cartwright is an award-winning actor who has performed extensively in Australia with the Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company, The Victorian Arts Center, La Mama Theatre and many others. A 2005 graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, Grant recently returned from New York whre he performed with the Manhattan Repertory Theatre, and the 45th Street Theater.
*The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Sun, Aug 01, 2010
REBECCA SKLOOT is a science writer whose articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine; O, The Oprah Magazine; Discover; Prevention; Glamour; and others. She has worked as a correspondent for NPR’s Radio Lab and PBS’s NOVA scienceNow, and is a contributing editor at Popular Science magazine. Her work has been anthologized in several collections, including The Best Food Writing and The Best Creative Nonfiction. She is a former vice president of the National Book Critics Circle, and has taught nonfiction in the creative writing programs at the University of Memphis and the University of Pittsburgh, and science journalism at New York University’s Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program. She blogs about science, life, and writing at Culture Dish, hosted by Seed magazine. This is her first book.
Second Nature by Michael Pollan
Tue, Jun 01, 2010
For the past twenty years, Michael Pollan has been writing books and articles about the places where the human and natural worlds intersect: food, agriculture, gardens, drugs, and architecture. A contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine since 1987, his writing has received numerous awards. In 2003, Pollan was appointed the Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, and the director of the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism. In addition to teaching, he lectures widely on food, agriculture, and gardening.
Remarkable Creatures by Sean B. Carroll
Tue, Jun 01, 2010
SEAN CARROLL is a professor of molecular biology and genetics and an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Wisconsin and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is also the author of The Making of the Fittest and Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo.
The Male Brain by Louann Brizendine, M.D.
Sat, May 01, 2010
LOUANN BRIZENDINE, M.D., a neuropsychiatrist at the University of California, San Francisco, is the founder of the Women’s and Teen Girls’ Mood and Hormone Clinic. She was previously on faculty at the Harvard Medical School and is a graduate of the Yale University School of Medicine and the University of California, Berkeley, in neurobiology. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband and son.
The Wolf in the Parlor by Jon Franklin
Mon, Mar 01, 2010
Jon Franklin is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism and the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing, among numerous other awards. He was a science writer for the Baltimore Evening Sun and is now a journalism professor at the University of Maryland. He is also the author of The Molecules of the Mind a New York Times Book of the Year.
Now or Never by Tim Flannery
Mon, Mar 01, 2010
Dr. Tim Flannery is an Australian environmentalist. He was named Australian of the Year in 2007 and is currently a University Professor. He is also the author of The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change and many other publications.
Hope for Animals and their World by Jane Goodall
Fri, Jan 01, 2010
Jane Goodall is a featured speaker throughout the world. A UN Messenger of Peace, she is the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, a global nonprofit that empowers individuals to take informed and passionate action to improve the environment for all living things.
The Pluto Files by Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Sat, Aug 01, 2009
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON is an astrophysicist with the American Museum of Natural History, director of the world-famous Hayden Planetarium, a monthly columnist for Natural History, and an award-winning author. He lives in New York City.
13 Things that Don't Make Sense by Michael Brooks
Fri, Mar 27, 2009
Michael Brooks, who holds a PhD in quantum physics, is an editor at New Scientist. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, Independent, Observer, Times Higher Educational Supplement, and even Playboy. He is a regular speaker and debate chair at the Science Festival in Brighton, UK.
Proust was a Neuroscientist by Jonas Lehrer
Fri, Mar 27, 2009
JONAH LEHRER is editor at large for Seed magazine and the author of Proust Was a Neuroscientist. A graduate of Columbia University and a Rhodes Scholar, Lehrer has worked in the lab of Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel and has written for The New Yorker, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe. He edits the "Mind Matters" blog for Scientific American, and writes his own highly regarded blog, "The Frontal Cortex."
The Well-Dressed Ape by Hannah Holmes
Hannah Holmes is the author of Suburban Safari and The Secret Life of Dust. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Discover, Outside, and many more. She lives with her husband and dog in Portland, Maine.