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Science for the People

38 books in the library with interviews on this podcast.

From Rachelle Saunders, Bethany Brookshire, and Carolyn Wilke

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Science for the People explores science in its wider social context. Extended interviews include researchers, writers, and journalists. Conversations connect scientific questions with history, culture, and public policy. The series examines evidence behind news and books. It considers both the past of science and its possible effects on the future.

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Cover of Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet

Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet

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Cover of The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization

The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization

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Cover of The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos

The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos

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Cover of The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power

The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power

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Cover of The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another

The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another

byAinissa Ramirez

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Cover of The Jewel Box: How Moths Illuminate Nature’s Hidden Rules

The Jewel Box: How Moths Illuminate Nature’s Hidden Rules

byTim Blackburn

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Cover of The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration

The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration

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Cover of Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age

Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age

byAnnalee Newitz

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Cover of Spark: The Life of Electricity and the Electricity of Life

Spark: The Life of Electricity and the Electricity of Life

byTimothy Jorgensen

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Cover of The Devil’s Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance

The Devil’s Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance

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Cover of The Brain Electric: The Dramatic High-Tech Race to Merge Minds and Machines

The Brain Electric: The Dramatic High-Tech Race to Merge Minds and Machines

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Cover of Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage

Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage

byRachel E. Gross

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Cover of Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon

Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon

byMelissa Sevigny

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Cover of Losing Our Minds: The Challenge of Defining Mental Illness

Losing Our Minds: The Challenge of Defining Mental Illness

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Cover of The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon’s Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I

The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon’s Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I

byLindsey Fitzharris

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Cover of Why Sharks Matter: A Deep Dive with the World’s Most Misunderstood Predator

Why Sharks Matter: A Deep Dive with the World’s Most Misunderstood Predator

byDavid Shiffman

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Cover of Full Spectrum: How the Science of Color Made Us Modern

Full Spectrum: How the Science of Color Made Us Modern

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Cover of Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language

Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language

byFactually!,Adam Conover,Inquiring Minds,NYT’s Book Review,Science for the People,Smarty Pants,The Gray AreaandSean Illing

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Cover of Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us

Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us

byRuth Kassinger

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Cover of The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life

The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life

byDavid Quammen

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Cover of Why Aren’t We Dead Yet?: the survivor’s guide to the immune system

Why Aren’t We Dead Yet?: the survivor’s guide to the immune system

byIdan Ben-Barak

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Cover of The Planet Remade: How Geoengineering Could Change the World

The Planet Remade: How Geoengineering Could Change the World

byOliver Morton

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Cover of The Cure for Catastrophe: How We Can Stop Manufacturing Natural Disasters

The Cure for Catastrophe: How We Can Stop Manufacturing Natural Disasters

byRobert Muir-Wood

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Cover of Flush: The Remarkable Science of an Unlikely Treasure

Flush: The Remarkable Science of an Unlikely Treasure

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Cover of The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

byLindsey Fitzharris

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Cover of The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness

The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness

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Cover of The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe

The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe

byStephon Alexander

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Cover of Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration

Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration

byRebecca Heisman

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Cover of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

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Cover of Arriving Today: From Factory to Front Door — Why Everything Has Changed About How and What We Buy

Arriving Today: From Factory to Front Door — Why Everything Has Changed About How and What We Buy

byChristopher Mims

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Cover of Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery

Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery

byChristie Aschwanden

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Cover of The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

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Cover of The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World

The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World

byAdrienne Mayor

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Cover of The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

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Cover of Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains

Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains

byBethany Brookshire

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Cover of Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World

Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World

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Cover of She Has Her Mother’s Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity

She Has Her Mother’s Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity

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Cover of Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking

Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking

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