In this episode, meet former CIA spy Christina Hillsberg, co-author with Ryan Hillsberg of License to Parent, Stanford University Professor of Psychiatry Karl Deisseroth, author of Projections, and Brennan Center Fellows Director Theodore R. Johnson, author of When the Stars Begin to Fall. READ MORE
In this episode, meet biologist Jonathan Balcombe, author of Super Fly, PBS host Steven Johnson, author of Extra Life, and journalist Michael Easter, author of The Comfort Crisis. READ MORE
In this episode, meet journalist Paola Ramos, author of Finding Latinx, entrepreneur Seth Godin, author of The Practice, and Professor of Physics and Astronomy Janna Levin, author of Black Hole Survival Guide. READ MORE
In this episode, meet art curator Jennifer Dasal, author of Artcurious, science writer Emily Willingham, author of Phallacy, and writer John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of Blood Horses. READ MORE
From smart phones and computers to cellular biology, science is all around us. Whether you’re interested in the natural, formal, or social sciences, these entertaining audiobooks are bound to engage your mind and teach you something new. READ MORE
“I wrote this book with Jorge Cham because we were really excited to share our enthusiasm for exploring the unknown, or looking out into the universe and thinking about the possible crazy things that could be revealed to us. There are lots of books out there about science and explaining what science does know and all the amazing things science has learned, but we really felt like nobody was talking about what we don’t know, what’s out there left for young people who are going into science to discover and people who are interested in science, what they might learn. ”
Learn more about We Have No Idea.
“I’m a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford but a few years ago I took over from Richard Dawkins as the Professor for the Public Understanding of Science. The title always makes me laugh a little bit because I think everyone expects I must know the whole of science and here I am to explain it to you all. But it got me thinking, certainly no scientists must know it all but maybe there might come a point when science knows everything about the universe. Maybe we could answer all the great unsolved problems about the universe.”
Learn more about The Great Unknown.
