Global Filter
Filter by Media Type
Filter by Version
Enter your email address to receive our FREE online newsletter.
You have been added to the newsletter.
 A stunning listening experience, featuring an extraordinary cast.
|
Browse Scientists Audiobooks
|
Showing: CD, MP3-CD, Cassette, Playaway, Abridged, Unabridged and Audio Original.
Show All
|
|
|
|
Author:
Banesh Hoffman
Reader:
Nadia May
Format: 6
Cassettes
(Unabridged)
Come to know Albert Einstein: the reluctant world celebrity, the pacifist, the philosopher, the tragically saddened "father" of the atomic bomb, and, above all, the unceasing searcher after scientific truth. Follow his thinking to conceptsthat changed our view of the universe. A revealing study by a noted scientist.
Item #: E6B910
ISBN: 9780786109104
Learn More »
|
Our Price: $40.45 List Price: $44.95 You Save: $4.50 (10%)
|
|
|
|
Author:
Christine Montross
Reader:
Renée Raudman
Format: 8
CDs
(Unabridged)
A moving memoir of the relationship between a cadaver and the first-year medical student who cuts her open. The author becomes utterly intrigued by the person the woman once was, humbled by the sacrifice she had made in donating her body, and fascinated by the strange, unsettling beauty of the human form. "[Raudman reads] with just the right level of emotion. Her tone, like Montross's writing, is often irreverent and dryly funny, without ever being disrespectful."—AudioFile
Item #: E8X487
ISBN: 9781400104871
Learn More »
|
Our Price: $34.99
|
| Also available in these formats: |
|
|
|
Author:
Richard P. Feynman, Ph.D., edited by Ralph Leighton
Reader:
Richard P. Feynman, Ph.D.
Format: 1
CD
(Unabridged)
Talk about a curious character – in all senses of both words! This omnibus edition celebrates a great scientific mind and a legendary American original. Includes The hardcover book includes a live CD recording: "Los Alamos from Below" lecture, from 1978. By the Nobel laureate.
Item #: E1X132
ISBN: 9780393061321
Learn More »
|
Our Price: $29.95
|
|
|
|
Author/Reader:
Peter Whitfield
Peter Whitfield
Format: 1
CD
(Audio Orig)
Discover how the English naturalist Charles Darwin came to his revolutionary views following his voyage on the Beagle, and his initial reluctance to publish his findings. His discoveries – and his Origin of Species – changed the way we view the world. Audie Award finalist 2010. "The prose is smooth and interesting. The audio is a leisurely experience that can be likened to taking a walk while discussing Darwin and his theory of evolution. This is an hour well spent."—AudioFile
Item #: E1E944
ISBN: 9789626349441
Learn More »
|
Our Price: $14.98
|
|
|
|
Author:
James D. Watson
Readers:
Grover Gardner and Roger Clark
Format: 4
CDs
(Unabridged)
A personal, candid memoir of the discovery of DNA by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Take an inside look at what living science is really like – intense, messy, and occasionally hilarious – in a superbly human tale of how a very unusual 23-year old American saw his chance for scientific immortality and promptly set out to seize it. First published in 1968. "A thrilling book from beginning to end... often funny, vividly observant."—New York Times
Item #: E5N350
ISBN: 9781455883509
Learn More »
|
Our Price: $19.99
|
| Also available in these formats: |
|
|
|
Author:
James D. Watson
Reader:
Michael McConnohie
Format: 2
Cassettes
(Abridged)
*A personal, candid memoir, at last on audio, of the discovery of DNA by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Take an inside look at what living science is really like – intense, messy, and occasionally hilarious – in a superbly human tale of how a very unusual 23-year old American saw his chance for scientific immortality and promptly set out to seize it. "A thrilling book from beginning to end... often funny, vividly observant."—New York Times
Item #: E2Z332
ISBN: 9781559353328
Learn More »
|
Our Price: $27.95
|
|
|
|
Author:
Christopher McGowan
Reader:
Stuart Langston
Format: 7
CDs
(Unabridged)
Here lived dragons... not in the unimaginably broad and deep oceans, but in the hills of Dorset and Sussex. What else could these 19th-century fossil-hunters think when they kept unearthing ridiculously large reptile bones, unimaginable animals that had ruled the earth millions of years ago? This sweeping narrative history shows how these pioneering scientists forever changed our interpretation of the world.
Item #: E7B735
ISBN: 9780786187355
Learn More »
|
Our Price: $50.40 List Price: $56.00 You Save: $5.60 (10%)
|
| Also available in these formats: |
|
|
|
Author:
Walter Isaacson
Reader:
Edward Herrmann
Format: 18
CDs
(Unabridged)
2008 Audie Award Winner: Best Biography/Memoir. A fully realized portrait of an extraordinary human being and great genius, the first full biography of Einstein since all of his papers have become available. Hear about his morality, rebellion, character, and creativity – and the enthralling mysteries of the universe that he discovered. By the author of Benjamin Franklin. "A well-balanced portrayal... fascinating. Herrmann sounds utterly engaged by Einstein. Listeners, too, will succumb."—AudioFile
Item #: E9P138
ISBN: 9780743561389
Learn More »
|
Our Price: $49.95
|
| Also available in these formats: |
|
|
|
Author:
Anthony Storr
Reader:
Neville Jason
Format: 3
CDs
(Abridged)
From ego, superego, and id to sex and coincidences, Sigmund Freud revolutionized the way in which we think about ourselves. He developed psychoanalysis into a general psychology. This audiobook goes one step further and investigates the status of Freud's legacy today and the disputes that surround it. "Excellent... read with perfection by Jason, whose pronunciation skills, pacing, and vocal clarity are impeccable."—Booklist
Item #: E3E297
ISBN: 9789626342978
Learn More »
|
Our Price: $22.98
|
|
|
|
Author:
Anthony Stevens
Reader:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Format: 3
CDs
(Abridged)
From the shadow to the archetype, the persona to the anima, explore the basic concepts of Jungian psychology. A small masterpiece of insight and concision, this volume offers a clear portrait of one of the 20th century's most important andcontroversial thinkers and his views on such disparate subjects as myth, religion, alchemy, synchronicity, and the psychology of gender differences.
Item #: E3E298
ISBN: 9789626342985
Learn More »
|
Our Price: $22.98
|
|
|
|
Author:
J. Craig Venter
Reader:
Dick Hill
Format: 14
CDs
(Unabridged)
He's one of the most fascinating, controversial figures in science: the man who mapped the human genome. The dramatic story of his life, his quest, and the historic result involves as much politics as science. "Well worth [listening] for the fascinating perspective it offers on one of the major scientific discoveries of all time."—Publishers Weekly
Item #: E9X571
ISBN: 9781400105717
Learn More »
|
Our Price: $39.99
|
| Also available in these formats: |
|
|
|
Author:
Albert Keim
Reader:
David Mitchell
Format:
Playaway
(Unabridged)
A biography of the great French chemist and chrystallographer, Louis Pasteur, who invented the pasteurization process, identified microbes as a cause of infectious disease, and developed the first vaccine against rabies. First published in1914.
Item #: HP8468
ISBN: 9781602528468
Learn More »
|
Our Price: $34.99
|
|
|
|
Author:
Buzz Aldrin, with Ken Abraham
Reader:
Patrick Egan
Format: 11
CDs
(Unabridged)
Aldrin was the second man to set foot on the moon, a place he described as "magnificent desolation." In his memoir, this world-renowned astronaut describes that fantastic journey, his subsequent bout with depression and alcoholism, the passionate love that saved him, and the past, present, and future of the U.S. space program.
Item #: E9R746
ISBN: 9780307577467
Learn More »
|
Our Price: $35.00
|
|
|
|
Author/Reader:
Simon Winchester
Simon Winchester
Format: 8
CDs
(Unabridged)
Fascinated with the science and the people of China, biochemist Needham defined the country's essence for the world with his multivolume Science and Civilization in China. A fascinating story of the growth of a great nation and an eccentric and adventurous scientist. Winner of a Listen Up award from Publishers Weekly. "Clear, concise, graceful... [Winchester's] vocal warmth and charm mirror his endless awe of Needham's lifetime work... fascinating."—Publishers Weekly
Item #: E9H627
ISBN: 9780061556272
Learn More »
|
Our Price: $39.95
|
|
|
|
Author:
Kay Redfield Jamison
Reader:
Renée Raudman
Format: 5
CDs
(Unabridged)
Haunting meditation on mortality, grief, and loss. Jamison recalls her relationship with her husband, a renowned scientist who battled dyslexia to become an expert on schizophrenia. She describes his slow surrender to cancer and her own struggle with overpowering grief, while recalling the joy he brought her. From the author of An Unquiet Mind. "Filled with exquisitely wrought nuances of emotion... brilliant."—Booklist
Item #: E7M306
ISBN: 9781400113064
Learn More »
|
Our Price: $24.99
|
| Also available in these formats: |
|
|
|
Author/Reader:
Lawrence M. Krauss
Lawrence M. Krauss
Format: 8
CDs
(Unabridged)
A gripping new scientific biography of the revered Nobel Prize-winning (and curious character) Richard Feynman.
Item #: E9B0256
ISBN: 9781441780256
Learn More »
|
Our Price: $29.95
|
| Also available in these formats: |
|
|
|
Author:
David Quammen
Reader:
Grover Gardner
Format: 6
CDs
(Unabridged)
A vivid life portrait of the man whose work remains controversial. Twenty years after his Beagle voyage, Darwin finally revealed his revolutionary idea about natural selection. This fascinating, tangled tale illuminates the cautious observer who sparked an intellectual revolution. "[Gardner] uses inflection, stress, rhythm, and his rich vocal range to create an easy and often amusing conversational style... [an audiobook] as valuable as it is timely."—Publishers Weekly
Item #: E65569
ISBN: 9781572705692
Learn More »
|
Our Price: $14.95 List Price: $29.95 You Save: $15.00 (50%)
|
|
|
|
Author:
Homer Hickam
Reader:
Beau Bridges
Format: 4
CDs
(Abridged)
True story from a NASA rocket scientist. Sputnik's 1957 flight changed his life. As he and his boyhood friends tried to launch their own rocket, an entire town united behind them. Set against a backdrop of miners' strikes, the Cold War, and America's loss of innocence. The film is October Sky. "Great memoirs must balance the universal and the particular... Hickam... walks that line beautifully."—Publishers Weekly
Item #: E4P506
ISBN: 9780743565066
Learn More »
|
Our Price: $14.95
|
| Also available in these formats: |
|
|
|
Author:
J.G. Crowther
Reader:
Patrick Cullen
Format: 8
CDs
(Unabridged)
Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Darwin, Curie, Einstein. These geniuses had one thing in common: the imagination to conceive great ideas together with the integrity and determination to defend their science whatever the obstacles. While developing modern scientific outlook, the fact of evolution, the theory of relativity, or the secrets of atomic energy, they struggled for intellectual freedom.
Item #: E8B678
ISBN: 9780786196784
Learn More »
|
Our Price: $57.60 List Price: $64.00 You Save: $6.40 (10%)
|
| Also available in these formats: |
|
|
|
Author:
Richard P. Feynman, Ph.D.
Reader:
Raymond Todd
Format: 10
CDs
(Unabridged)
The scientist's lighthearted approach to life made his physics lectures a delight and his accomplishments all the more intriguing. His life story is a combustible mixture of intelligence, curiosity, skepticism, and raging chutzpah. By the Nobel laureate. "Todd does a fabulous job of conveying Feynman's infectious enthusiasm and childlike sense of wonder with his energetic portrayal."—Publishers Weekly
Item #: E9B728
ISBN: 9780786177288
Learn More »
|
Our Price: $29.95
|
| Also available in these formats: |
|
|
TOLL FREE SERVICE
(800) 231-4261
|