Science Friday Radio Show/Podcast

1.
The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating — 1,238,625 ratings
2.
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon 3.90 avg rating — 106,810 ratings
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The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World 4.32 avg rating — 28,482 ratings
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The Gene: An Intimate History
The Gene: An Intimate History 4.36 avg rating — 54,010 ratings
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On the Move: A Life
On the Move: A Life 4.03 avg rating — 21,245 ratings
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H is for Hawk
H is for Hawk 3.74 avg rating — 78,917 ratings
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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions 4.14 avg rating — 191,195 ratings
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The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage 4.02 avg rating — 4,892 ratings
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Stories of Your Life and Others
Stories of Your Life and Others 4.25 avg rating — 120,086 ratings
10.
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War 3.94 avg rating — 22,973 ratings
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Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know 3.63 avg rating — 17,642 ratings
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Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World
Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,982 ratings
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Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe
Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe 3.68 avg rating — 3,476 ratings
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Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words 4.14 avg rating — 12,051 ratings
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Rain: A Natural and Cultural History
Rain: A Natural and Cultural History 3.82 avg rating — 1,992 ratings
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Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal 3.93 avg rating — 50,605 ratings
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain 3.95 avg rating — 72,830 ratings
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Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,921 ratings
19.
Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future
Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future 4.22 avg rating — 794 ratings
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Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America
Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America 4.05 avg rating — 2,616 ratings
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The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time
The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time 3.66 avg rating — 5,848 ratings
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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital 3.93 avg rating — 39,324 ratings
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The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness 3.94 avg rating — 57,028 ratings
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Me, Myself, and Why: Searching for the Science of Self
Me, Myself, and Why: Searching for the Science of Self 3.55 avg rating — 582 ratings
25.
On Immunity: An Inoculation
On Immunity: An Inoculation
by: Eula Biss
3.94 avg rating — 11,711 ratings
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I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
by: Ed Yong
4.18 avg rating — 30,333 ratings
27.
The Science of Interstellar
The Science of Interstellar 4.29 avg rating — 6,591 ratings
28.
The Blue Whale (Volume 1) (Endangered Animals, 1)
The Blue Whale (Volume 1) (Endangered Animals, 1) 4.27 avg rating — 779 ratings
29.
The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
by: Nick Lane
4.18 avg rating — 5,766 ratings
30.
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End 4.49 avg rating — 210,874 ratings
31.
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
by: Sam Kean
4.26 avg rating — 13,462 ratings
32.
Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life
Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life 3.90 avg rating — 2,841 ratings
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Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? 3.97 avg rating — 16,184 ratings
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The Wild Life of Our Bodies: Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today
The Wild Life of Our Bodies: Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today
by: Rob Dunn
3.91 avg rating — 1,259 ratings
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Spooky Action at a Distance: The Phenomenon That Reimagines Space and Time—and What It Means for Black Holes, the Big Bang, and Theories of Everything
Spooky Action at a Distance: The Phenomenon That Reimagines Space and Time—and What It Means for Black Holes, the Big Bang, and Theories of Everything 3.80 avg rating — 1,008 ratings
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On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes
On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes 3.50 avg rating — 4,743 ratings
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Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 21,097 ratings
38.
The Genius of Birds
The Genius of Birds 4.04 avg rating — 13,003 ratings
39.
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics 3.99 avg rating — 64,358 ratings
40.
The Hunt for Vulcan: ...And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe
The Hunt for Vulcan: ...And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe 4.05 avg rating — 2,109 ratings
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The Physicist and the Philosopher: Einstein, Bergson, and the Debate that Changed Our Understanding of Time
The Physicist and the Philosopher: Einstein, Bergson, and the Debate that Changed Our Understanding of Time 3.60 avg rating — 288 ratings
42.
The Glass Cage: How Our Computers Are Changing Us
The Glass Cage: How Our Computers Are Changing Us 3.75 avg rating — 2,300 ratings
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Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate
Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate 3.79 avg rating — 4,366 ratings
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The Fantastic Laboratory of Dr. Weigl: How Two Brave Scientists Battled Typhus and Sabotaged the Nazis
The Fantastic Laboratory of Dr. Weigl: How Two Brave Scientists Battled Typhus and Sabotaged the Nazis 3.77 avg rating — 608 ratings
45.
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World 4.44 avg rating — 6,799 ratings
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Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better
Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better 3.94 avg rating — 2,484 ratings
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Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World 4.11 avg rating — 20,492 ratings
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Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine
Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine 4.01 avg rating — 8,184 ratings
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate 4.16 avg rating — 27,259 ratings
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How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking 3.95 avg rating — 20,871 ratings
51.
Assembling California (Annals of the Former World, 4)
Assembling California (Annals of the Former World, 4) 4.17 avg rating — 2,248 ratings
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Aurora
Aurora 3.78 avg rating — 27,123 ratings
53.
Seveneves
Seveneves really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 122,805 ratings
54.
The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack: and Other Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution
The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack: and Other Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution 3.64 avg rating — 352 ratings
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Awakenings
Awakenings 4.09 avg rating — 13,804 ratings
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One Wild Bird At A Time: Portraits of Individual Lives
One Wild Bird At A Time: Portraits of Individual Lives 3.88 avg rating — 1,129 ratings
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Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe 4.53 avg rating — 5,110 ratings
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Shaman
Shaman 3.76 avg rating — 4,712 ratings
58.
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
by: Dan Egan
4.34 avg rating — 11,019 ratings
60.
Lost Feast: Culinary Extinction and the Future of Food
Lost Feast: Culinary Extinction and the Future of Food 3.88 avg rating — 621 ratings
61.
Does My Goldfish Know Who I Am?: and hundreds more Big Questions from Little People answered by experts
Does My Goldfish Know Who I Am?: and hundreds more Big Questions from Little People answered by experts 3.90 avg rating — 108 ratings
62.
Plucked: A History of Hair Removal (Biopolitics, 8)
Plucked: A History of Hair Removal (Biopolitics, 8) 3.76 avg rating — 382 ratings
63.
The Sting of the Wild
The Sting of the Wild 4.09 avg rating — 911 ratings
64.
Nature Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of the Natural World
Nature Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of the Natural World 4.39 avg rating — 2,273 ratings
65.
The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself 4.18 avg rating — 9,959 ratings
66.
The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives
The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives 3.88 avg rating — 7,740 ratings
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Dodging Extinction: Power, Food, Money, and the Future of Life on Earth
Dodging Extinction: Power, Food, Money, and the Future of Life on Earth 3.89 avg rating — 96 ratings
68.
Oxygen: A Four Billion Year History
Oxygen: A Four Billion Year History 3.75 avg rating — 169 ratings
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Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets
Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets 3.85 avg rating — 5,702 ratings
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The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures
The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures 3.81 avg rating — 1,640 ratings
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Dark Matter
Dark Matter 4.14 avg rating — 664,758 ratings
72.
The Coming Swarm: DDOS Actions, Hacktivism, and Civil Disobedience on the Internet
The Coming Swarm: DDOS Actions, Hacktivism, and Civil Disobedience on the Internet 3.70 avg rating — 76 ratings
73.
The Sixteenth Rail: The Evidence, the Scientist, and the Lindbergh Kidnapping
The Sixteenth Rail: The Evidence, the Scientist, and the Lindbergh Kidnapping 3.79 avg rating — 110 ratings
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Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science
Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science 3.68 avg rating — 59 ratings
75.
The Inheritor's Powder: A Tale of Arsenic, Murder, and the New Forensic Science
The Inheritor's Powder: A Tale of Arsenic, Murder, and the New Forensic Science 3.20 avg rating — 862 ratings
76.
Einstein and the Quantum: The Quest of the Valiant Swabian
Einstein and the Quantum: The Quest of the Valiant Swabian 4.31 avg rating — 201 ratings
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Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses 4.38 avg rating — 18,768 ratings
78.
Einstein's God: Conversations About Science and the Human Spirit
Einstein's God: Conversations About Science and the Human Spirit 3.81 avg rating — 790 ratings
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Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Cooks, and Good Food
Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Cooks, and Good Food 4.05 avg rating — 3,740 ratings
80.
The Antarctic Book of Cooking and Cleaning: A Polar Journey
The Antarctic Book of Cooking and Cleaning: A Polar Journey 4.01 avg rating — 101 ratings
81.
Yours, Isaac Asimov: A Life in Letters
Yours, Isaac Asimov: A Life in Letters 4.17 avg rating — 193 ratings
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Spurious Correlations
Spurious Correlations 3.69 avg rating — 371 ratings
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The Only Words That Are Worth Remembering
The Only Words That Are Worth Remembering 3.04 avg rating — 171 ratings
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Genius At Play: The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway
Genius At Play: The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway 3.94 avg rating — 421 ratings
85.
Professor Astro Cat's Frontiers of Space
Professor Astro Cat's Frontiers of Space 4.50 avg rating — 393 ratings
86.
Shackleton's Journey
Shackleton's Journey 4.31 avg rating — 1,194 ratings
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Animalium
Animalium 4.47 avg rating — 1,406 ratings
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Infographics: Human Body
Infographics: Human Body 3.73 avg rating — 37 ratings
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The Worm
The Worm 4.25 avg rating — 577 ratings
90.
Bones, Books, and Bell Jars: Photographs of the Mütter Museum Collection
Bones, Books, and Bell Jars: Photographs of the Mütter Museum Collection really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Brothers Vonnegut: Science and Fiction in the House of Magic
The Brothers Vonnegut: Science and Fiction in the House of Magic 3.98 avg rating — 591 ratings
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Always Hungry?: Conquer Cravings, Retrain Your Fat Cells, and Lose Weight Permanently
Always Hungry?: Conquer Cravings, Retrain Your Fat Cells, and Lose Weight Permanently 3.70 avg rating — 3,419 ratings
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The Joy of X: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
The Joy of X: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity 4.06 avg rating — 8,566 ratings
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What's Math Got to Do with It?: How Teachers and Parents Can Transform Mathematics Learning and Inspire Success
What's Math Got to Do with It?: How Teachers and Parents Can Transform Mathematics Learning and Inspire Success
by: Jo Boaler
4.29 avg rating — 1,158 ratings
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The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History 4.10 avg rating — 3,014 ratings
96.
The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters
The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters 4.08 avg rating — 1,674 ratings
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Following the Wild Bees: The Craft and Science of Bee Hunting
Following the Wild Bees: The Craft and Science of Bee Hunting 4.31 avg rating — 134 ratings
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Outdoor Science Lab for Kids: 52 Family-Friendly Experiments for the Yard, Garden, Playground, and Park (Volume 6) (Lab for Kids, 6)
Outdoor Science Lab for Kids: 52 Family-Friendly Experiments for the Yard, Garden, Playground, and Park (Volume 6) (Lab for Kids, 6) 4.37 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos
Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos 3.88 avg rating — 420 ratings
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Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe
Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe 3.92 avg rating — 290 ratings
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