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The Age of Radiance
- The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era
- By: Craig Nelson
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance24
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“A thrilling, intense, and disturbing account of the atomic era, from the discovery of X-rays to the tragic meltdown of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant…Rich with powerful images and fraught with drama” (The Christian Science Monitor). When Marie Curie, Enrico Fermi, and...
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Far too fast, kindle only has 0.75 to reduce speed
- By Macksparky on 22-05-17
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The Age of Radiance
- The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 25-03-14
- Language: English
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Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space
- By: Janna Levin
- Narrated by: Janna Levin
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Performance31
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The authoritative story of the headline-making discovery of gravitational waves—by an eminent theoretical astrophysicist and award-winning writer. From the author of How the Universe Got Its Spots and A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines, the epic story of the scientific campaign to record the...
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expecting something else completely
- By tom bunge on 24-12-20
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Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space
- Narrated by: Janna Levin
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 29-03-16
- Language: English
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When the Sahara Was Green
- How Our Greatest Desert Came to Be
- By: Martin Williams
- Narrated by: Michael J. Wells
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, equal in size to China or the United States. Yet, this arid expanse was once a verdant, pleasant land, fed by rivers and lakes. The Sahara sustained abundant plant and animal life, such as Nile perch, turtles, crocodiles, and hippos, and attracted prehistoric hunters and herders. What transformed this land of lakes into a sea of sands?
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Fascinating
- By Marilyn Weston on 16-03-26
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When the Sahara Was Green
- How Our Greatest Desert Came to Be
- Narrated by: Michael J. Wells
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 05-10-21
- Language: English
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Is God a Mathematician?
- By: Mario Livio
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Nobel Laureate Eugene Wigner once wondered about "the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics" in the formulation of the laws of nature. Is God a Mathematician? investigates why mathematics is as powerful as it is. From ancient times to the present, scientists and philosophers have marveled at how such a seemingly abstract discipline could so perfectly explain the natural world. More than that - mathematics has often made predictions, for example, about subatomic particles or cosmic phenomena that were unknown at the time, but later were proven to be true.
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Is God a Mathematician?
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 10-04-18
- Language: English
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Hidden in Plain Sight: The Simple Link Between Relativity and Quantum Mechanics
- Hidden in Plain Sight, Book 1
- By: Andrew Thomas
- Narrated by: Tom Zingarelli
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance5
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You never knew that theoretical physics could be so simple! In this exciting and significant audiobook, Andrew Thomas reveals how all unifications in physics have been based on incredibly simple ideas.
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Relative to other similar books, not a winner
- By Tim on 20-06-17
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Hidden in Plain Sight: The Simple Link Between Relativity and Quantum Mechanics
- Hidden in Plain Sight, Book 1
- Narrated by: Tom Zingarelli
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 28-04-15
- Language: English
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The Masters of Medicine
- Our Greatest Triumphs in the Race to Cure Humanity's Deadliest Diseases
- By: Andrew Lam
- Narrated by: Jason Vu
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Human history hinges on the battle to confront our most dangerous enemies—the half-dozen diseases responsible for killing almost all of mankind. The story of our medical triumphs reveals an inspiring tapestry of human achievement, but the journey was far from smooth. It is a tale replete with dramatic episodes as spellbinding as any blockbuster Hollywood movie. In The Masters of Medicine, Dr. Andrew Lam, an award-winning author and retinal surgeon, distills the long arc of medical progress down to the crucial moments that were responsible for the world's greatest medical miracles.
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Interesting stories and very well narrated
- By chris on 30-10-25
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The Masters of Medicine
- Our Greatest Triumphs in the Race to Cure Humanity's Deadliest Diseases
- Narrated by: Jason Vu
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 13-06-23
- Language: English
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The Double Helix
- A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
- By: James D. Watson
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner, Roger Clark
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall69
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Performance56
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By identifying the structure of DNA, the molecule of life, Francis Crick and James Watson revolutionized biochemistry and won themselves a Nobel Prize. At the time, Watson was only 24, a young scientist hungry to make his mark. His uncompromisingly honest account of the heady days of their thrilling sprint against other world-class researchers to solve one of science's greatest mysteries gives a dazzlingly clear picture of a world of brilliant scientists with great gifts, very human ambitions, and bitter rivalries.
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Great Book on the Discovery o DNA
- By Amuzun on 26-07-22
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The Double Helix
- A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner, Roger Clark
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 09-08-11
- Language: English
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How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog
- By: Chad Orzel
- Narrated by: Will Collyer, Cassandra Morris
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance6
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They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. But this "witty and clear thinking" (New York Times) book wonders, what about relativity? Physicist Chad Orzel and his inquisitive canine companion, Emmy, tackle the concepts of general relativity in this irresistible introduction to Einstein’s...
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annoying
- By Anonymous on 06-03-22
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How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog
- Narrated by: Will Collyer, Cassandra Morris
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 11-02-20
- Language: English
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Planting the World
- Joseph Banks and his Collectors: An Adventurous History of Botany
- By: Jordan Goodman
- Narrated by: Paul Hilliar
- Length: 14 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance7
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‘Based on meticulous research in original sources … Goodman illustrates vividly how adept [Banks] was … Shining a light on individuals whose achievements are relatively uncelebrated’ Jenny Uglow, New York Review of Books A bold new history of how botany and global plant collecting –...
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Very monotonous
- By Mrs. Aster L. Sadler on 25-10-20
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Planting the World
- Joseph Banks and his Collectors: An Adventurous History of Botany
- Narrated by: Paul Hilliar
- Length: 14 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 06-08-20
- Language: English
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The Powerful Primate
- How Controlling Energy Enabled Us to Build Civilization
- By: Roland Ennos
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Over five million years ago, a group of primates discovered tools. Perhaps it was a large rock, ideal for cracking nuts, or a stick to extract honey from a beehive. Regardless, the future of our planet was changed forever. Slowly, the primate evolved, abandoning the trees for solid ground and four legs for two–and the tools changed with it. Stones were sharpened, then attached to sticks, before stone gave way to bronze, iron, steel.
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The Powerful Primate
- How Controlling Energy Enabled Us to Build Civilization
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 05-03-26
- Language: English
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The Quantum Story
- A History in 40 Moments
- By: Jim Baggott
- Narrated by: Mike Pollock
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall47
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Performance24
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Utterly beautiful. Profoundly disconcerting. Quantum theory is quite simply the most successful account of the physical universe ever devised. Its concepts underpin much of the 21st-century technology that we now take for granted. But at the same time it has completely undermined our ability to make sense of the world at its most fundamental level.
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You should obtain a degree after listening to this
- By Adrian on 27-01-12
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The Quantum Story
- A History in 40 Moments
- Narrated by: Mike Pollock
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 19-07-11
- Language: English
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Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965
- By: Francis French, Colin Burgess
- Narrated by: John Gagnepain
- Length: 18 hrs
- Unabridged
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It was a time of bold new technology, historic moments, and international jousting on the final frontier. But it was also a time of human drama, of moments less public but no less dramatic in the lives of those who made the golden age of space flight happen. These are the moments and the lives that Into That Silent Sea captures, a book that tells the intimate stories of the men and women, American and Russian, who made the space race their own and gave the era its compelling character.
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Very informative and engaging
- By A. DONALDSON on 26-09-18
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Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965
- Narrated by: John Gagnepain
- Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight
- Length: 18 hrs
- Release date: 07-04-16
- Language: English
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Pseudoscience
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Michael D. Gordin
- Narrated by: Kyle Snyder
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone has heard of the term "pseudoscience," typically used to describe something that looks like science, but is somehow false, misleading, or unproven. Given the virulence of contemporary disputes over the denial of climate change and anti-vaccination movements—both of which display allegations of "pseudoscience" on all sides—there is a clear need to better understand issues of scientific demarcation. Pseudoscience: A Very Short Introduction explores the philosophical and historical attempts to address this problem of demarcation.
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Pseudoscience
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Kyle Snyder
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 09-05-23
- Language: English
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Biomimicry
- Innovation Inspired by Nature
- By: Janine M. Benyus
- Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
- Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
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This "valuable and entertaining" (New York Times Book Review) book explores how scientists are adapting nature's best ideas to solve tough 21st century problems. Biomimicry is rapidly transforming life on earth. Biomimics study nature's most successful ideas over the past 3.5 million years, and...
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basic
- By Anonymous on 05-04-24
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Biomimicry
- Innovation Inspired by Nature
- Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
- Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 21-04-20
- Language: English
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Through Two Doors at Once
- The Elegant Experiment That Captures the Enigma of Our Quantum Reality
- By: Anil Ananthaswamy
- Narrated by: René Ruiz
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance3
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One of Smithsonian's Favorite Books of 2018 One of Forbes's 2018 Best Books About Astronomy, Physics and Mathematics One of Kirkus's Best Books of 2018 The intellectual adventure story of the "double-slit" experiment, showing how a sunbeam split into two paths first challenged our understanding...
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Through Two Doors at Once
- The Elegant Experiment That Captures the Enigma of Our Quantum Reality
- Narrated by: René Ruiz
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 07-08-18
- Language: English
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El cisne negro
- El impacto de lo altamente improbable
- By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Roc Filella Montfort, Albino Santos Mosquera
- Narrated by: Germán Gijón
- Length: 19 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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¿Qué es un cisne negro? Para empezar, es un suceso improbable, sus consecuencias son importantes y todas las explicaciones que se puedan ofrecer a posteriori no tienen en cuenta el azar y sólo buscan encajar lo imprevisible en un modelo perfecto. El éxito de Google y YouTube, y hasta el 11-S, son “cisnes negros”. Para Nassim Nicholas Taleb, los cisnes negros son parte integrante de nuestro mundo, desde el auge de las religiones hasta los acontecimientos de nuestra vida personal. ¿Por qué no podemos identificar este fenómeno hasta que ya ha sucedido?
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El cisne negro
- El impacto de lo altamente improbable
- Narrated by: Germán Gijón
- Length: 19 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 27-04-21
- Language: Spanish
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Gemini and Mercury Remastered
- By: Andy Saunders
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
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Brought to you by Penguin. Embark on a captivating journey beyond Earth, from the dawn of human space exploration, through the untold story of the Mercury and Gemini missions When we think of the history of space exploration, we can’t help but think of the Apollo missions and Neil...
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Gemini and Mercury Remastered
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 28-08-25
- Language: English
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Extra Life
- A Short History of Living Longer
- By: Steven Johnson
- Narrated by: Steven Johnson
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
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“Offers a useful reminder of the role of modern science in fundamentally transforming all of our lives.” —President Barack Obama (on Twitter) “An important book.” —Steven Pinker, The New York Times Book Review The surprising and important story of how humans gained what amounts to an...
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Extra Life
- A Short History of Living Longer
- Narrated by: Steven Johnson
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 11-05-21
- Language: English
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The Interstellar Age
- The Story of the NASA Men and Women Who Flew the Forty-Year Voyager Mission
- By: Jim Bell
- Narrated by: Jim Bell
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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The story of the men and women who drove the Voyager spacecraft mission— told by a scientist who was there from the beginning. The Voyager spacecraft are our farthest-flung emissaries—11.3 billion miles away from the crew who built and still operate them, decades since their launch. Voyager...
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loved it
- By Marty on 03-12-21
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The Interstellar Age
- The Story of the NASA Men and Women Who Flew the Forty-Year Voyager Mission
- Narrated by: Jim Bell
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 24-02-15
- Language: English
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La Vie à portée de main
- By: Christophe Galfard
- Narrated by: Clara Brajtman
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
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Au fil de cette aventure qui se lit comme un roman, Christophe Galfard vous emporte à travers l'espace et le temps, à la recherche de réponses aux plus grandes questions qui soient. Depuis la naissance de la Terre jusqu'aux derniers jours des dinosaures, depuis l'histoire que racontent nos propres cellules jusqu'aux possibles signes d'une vie ailleurs dans l'espace, cette synthèse magistrale des connaissances actuelles, accessibles à toutes et à tous, transformera votre façon de voir le monde ainsi que notre place dans l'Univers.
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La Vie à portée de main
- Narrated by: Clara Brajtman
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 19-11-25
- Language: French
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