14 Best Science & Technology, Science Books
Science & Technology, Science is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Science & Technology, Science audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 14 Science & Technology, Science audiobooks below.
-
Shoot for the Moon
- By: James Donovan
- Narrator: Allan Robertson
- Length: 13 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: March 12, 2019
- Language: English
-
4.37(1059 ratings)
4.37(1059 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDLearn why NASA astronaut Mike Collins calls this extraordinary space race story “the best book on Apollo”: this inspiring and intimate ode to ingenuity celebrates one of the most daring feats in human history.When the alarm went off... Read moreLearn why NASA astronaut Mike Collins calls this extraordinary space race story “the best book on Apollo”: this inspiring and intimate ode to ingenuity celebrates one of the most daring feats in human history.When the alarm went off forty thousand feet above the moon’s surface, both astronauts looked down at the computer to see 1202 flashing on the readout. Neither of them knew what it meant, and time was running out . . .On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon. One of the world’s greatest technological achievements — and a triumph of the American spirit — the Apollo 11 mission was a mammoth undertaking involving more than 410,000 men and women dedicated to winning the space race against the Soviets.Set amid the tensions and upheaval of the sixties and the Cold War, Shoot for the Moon is a gripping account of the dangers, the challenges, and the sheer determination that defined not only Apollo 11, but also the Mercury and Gemini missions that came before it. From the shock of Sputnik and the heart-stopping final minutes of John Glenn’s Mercury flight to the deadly whirligig of Gemini 8, the doomed Apollo 1 mission, and that perilous landing on the Sea of Tranquility — when the entire world held its breath while Armstrong and Aldrin battled computer alarms, low fuel, and other problems — James Donovan tells the whole story.Both sweeping and intimate, Shoot for the Moon is “a powerfully written and irresistible celebration” of one of humankind’s most extraordinary accomplishments (Booklist, starred review). -
Elon Musk
- By: Ashlee Vance
- Narrator: Fred Sanders
- Length: 13 hours 23 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: May 19, 2015
- Language: English
-
4.2(308963 ratings)
4.2(308963 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.99 USDIn the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley’s most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs–a real-life TonyIn the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley’s most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs–a real-life Tony Stark–and a fascinating exploration of the renewal of American invention and its new “makers.”
Elon Musk spotlights the technology and vision of Elon Musk, the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, who sold one of his Internet companies, PayPal, for $1.5 billion. Ashlee Vance captures the full spectacle and arc of the genius’s life and work, from his tumultuous upbringing in South Africa and flight to the United States to his dramatic technical innovations and entrepreneurial pursuits.
Vance uses Musk’s story to explore one of the pressing questions of our age: can the nation of inventors and creators who led the modern world for a century still compete in an age of fierce global competition? He argues that Musk–one of the most unusual and striking figures in American business history–is a contemporary, visionary amalgam of legendary inventors and industrialists including Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, and Steve Jobs. More than any other entrepreneur today, Musk has dedicated his energies and his own vast fortune to inventing a future that is as rich and far-reaching as the visionaries of the golden age of science-fiction fantasy.
Thorough and insightful, Elon Musk brings to life a technology industry that is rapidly and dramatically changing by examining the life of one of its most powerful and influential titans.
... Read more -
“What Do You Care What Other People Think?”
- By: Richard P. Feynman
- Narrator: Raymond Todd
- Length: 6 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
-
4.19(7631 ratings)
4.19(7631 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0020.95 USDOne of the greatest theoretical physicists of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and an unparalleled ability to tell the stories of his life. “What Do You Care What Other People Think?”One of the greatest theoretical physicists of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and an unparalleled ability to tell the stories of his life. “What Do You Care What Other People Think?” is Feynman’s last literary legacy, prepared with his friend and fellow drummer, Ralph Leighton.
Among the book’s many tales, we meet Feynman’s first wife, Arlene, who taught him love’s irreducible mystery as she lay dying in a hospital bed while he worked nearby on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos. We are also given a fascinating chronicle of the investigation of the space shuttle Challenger’s explosion in 1986, and we relive the moment when Feynman revealed the disaster’s cause by an elegant experiment: dropping a ring of rubber into a glass of cold water and pulling it out, misshapen.
... Read more -
We Are All Stardust
- By: Stefan Klein
- Narrator: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 8 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
-
4.15(590 ratings)
4.15(590 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDA sterling roster of natural and social scientists in conversation with top-flight journalist Stefan Klein–shedding new light on their work, their lives, and what they still hope to discover When acclaimed science writer Stefan Klein asksA sterling roster of natural and social scientists in conversation with top-flight journalist Stefan Klein–shedding new light on their work, their lives, and what they still hope to discover
When acclaimed science writer Stefan Klein asks Nobel Prize-winning chemist Roald Hoffmann what sets scientists apart, Hoffmann says, “First and foremost, curiosity.” In this collection of intimate conversations with nineteen of the world’s best-known scientists (including three Nobel Laureates), Klein lets us listen in as today’s leading minds reveal what they still hope to discover–and how their paradigm-changing work entwines with their lives outside the lab.
From the sports car that physicist Steven Weinberg says helped him on his quest for “the theory of everything” to the jazz musicians who gave psychologist Alison Gopnik new insight into raising children, these scientists explain how they find inspiration everywhere.
Hear from renowned scientists including:
evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins on selfishness,anthropologist Sarah Hrdy on motherhood,primatologist Jane Goodall on animal behavior,neuroscientist V. S. Ramachandran on consciousness,geographer Jared Diamond on chance in history, andmany other luminaries.
... Read more -
The Sediments Of Time
- By: Meave Leakey
- Narrator: Susan Lyons
- Length: 14 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: November 10, 2020
- Language: English
-
4.14(264 ratings)
4.14(264 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.007.99 USD“Extraordinary . . . This inspirational autobiography stands among the finest scientist memoirs.” ‚ÄîNew York Times Book Review, Editors’ ChoiceMeave Leakey‚Äôs thrilling, high-stakes memoir‚Äîwritten with her daughter“Extraordinary . . . This inspirational autobiography stands among the finest scientist memoirs.”
... Read more
‚ÄîNew York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice
Meave Leakey’s thrilling, high-stakes memoir—written with her daughter Samira—encapsulates her distinguished life and career on the front lines of the hunt for our human origins, a quest made all the more notable by her stature as a woman in a highly competitive, male-dominated field.
In The Sediments of Time, preeminent paleoanthropologist Meave Leakey brings us along on her remarkable journey to reveal the diversity of our early pre-human ancestors and how past climate change drove their evolution. She offers a fresh account of our past, as recent breakthroughs have allowed new analysis of her team’s fossil findings and vastly expanded our understanding of our ancestors.
 
Meave’s own personal story is replete with drama, from thrilling discoveries on the shores of Lake Turkana to run-ins with armed herders and every manner of wildlife, to raising her children and supporting her renowned paleoanthropologist husband Richard Leakey’s ambitions amidst social and political strife in Kenya. When Richard needs a kidney, Meave provides him with hers, and when he asks her to assume the reins of their field expeditions after he loses both legs in a plane crash, the result of likely sabotage, Meave steps in. 
 
The Sediments of Time is the summation of a lifetime of Meave Leakey’s efforts; it is a compelling picture of our human origins and climate change, as well as a high-stakes story of ambition, struggle, and hope.
“A fascinating glimpse into our origins. Meave Leakey is a great storyteller, and she presents new information about the far off time when we emerged from our ape-like ancestors to start the long journey that has led to our becoming the dominant species on Earth. That story, woven into her own journey of research and discovery, gives us a book that is informative and captivating, one that you will not forget.”
—Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute -
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin
- By: David Quammen
- Narrator: Grover Gardner
- Length: 7 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2007
- Language: English
-
3.96(1645 ratings)
3.96(1645 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.95 USDIn September 1838, a young Englishman named Charles Darwin hit upon the idea that natural selection among competing individuals would lead to wondrous adaptations and species diversity. Twenty-one years passed between that epiphany and publicationIn September 1838, a young Englishman named Charles Darwin hit upon the idea that natural selection among competing individuals would lead to wondrous adaptations and species diversity. Twenty-one years passed between that epiphany and publication of On the Origin of Species. The human drama and scientific basis of that time constitute a fascinating, tangled tale that illuminates this cautious naturalist who sparked an intellectual revolution. Drawing from Darwin’s secret notebooks and personal letters, David Quammen has sketched a vivid life portrait of the man whose work remains controversial today.
... Read more -
The Shape of a Life
- By: Shing-Tung Yau
- Narrator: Arthur Morey
- Length: 12 hours 58 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
-
3.82(109 ratings)
3.82(109 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USDA Fields medalist recounts his lifelong transnational effort to uncover the geometric shape—the Calabi-Yau manifold—that may store the hidden dimensions of our universe. Harvard geometer and Fields medalist Shing-Tung Yau has provided aA Fields medalist recounts his lifelong transnational effort to uncover the geometric shape—the Calabi-Yau manifold—that may store the hidden dimensions of our universe.
Harvard geometer and Fields medalist Shing-Tung Yau has provided a mathematical foundation for string theory, offered new insights into black holes, and mathematically demonstrated the stability of our universe. In this autobiography, Yau reflects on his improbable journey to becoming one of the world’s most distinguished mathematicians. Beginning with an impoverished childhood in China and Hong Kong, Yau takes readers through his doctoral studies at Berkeley during the height of the Vietnam War protests, his Fields Medal–winning proof of the Calabi conjecture, his return to China, and his pioneering work in geometric analysis. This new branch of geometry, which Yau built up with his friends and colleagues, has paved the way for solutions to several important and previously intransigent problems. With complicated ideas explained for a broad audience, this book offers listeners not only insights into the life of an eminent mathematician, but also an accessible way to understand advanced and highly abstract concepts in mathematics and theoretical physics.
... Read more -
Secret Warriors
- By: Taylor Downing
- Narrator: Derek Perkins
- Length: 13 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
-
3.78(96 ratings)
3.78(96 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USDA startling and vivid account of World War I, Secret Warriors uncovers how wartime code-breaking, aeronautics, and scientific research laid the foundation for many of the innovations of the twentieth century. World War I is often viewed as a warA startling and vivid account of World War I, Secret Warriors uncovers how wartime code-breaking, aeronautics, and scientific research laid the foundation for many of the innovations of the twentieth century.
World War I is often viewed as a war fought by armies of millions living and fighting in trenches, aided by brutal machinery that cost the lives of many. But behind all of this an intellectual war was also being fought between engineers, chemists, code-breakers, physicists, doctors, mathematicians, and intelligence gatherers. This hidden war was to make a positive and lasting contribution to how war was conducted on land, at sea, and in the air and, most importantly, to life at home.
Secret Warriors provides an invaluable and fresh history of World War I, profiling a number of the key incidents and figures that led to great leaps forward for the twentieth century. Told in a lively and colorful narrative style, Secret Warriors reveals the unknown side of this tragic conflict.
... Read more -
Albert Einstein
- By: Banesh Hoffmann
- Narrator: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 7 hours 49 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2011
- Language: English
-
3.76(202 ratings)
3.76(202 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDThis remarkable study is a model of what the biography of a scientist should be. Its author, a noted scientist himself, was a friend of and collaborator with Albert Einstein. On these pages, we come to know Albert Einstein as theThis remarkable study is a model of what the biography of a scientist should be. Its author, a noted scientist himself, was a friend of and collaborator with Albert Einstein. On these pages, we come to know Albert Einstein as the “backward” child; the academic outcast; the reluctant world celebrity; the exile; the pacifist; the philosopher; the humanitarian; the tragically saddened “father” of the atomic bomb; and above all, the unceasing searcher after scientific truth. At the same time, we are given a superb and essential introduction to the creative process and the concepts that shattered an age-old view of the universe and ushered in a revolution whose reverberations continue to touch us all.
... Read more -
The Darwin Myth
- By: Benjamin Wiker
- Narrator: Tom Weiner
- Length: 4 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2009
- Language: English
-
3.6(98 ratings)
3.6(98 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0011.95 USDIn the 150 years since the publication of Origin of Species, Charles Darwin’s reputation has wavered between two extremes–secular saint or heretic. But the truth is much more complicated than that. While he was by all accounts a kind andIn the 150 years since the publication of Origin of Species, Charles Darwin’s reputation has wavered between two extremes–secular saint or heretic. But the truth is much more complicated than that. While he was by all accounts a kind and virtuous man, Darwin’s theory of evolution and natural selection has been one of the most destructive ideas in history.
So who is Charles Darwin? What did he really believe–and what did his research really prove? Laying out the evidence and sound scientific arguments, Wiker offers a critical analysis of Darwin’s theories as well as the social, scientific, and religious implications of his work, illuminating the inevitable truth about Darwin’s powerful, yet ultimately poisonous, legacy.
... Read more -
Einstein on the Run
- By: Andrew Robinson
- Narrator: Antony Ferguson
- Length: 9 hours 23 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
-
3.58(35 ratings)
3.58(35 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDThe first account of the role Britain played in Einstein’s life–first by inspiring his teenage passion for physics, then by providing refuge from the Nazis In autumn 1933, Albert Einstein found himself living alone in an isolated holidayThe first account of the role Britain played in Einstein’s life–first by inspiring his teenage passion for physics, then by providing refuge from the Nazis
In autumn 1933, Albert Einstein found himself living alone in an isolated holiday hut in rural England. There, he toiled peacefully at mathematics while occasionally stepping out for walks or to play his violin. But how had Einstein come to abandon his Berlin home and go ‘”on the run”?
In this lively account, Andrew Robinson tells the story of the world’s greatest scientist and Britain for the first time, showing why Britain was the perfect refuge for Einstein from rumored assassination by Nazi agents. Young Einstein’s passion for British physics, epitomized by Newton, had sparked his scientific development around 1900. British astronomers had confirmed his general theory of relativity, making him internationally famous in 1919. Welcomed by the British people, who helped him campaign against Nazi antisemitism, he even intended to become a British citizen. So why did Einstein then leave Britain, never to return to Europe?
... Read more -
Woolly
- By: Ben Mezrich
- Narrator: Ben Mezrich
- Length: 6 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
-
3.51(2171 ratings)
3.51(2171 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDThe bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and The 37th Parallel tells the fascinating Jurassic Park-like story of the genetic restoration of an extinct species–the woolly mammoth. “Paced like a thriller…WoollyThe bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and The 37th Parallel tells the fascinating Jurassic Park-like story of the genetic restoration of an extinct species–the woolly mammoth. “Paced like a thriller…Woolly reanimates history and breathes new life into the narrative of nature” (NPR).
... Read more
With his “unparalleled” (Booklist, starred review) writing, Ben Mezrich takes us on an exhilarating and true adventure story from the icy terrain of Siberia to the cutting-edge genetic labs of Harvard University. A group of scientists work to make fantasy reality by splicing DNA from frozen woolly mammoth into the DNA of a modern elephant. Will they be able to turn the hybrid cells into a functional embryo and potentially bring the extinct creatures to our modern world?
Along with this team of brilliant scientists, a millionaire plans to build the world’s first Pleistocene Park and populate a huge tract of the Siberian tundra with ancient herbivores as a hedge against an environmental ticking time bomb that is hidden deep within the permafrost. More than a story of genetics, this is a thriller illuminating the real-life race against global warming, of the incredible power of modern technology, of the brave fossil hunters who battle polar bears and extreme weather conditions, and the ethical quandary of cloning extinct animals. This “rollercoaster quest for the past and future” (Christian Science Monitor) asks us if we can right the wrongs of our ancestors who hunted the woolly mammoth to extinction and at what cost? -
Heaven on Earth
- By: L. S. Fauber
- Narrator: Stephen Bowlby
- Length: 10 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
-
3.08(44 ratings)
3.08(44 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDA vivid narrative that connects the lives off our great astronomers as they discovered, refined, and popularized the first major scientific discovery of the modern era: that the earth moves around the sun Today we take for granted that a telescopeA vivid narrative that connects the lives off our great astronomers as they discovered, refined, and popularized the first major scientific discovery of the modern era: that the earth moves around the sun
Today we take for granted that a telescope allows us to see galaxies millions of light years away. But before its invention, people used nothing more than their naked eye to fathom what took place in the visible sky. So how did four men in the 1500s–of different nationality, age, religion, and class–collaborate to discover that the earth revolved around the sun? With this radical discovery that went against the Church, they created our contemporary world–and with it, the uneasy conditions of modern life.
Heaven on Earth is an intimate examination of this scientific family–that of Nicolaus Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, and Galileo Galilei. Fauber juxtaposes their scientific work with insight into their personal lives and political considerations, which shaped their pursuit of knowledge. Uniquely, he shows how their intergenerational collaboration was actually what made the scientific revolution possible.
Ranging from the birth of astronomy and the methods of early scientific research, Fauber reveals the human story that underlies this civilization altering discovery. And, contrary to the competitive nature of research today, collaboration was key to early scientific discovery. Before the rise of university research institutions, deep thinkers only had each other. They created a kind of family, related to each other via intellectual pursuit rather than blood.
Filled with rich characters and sweeping historical scope, Heaven on Earth reveals how the strong connections between these pillars of intellectual history moved science forward–and how, without them, we might have waited a long time for a heliocentric model of the universe.
... Read more -
The Man Who Stalked Einstein
- By: Bruce J. Hillman
- Narrator: Arthur Morey
- Length: 7 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDBy the end of World War I, Albert Einstein had become the face of the new science of theoretical physics and had made some powerful enemies. One of those enemies, Nobel Prize winner Philipp Lenard, spent a career trying to discredit him. Their storyBy the end of World War I, Albert Einstein had become the face of the new science of theoretical physics and had made some powerful enemies. One of those enemies, Nobel Prize winner Philipp Lenard, spent a career trying to discredit him. Their story of conflict, pitting Germany’s most widely celebrated Jew against the Nazi scientist who was to become Hitler’s chief advisor on physics, had an impact far exceeding what the scientific community felt at the time. Indeed, their mutual antagonism affected the direction of science long after 1933, when Einstein took flight to America and changed the history of two nations. The Man Who Stalked Einstein details the tense relationship between Einstein and Lenard, their ideas and actions, during the eventful period between World War I and World War II.
... Read more
Cliff Weitzman
Cliff Weitzman is a dyslexia advocate and the CEO and founder of Speechify, the #1 text-to-speech app in the world, totaling over 100,000 5-star reviews and ranking first place in the App Store for the News & Magazines category. In 2017, Weitzman was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for his work making the internet more accessible to people with learning disabilities. Cliff Weitzman has been featured in EdSurge, Inc., PC Mag, Entrepreneur, Mashable, among other leading outlets.
Recent Blogs
-
July 06, 2023
Which books are available on Spotify?
-
July 06, 2023
Are audiobooks free on Spotify with membership?
-
June 25, 2023
Top Destinations for Free eBooks and Audiobooks Online
-
June 25, 2023
Best Alternative to Barnes & Noble Online
-
June 25, 2023
The Best Places to Buy eBooks: Beyond the Kindle Ecosystem
-
June 25, 2023
What are the best places to find free ebooks?
-
June 25, 2023
Best Independent Companies to Buy eBooks from
-
April 19, 2023
How many Game of Thrones books are there?
-
April 19, 2023
Where to buy cheap books: A comprehensive guide
-
April 19, 2023
How many Jack Reacher books are there?
-
April 19, 2023
How many FNAF books are there?
-
April 19, 2023
How many Warrior Cats books are there?
-
April 19, 2023
How many Wheel of Time books are there?
-
April 19, 2023
The best Vampire Survivors powerups in order
-
April 19, 2023
How to read the Robert Galbraith books in order
-
April 19, 2023
How to read the Artemis Fowl books in order
-
April 19, 2023
How to read Craig Johnson’s books in order
-
April 19, 2023
How to read Cassandra Clare’s books in order
-
April 19, 2023
How to read Lee Child’s books in order
-
April 18, 2023
How to read the In Death book series in order
-
April 18, 2023
Best book quotes
-
April 18, 2023
A tale of two cities reviewed
-
April 18, 2023
All the President’s Men reviewed
-
April 18, 2023
Tintin reviewed
-
April 18, 2023
What are adult coloring books?
-
April 18, 2023
How to read the Percy Jackson books in order
-
April 11, 2023
How to find charities for the blind
-
April 11, 2023
What is the best Bible app
-
April 11, 2023
Where to find free audio Bible downloads
-
April 11, 2023
What is the best free Bible app
More in this series
- 24 Best Love & Marriage, Religion Books
- 19 Best Monsters Books
- 29 Best Personal Memoirs, History Books
- 14 Best Afterlife & Reincarnation Books
- 15 Best Shakespeare, Performing Arts Books
- 28 Best Essays, HUMOR Books
- 29 Best Siblings, Juvenile Fiction Books
- 29 Best Nutrition Books
- 25 Best Horses, Juvenile Fiction Books
- 23 Best Intermediate, Juvenile Fiction Books
- 29 Best Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc., Juvenile Fiction Books
- 28 Best Finance Books
- 29 Best Democracy, Political Science Books
- 10 Best Child, Family & Relationships Books
- 29 Best Death & Dying, Juvenile Fiction Books
- 10 Best Children with Special Needs, Family & Relationships Books
- 29 Best Steampunk Books
- 29 Best Military, Biography & Autobiography Books
- 14 Best Cancer Books
- 10 Best Marriage, Psychology Books
- 29 Best Civil Rights, Political Science Books
- 29 Best Political, Fiction Books
- 29 Best Personal Success, Self-Help Books
- 29 Best Sociology Books
- 20 Best Short Stories, Juvenile Fiction Books
- 23 Best Social History, History Books
- 27 Best Astronomy Books
- 29 Best Law Enforcement Books
- Best books by James Hunt
- 29 Best Space Opera Books