All Episodes

History, Space, and Getting Things Wrong

Karen Hunger Parshall, "The New Era in American Mathematics, 1920–1950" (Princeton UP, 2022)

On Thomas Kuhn's "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions"

Elise Vernon Pearlstine, "Scent: A Natural History of Fragrance" (Yale UP, 2022)

Survival of the Leftest: Should We Embrace Behavioural Genetics?

Georg Striedter, "Model Systems in Biology: History, Philosophy, and Practical Concerns" (MIT Press, 2022)

John Measey, "How to Publish in Biological Sciences: A Guide for the Uninitiated" (CRC Press, 2022)

Peter Winkler, "Mathematical Puzzles" (A K Peters, 2020)

On Edwin Hubble’s "The Realm of the Nebulae"

The Poison Paradigm: What a Toxic Chemical Tells us about the Politics of Science

Adam Nocek, "Molecular Capture: The Animation of Biology" (U Minnesota Press, 2021)

Joseph Mileti, "Modern Mathematical Logic" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

The Science Wars: Post-Truth and the Nature of Science

Lisa Jean Moore, "Our Transgenic Future: Spider Goats, Genetic Modification, and the Will to Change Nature" (NYU Press, 2022)

Rachael Pells, "Genomics: How Genome Sequencing Will Change Healthcare" (Random House, 2022)

Michela Massimi, "Perspectival Realism" (Oxford UP, 2022)

Reshaping the Politics of Science: Bioscience Governance in Indonesia

Frank Close, "Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass" (Basic Book, 2022)

Daniel M. Davis, "The Secret Body: How the New Science of the Human Body Is Changing the Way We Live" (Princeton UP, 2022)

Michael Hannah, "Extinctions: Living and Dying in the Margin of Error" (Cambridge UP, 2021)

Ryan North, "How to Take Over the World: Practical Schemes and Scientific Solutions for the Aspiring Supervillain" (Riverhead Books, 2022)

Frans de Waal, "Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist" (W. W. Norton, 2022)

Carles Lalueza-Fox, "Inequality: A Genetic History" (MIT Press, 2022)

Slobodan Perovic, "From Data to Quanta: Niels Bohr’s Vision of Physics" (U Chicago Press, 2021)

Agustín Fuentes, "Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You: Busting Myths about Human Nature" (Second Edition) (U California Press, 2022)

Robert-Jan Smits and Rachael Pells, "Plan S for Shock: Science. Shock. Solution. Speed." (Ubiquity Press, 2022)

Robert N. Wiedenmann and J. Ray Fisher, "The Silken Thread: Five Insects and Their Impacts on Human History" (Oxford UP, 2021)

Juli Berwald, "Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs" (Riverhead Books, 2022)

Thomas Dixon and Adam Shapiro, "Science and Religion: A Very Short Introduction" Second Edition. (Oxford UP, 2022)

All About Dwarf Galaxies: A Conversation with Astronomer Charlotte Christensen

Albert Folch, "Hidden in Plain Sight: The History, Science, and Engineering of Microfluidic Technology" (MIT Press, 2022)

A. J. Lees, "Brainspotting: Adventures in Neurology" (Notting Hill Editions, 2022)

Alison F. Richard, "Sloth Lemur's Song: Madagascar from the Deep Past to the Uncertain Present" (U Chicago Press, 2022)

Danielle J. Whittaker, "The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2022)

Timothy J. Jorgensen, "Spark: The Life of Electricity and the Electricity of Life" (Princeton UP, 2021)

Martin Williams, "When the Sahara Was Green: How Our Greatest Desert Came to Be" (Princeton UP, 2021)

Wake Smith, "Pandora's Toolbox: The Hopes and Hazards of Climate Intervention" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

Gernot Wagner, "Geoengineering: The Gamble" (Polity, 2021)

David B. Goldstein, "The End of Genetics: Designing Humanity's DNA" (Yale UP, 2022)

David George Haskell, "Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolution's Creativity, and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction" (Viking, 2022)

Rob Dunn, "A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species" (Basic Book, 2021)

Paul Huebener, "Nature's Broken Clocks: Reimagining Time in the Face of the Environmental Crisis" (U Regina Press, 2020)

The Future of the Brain: A Conversation with Daniel Graham

Elisabeth Ervin-Blankenheim, "Song of the Earth: Understanding Geology and Why It Matters" (Oxford UP, 2021)

Jack Ashby, "Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals" (U Chicago Press, 2022)

Greg Brennecka, "Impact: How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong" (William Morrow, 2022)

Timmen Cermak, "Marijuana on My Mind: The Science and Mystique of Cannabis" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

Jim Al-Khalili, "The Joy of Science" (Princeton UP, 2022)

Pandemic Perspectives 11: The Covid Pandemic and Learning about Learning

David M. Peña-Guzmán, "When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness" (Princeton UP, 2022)

Will Kinney, "An Infinity of Worlds: Cosmic Inflation and the Beginning of the Universe" (MIT Press, 2022)

Pandemic Perspectives 10: Covid and the Art of Science Communication

Pandemic Perspectives 9: Covid, 'Scientism,' and the Betrayal of the Enlightenment

Maia Weinstock, "Carbon Queen: The Remarkable Life of Nanoscience Pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus" (MIT Press, 2022)

Pandemic Perspectives 8: Covid and the Embrace of the Biological World

John Measey, "How to Write a PhD in Biological Sciences: A Guide for the Uninitiated" (CRC Press, 2021)

Pandemic Perspectives 7: Covid 19 Political Lessons from Portugal

Jeff Sebo, "Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes" (Oxford UP, 2022)

Dashun Wang and Albert-László Barabási, "The Science of Science" (Cambridge UP, 2021)

Marcus Kaiser, "Changing Connectomes: Evolution, Development, and Dynamics in Network Neuroscience" (MIT Press, 2020)

Zeynep Pamuk, "Politics and Expertise: How to Use Science in a Democratic Society" (Princeton UP, 2021)

The Future of Delusions: A Discussion with Lisa Bortolotti

Daniel Bolnick, Editor in Chief of "The American Naturalist"

All About Birds: A Series of Regional Field Guides from Princeton University Press

Hilary Glasman-Deal, "Science Research Writing For Native and Non-Native Speakers of English" (World Scientific Publishing Europe, 2020)

Pandemic Perspectives 4: Science, Societal Values and COVID

Rachel E. Gross, "Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage" (W. W. Norton, 2022)

Hannah Star Rogers, "Routledge Handbook of Art, Science, and Technology Studies" (Routledge, 2021))

Lucy Cooke, "Bitch: On the Female of the Species" (Basic Books, 2022)

N. J. Enfield, "Language Vs. Reality: Why Language Is Good for Lawyers and Bad for Scientists" (MIT Press, 2022)

Howard Burton, "Pandemic Perspectives: A Filmmaker's Journey in 10 Essays" (Open Agenda, 2022)

Kate Crawford, "The Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence" (Yale UP, 2021)

Stephen B. Heard, "The Scientist’s Guide to Writing: How to Write More Easily and Effectively Throughout Your Scientific Career, 2nd ed." (Princeton UP, 2022)

Pandemic Perspectives 2: A Conversation with Stephen Scherer

Florian Jaton, "The Constitution of Algorithms: Ground-Truthing, Programming, Formulating" (MIT Press, 2021)

Jackie Higgins, "Sentient: How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses" (Atria Books, 2022)

Annabel Streets, "52 Ways to Walk: The Surprising Science of Walking for Wellness and Joy, One Week at a Time" (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2022)

Intellectual Humility in Science: A Discussion with Glenn Sauer

Joseph L. Graves and Alan H. Goodman, "Racism, Not Race: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions" (Columbia UP, 2021)

The Future of Consciousness: A Discussion with Eva Jablonka

Jo Handelsman, "A World Without Soil: The Past, Present, and Precarious Future of the Earth Beneath Our Feet" (Yale UP, 2021)

The Future of Sleep: A Discussion with Derk-Jan Dijk

David Rettew, "Parenting Made Complicated: What Science Really Knows about the Greatest Debates of Early Childhood" (Oxford UP, 2021)

Christophe Bernard, Director of Research at INSERM and Editor-in-Chief of eNeuro

Sara Manning Peskin, "A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain" (Norton, 2022)

Tony Veale, "Your Wit Is My Command: Building AIs with a Sense of Humor" (MIT Press, 2021)

Raghuveer Parthasarathy, "So Simple a Beginning: How Four Physical Principles Shape Our Living World" (Princeton UP, 2022)

In Science We Trust?: An insider Conversation with Health Policy Reporter, Fran Kritz

Retraction Watch: A Discussion with Adam Marcus and Ivan Oransky

Aubrey Clayton, "Bernoulli's Fallacy: Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science" (Columbia UP, 2021)

Fritjof Capra, "Patterns of Connection: Essential Essays from Five Decades" (High Road Books, 2021)

Paul A. Offit, "You Bet Your Life: From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, the Long and Risky History of Medical Innovation" (Basic Book, 2021)

Emily Levesque, "The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers" (Sourcebooks, 2021)

Renny Thomas, "Science and Religion in India: Beyond Disenchantment" (Routledge, 2021)

Lina Zeldovich, "The Other Dark Matter: The Science and Business of Turning Waste Into Wealth and Health" (U Chicago Press, 2021)

Leonard Mlodinow, "Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinking" (Pantheon, 2022)

Walter R. Tschinkel, "Ant Architecture: The Wonder, Beauty, and Science of Underground Nests" (Princeton UP, 2021)

Christopher Kemp, "Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation" (Norton, 2022)

Speaking Bones: Unearthing Ancient Stories of Illness and Disease

Brian Fagan and Nadia Durrani, "Climate Chaos: Lessons on Survival from Our Ancestors" (PublicAffairs, 2021)