We Are All Stardust

Scientists Who Shaped Our World Talk about Their Work, Their Lives, and What They Still Want to Know

By: Stefan Klein

Narrated by: Gildart Jackson, Simon Vance, Kate Reading, Sean Runnette

A sterling roster of natural and social scientists in conversation with top-flight journalist Stefan Klein - shedding new light on their work, their lives, and what they still hope to discover.

When acclaimed science writer Stefan Klein asks Nobel Prize-winning chemist Roald Hoffmann what sets scientists apart, Hoffmann says, "First and foremost, curiosity." In this collection of intimate conversations with 19 of the world's best-known scientists (including three Nobel Laureates), Klein lets us listen in as today's leading minds reveal what they still hope to discover - and how their paradigm-changing work entwines with their lives outside the lab.

From the sports car that physicist Steven Weinberg says helped him on his quest for "the theory of everything" to the jazz musicians who gave psychologist Alison Gopnik new insight into raising children, these scientists explain how they find inspiration everywhere. Hear from renowned scientists including: evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins on selfishness, anthropologist Sarah Hrdy on motherhood, primatologist Jane Goodall on animal behavior, neuroscientist V. S. Ramachandran on consciousness, geographer Jared Diamond on chance in history, and many other luminaries.

©2010, 2015 Stefan Klein. English translation © 2015 by Ross Benjamin (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Excellent selection of outstanding minds

I really enjoyed all the interviews to the most influential masterminds presented in this book. The breath of knowledge and discovery is awesome. Definitely worth listening!

Insightful interviews with brilliant minds

I enjoy listening to various interviews with brilliant minds from different areas, it’s insightful to hear their views on their expertise and life.

There are Nobel prize winners and there are Nobel prize winners

It is a unique collection of interview of famous scientists from a wide range of fields.

It is clear that everyone is different and is informed with own experience, culture and humility.

Overall worthy and rewarding eight hours of listening!
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Poorly named fantastic book

This is by far one of my most favorite books of 2022 I originally got it thinking it was about astrophysics and stars but it’s an interview with famous scientist and it’s a fantastic book loved it loved it loved it this is a voice to text review so pardon the lack of punctuation try this book you will not be disappointed

A chat with the world's best minds

Each chapter is a new conversation with a brilliant mind, on a new topic. You will learn, question, think, grow, and connect personally with how these great minds think.