Guide No Longer Updated
As of July 2023 this guide—started during the early days of the COVID 19 pandemic—is no longer being actively updated or maintained. For an up-to-date listing of science, nature, technology & medicine eBooks (and audio books) please see the Science, Nature, Technology, and Medicine sections in OverDrive/Libby.
Science, Nature, Technology & Medicine
Books are listed by author's surname.
The Accidental Ecosystem: People and Wildlife in American Cities by ISBN: 9780520386310Publication Date: 2022
Northern Light: Power, Land, and the Memory of Water by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781571313829Publication Date: 2021
The Modern Bestiary: A Curated Collection of Wondrous Wildlife by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781588347435Publication Date: 2022
Why Aren't We Dead Yet? : The Survivor's Guide to the Immune System by ISBN: 9781925106077Publication Date: 2018
Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781250032263Publication Date: 2013
Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code by ISBN: 9781509526390Publication Date: 2019
Zapped: From Infrared to X-Rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light by ISBN: 9780316311304Publication Date: 2017
Anti-vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780262359559Publication Date: 2020
Climate Optimism: Celebrating Systemic Change Around the World by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781684811588Publication Date: 2023
It's Elemental: The Hidden Chemistry in Everything by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781488073953Publication Date: 2021
Our Environmental Handprints: Recover the Land, Reverse Global Warming, Reclaim the Future by ISBN: 9781538140659Publication Date: 2021
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World by ISBN: 9780691181202Publication Date: 2018
Human Recipe: Understanding Your Genes in Today’s Society by ISBN: 9789462700727Publication Date: 2016
Overnight Code: The Life of Raye Montague, the Woman Who Revolutionized Naval Engineering by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781641602594Publication Date: 2021
Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781642831665Publication Date: 2021
Reimagining Time: A Light-Speed Tour of Einstein's Theory of Relativity by Call Number: De Gruyter Online BooksISBN: 9780300250121Publication Date: 2021
The Shape of Things to Come: Exploring the Future of the Human Body by ISBN: 9781788543378Publication Date: 2019
The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life by Call Number: Cambridge CoreISBN: 9781108477222Publication Date: 2022
Conquering the Electron: The Geniuses, Visionaries, Egomaniacs, and Scoundrels Who Built Our Electronic Age by ISBN: 9781442231535Publication Date: 2020
The One Thing You Need to Know: The Simple Way to Understand the Most Important Ideas in Science by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781789294804Publication Date: 2023
What Do You Think You Are?: The Science of What Makes You You by ISBN: 9781785786235Publication Date: 2020
Cranky Uncle vs. Climate Change: How to Understand and Respond to Climate Science Deniers by ISBN: 9780806540276Publication Date: 2020
Poisoned Water: How the Citizens of Flint, Michigan, Fought for Their Lives and Warned the Nation by ISBN: 9781547602322Publication Date: 2020
The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are by ISBN: 9781419743009Publication Date: 2020
Live Sustainably Now: A Low-Carbon Vision of the Good Life by Call Number: EBSCOISBN: 9780231549165Publication Date: 2019
The Green New Deal and Beyond: Ending the Climate Emergency While We Still Can by ISBN: 9780872868069Publication Date: 2020
Only Humans Need Apply: Winners and Losers in the Age of Smart Machines by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780062438607Publication Date: 2016
No Planet B: A Teen Vogue Guide to the Climate Crisis by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781642592597Publication Date: 2021
Space Force!: A Quirky and Opinionated Look at America's Newest Military Service by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781682619834Publication Date: 2021
Heroes & Scoundrels: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Nobel Prize in Medicine by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781610353939Publication Date: 2022
How the Mountains Grew: A New Geological History of North America by ISBN: 9781643135755Publication Date: 2021
Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781643260907Publication Date: 2021
Taking Flight: A History of Birds and People in the Heart of America by ISBN: 9780870208362Publication Date: 2018
Asteroids: How Love, Fear, and Greed Will Determine Our Future in Space by Call Number: De Gruyter Online BooksISBN: 9780300231922Publication Date: 2021
Tiny Transit: Cut Carbon Emissions in Your City Before It’s Too Late by ISBN: 9781642796827Publication Date: 2020
Urgent Message from a Hot Planet: Navigating the Climate Crisis by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781459826335Publication Date: 2022
Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781636140308Publication Date: 2022
Generation Robot: A Century of Science Fiction, Fact, and Speculation by ISBN: 9781510723108Publication Date: 2018
Quantum Bullsh*t: How to Ruin Your Life with Advice from Quantum Physics by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781728250731Publication Date: 2023
Where Did the Universe Come From? And Other Cosmic Questions by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781728238814Publication Date: 2021
Edible Plants: A Photographic Survey of the Wild Edible Botanicals of North America by ISBN: 9781684351718Publication Date: 2022
Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed with Time by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781782113201Publication Date: 2016
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need by ISBN: 9780385546133Publication Date: 2021
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781627790550Publication Date: 2014
Not Necessarily Rocket Science: A Beginner's Guide to Life in the Space Age by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781642504118Publication Date: 2020
The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780226323176Publication Date: 2016
As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock by ISBN: 9780807073780Publication Date: 2019
Custodians of the Internet: Platforms, Content Moderation, and the Hidden Decisions That Shape Social Media by ISBN: 9780300173130Publication Date: 2018
Continual Raving: A History of Meningitis and the People Who Conquered It by ISBN: 9780190677312Publication Date: 2020
13.8: The Quest to Find the True Age of the Universe and the Theory of Everything by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780300223170Publication Date: 2016
For the Love of Trains: A Celebration of the World's Railways by ISBN: 9781786852694Publication Date: 2018
It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, Gender, and Sexual Health by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781536216127Publication Date: 2021
For All Humankind: The Untold Stories of How the Moon Landing Inspired the World by ISBN: 9781642500967Publication Date: 2020
Death by Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts by ISBN: 9781472958228Publication Date: 2020
The Slightly Greener Method: Detoxifying Your Home Is Easier, Faster, and Less Expensive than You Think by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781728225357Publication Date: 2021
The Big Book of Mars: From Ancient Egypt to The Martian, A Deep-Space Dive into Our Obsession with the Red Planet by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781683692102Publication Date: 2020
Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation by ISBN: 9780143136972Publication Date: 2021
Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World by ISBN: 9781982143831Publication Date: 2021
Postprint: Books and Becoming Computational by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780231552554Publication Date: 2021
Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780063157644Publication Date: 2023
Charles Darwin's Barnacle and David Bowie's Spider by Call Number: EBSCO eBooksISBN: 9780300238280Publication Date: 2020
Rebugging the Planet: The Remarkable Things that Insects (and Other Invertebrates) Do – And Why We Need to Love by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781645020196Publication Date: 2021
Britain's Glorious Aircraft Industry: 100 Years of Success, Setback and Change by Call Number: EBSCOISBN: 9781526774668Publication Date: 2021
The Field Guide to Citizen Science by ISBN: 9781604698473: How You Can Contribute to Scientific Research and Make a DifferencePublication Date: 2020
Restoration Force: Grass Roots Preservation of Civilian and Military Aircraft by Enthusiasts Worldwide by Call Number: EBSCOISBN: 9781911667131Publication Date: 2021
Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars by ISBN: 9781451640649Publication Date: 2013
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781982115876Publication Date: 2021
Pain and Prejudice: How the Medical System Ignores Women—And What We Can Do About It by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781771647175Publication Date: 2021
The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go From Here by ISBN: 9780525563389Publication Date: 2020
The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption by ISBN: 9781620976050Publication Date: 2020
Astronomical: From Quarks to Quasars, the Science of Space at Its Strangest by ISBN: 9781643137889Publication Date: 2021
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2022 by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780358614494Publication Date: 2022
Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases by ISBN: 9781523513291Publication Date: 2021
Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781523501854Publication Date: 2017
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020 by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780358074298Publication Date: 2020
Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us by ISBN: 9780544432932Publication Date: 2019
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781571318718Publication Date: 2013
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters by ISBN: 9780062853912Publication Date: 2021
Home Robotics : Maker-Inspired Projects For Building Your Own Robots by ISBN: 9781781317006Publication Date: 2018
Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780593136294Publication Date: 2021
Blue: In Search of Nature's Rarest Color by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781615197538Publication Date: 2021
The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781492681076Publication Date: 2020
What's Gotten into You: The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780063251199Publication Date: 2023
The Secret Language of Cells: What Biological Conversations Tell Us About the Brain-Body Connection, the Future of Medicine, and Life Itself by Call Number: EBSCOISBN: 9781948836043Publication Date: 2020
Abolish Silicon Valley: How to Liberate Technology from Capitalism by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781912248711Publication Date: 2020
The Power of Experiments: Decision Making in a Data-Driven World by ISBN: 9780262358255Publication Date: 2020
Supergirls: The women who rise above social stigmas to code, build, and dominate tech by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781641378802Publication Date: 2020
The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy by ISBN: 9780231177863Publication Date: 2016
Machines of Loving Grace: The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780062266705Publication Date: 2015
Dismissed: Tackling the Biases That Undermine our Health Care by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780806542041Publication Date: 2023
Trees in Trouble: Wildfires, Infestations, and Climate Change by ISBN: 9781640091351Publication Date: 2020
The Space Business: From Hotels in Orbit to Mining the Moon – How Private Enterprise is Transforming Space by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781785787461Publication Date: 2021
Machine | Platform | Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780393254303Publication Date: 2017
The Future Is Now: Solving the Climate Crisis with Today's Technologies by ISBN: 9780735241954Publication Date: 2022
Black Software: The Internet & Racial Justice, From the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter by ISBN: 9780190863845Publication Date: 2020
How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780262366717Publication Date: 2021
The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience by ISBN: 9780262039833Publication Date: 2019
Dragons' Teeth and Thunderstones: The Quest for the Meaning of Fossils by ISBN: 9781789142907Publication Date: 2020
Good Enough: The Tolerance for Mediocrity in Nature and Society by ISBN: 9780674504622Publication Date: 2019
Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives by ISBN: 9780544850194Publication Date: 2019
Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780374715236Publication Date: 2019
Disasterology: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781488077517Publication Date: 2021
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by ISBN: 9781492649359Publication Date: 2017
Rocket Age: The Race to the Moon and What It Took to Get There by ISBN: 9781633886360Publication Date: 2020
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by ISBN: 9780544272996Publication Date: 2014
Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780300221121Publication Date: 2020
Chemistry for Breakfast: The Amazing Science of Everyday Life by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781771647496Publication Date: 2021
The True Creator of Everything: How the Human Brain Shaped the Universe As We Know It by ISBN: 9780300244632Publication Date: 2020
How to Take Over the World: Practical Schemes and Scientific Solutions for the Aspiring Supervillain by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780593192030Publication Date: 2022
A Sense of Self: Memory, the Brain, and Who We Are by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780393541939Publication Date: 2021
Breakfast with Einstein: The Exotic Physics of Everyday Objects by ISBN: 9781946885357Publication Date: 2018
The Book of Proposition Bets: Using Mathematics to Reveal the Odds of Friendly (and Not-So-Friendly) Wagers by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781633886759Publication Date: 2021
Mysteries and Secrets Revealed: From Oracles at Delphi to Spiritualism in America by ISBN: 9781633886681Publication Date: 2021
Microbes: The Life-Changing Story of Germs by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781633886353Publication Date: 2020
Ms. Adventure: My Wild Explorations in Science, Lava, and Life by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781643260563Publication Date: 2021
Dinosaurs—The Grand Tour: Everything Worth Knowing About Dinosaurs from Aardonyx to Zuniceratops by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781615195251Publication Date: 2019
The Rare Metals War: The Dark Side of Clean Energy and Digital Technologies by ISBN: 9781912854264Publication Date: 2020
Math Makers: The Lives and Works of 50 Famous Mathematicians by ISBN: 9781633885202Publication Date: 2020
Plastic Free: The Inspiring Story of a Global Environmental Movement and Why It Matters by ISBN: 9780231552721Publication Date: 2020
The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks: Tales of Important Geological Puzzles and the People Who Solved Them by ISBN: 9780231182607Publication Date: 2018
Weird Earth: Debunking Strange Ideas about Our Planet by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781684351237Publication Date: 2020
Watermelon Snow: Science, Art, and a Lone Polar Bear by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780228003595Publication Date: 2020
Pregnant While Black: Advancing Justice for Maternal Health in America by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781506487625Publication Date: 2023
Mapping Humanity: How Modern Genetics Is Changing Criminal Justice, Personalized Medicine, and Our Identities by Call Number: EBSCOISBN: 9781950665082Publication Date: 2020
The Fragile Earth: Writing from The New Yorker on Climate Change by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780063017566Publication Date: 2020
The Greatest Polar Expedition of All Time: The Arctic Mission to the Epicenter of Climate Change by Call Number: EBSCOISBN: 9781771649490Publication Date: 2022
Assembling the Dinosaur: Fossil Hunters, Tycoons, and the Making of a Spectacle by ISBN: 9780674737587Publication Date: 2019
Floriography: An Illustrated Guide to the Victorian Language of Flowers by Call Number: EBSCOISBN: 9781524858148Publication Date: 2020
The Elements We Live By: How Iron Helps Us Breathe, Potassium Lets Us See, and Other Surprising Superpowers of the Periodic Table by ISBN: 9781615196456Publication Date: 2020
Infinity and the Mind: The Science and Philosophy of the Infinite by ISBN: 9780691191386Publication Date: 2019
How to Argue with a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781615196722Publication Date: 2020
Pump: A Natural History of the Heart by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781643752143Publication Date: 2021
The Reindeer Chronicles: and Other Inspiring Stories of Working with Nature to Heal the Earth by ISBN: 9781603588669Publication Date: 2020
The Care We Dream Of: Liberatory and Transformative Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781551528618Publication Date: 2021
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780062363619Publication Date: 2016
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781400052189Publication Date: 2011
Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780262374255Publication Date: 2023
Divided: Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781788169202Publication Date: 2023
A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next by ISBN: 9781635573619Publication Date: 2021
The Human Planet: Earth at the Dawn of the Anthropocene by ISBN: 9781419742774Publication Date: 2020
YouTubers: How YouTube Shook Up TV and Created a New Generation of Stars by ISBN: 9781912454211Publication Date: 2019
The Smart Wife: Why Siri, Alexa, and Other Smart Home Devices Need a Feminist Reboot by ISBN: 9780262044370Publication Date: 2020
Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe by ISBN: 9781328879981Publication Date: 2019
The Hidden Spring: A Journey to the Source of Consciousness by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780393542028Publication Date: 2021
A History of the Human Brain: From the Sea Sponge to CRISPR, How Our Brain Evolved by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781643260556Publication Date: 2021
Birth Control: What Everyone Needs to Know by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780190069674Publication Date: 2020
The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Math by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781324007043Publication Date: 2022
The Hidden Life of Ice: Dispatches from a Disappearing World by ISBN: 9781615197002Publication Date: 2020
Black Snake: Standing Rock, the Dakota Access Pipeline, and Environmental Justice by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781496227614Publication Date: 2021
Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781426221774Publication Date: 2021
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781101608302Publication Date: 2014
How to Astronaut: An Insider's Guide to Leaving Planet Earth by ISBN: 9781523509614Publication Date: 2020
Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet by ISBN: 9781982116217Publication Date: 2021
On Pandemics: Deadly Diseases from Bubonic Plague to Coronavirus by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781771648127Publication Date: 2020
The Right to Be Cold: One Woman's Fight to Protect the Arctic and Save the Planet from Climate Change by ISBN: 9781517904975Publication Date: 2018
The Dark Side of Our Digital World: And What You Can Do About It by ISBN: 9781538119051Publication Date: 2020
Space 2069 – After Apollo: Back to the Moon, to Mars, and Beyond by ISBN: 9781785786464Publication Date: 2020
Earth Almanac: A Year of Witnessing the Wild, from the Call of the Loon to the Journey of the Gray Whale by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781635862843Publication Date: 2020
12 Bytes: How We Got Here, Where We Might Go Next by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780802159267Publication Date: 2021
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from A Secret World by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781771642491Publication Date: 2016
Antimony, Gold, and Jupiter's Wolf: How the Elements Were Named by ISBN: 9780199652723Publication Date: 2020
The Math of Life and Death: 7 Mathematical Principles That Shape Our Lives by ISBN: 9781982111878Publication Date: 2020
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2021 by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780358401520Publication Date: 2021
Owning the Sun: A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781640095076Publication Date: 2022
Biography of Resistance: The Epic Battle Between People and Pathogens by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780062862983Publication Date: 2020
The State of Science: What the Future Holds and the Scientists Making It Happen by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781633886407Publication Date: 2020
The Three-Minute Outdoorsman Returns: From Mammoth on the Menu to the Benefits of Moose Drool by ISBN: 9781496203618Publication Date: 2018
A Shot to Save the World: The Inside Story of the Life-Or-Death Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine by ISBN: 9780593420393Publication Date: 2021
Planet Palm: How Palm Oil Ended Up in Everything—and Endangered the World by ISBN: 9781620975237Publication Date: 2021
