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Collisions
- A Physicist's Journey from Hiroshima to the Death of the Dinosaurs
- By: Alec Nevala-Lee
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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To his admirers, Luis W. Alvarez was the most accomplished, inventive, and versatile experimental physicist of his generation.
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Collisions
- A Physicist's Journey from Hiroshima to the Death of the Dinosaurs
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 15-07-25
- Language: English
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British Legends: The Life and Legacy of Sir Isaac Newton
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jannie Meisberger
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1676, Sir Isaac Newton famously wrote in a letter to philosopher Robert Hooke, "If I have seen further it is by standing on ye shoulders of Giants." By the time he died, Newton had become science's greatest giant, and every scientist who has followed him has stood on his shoulders. Newton is widely considered the most influential scientist in history, best known for the discovery of gravity and the subsequent laws of motion that he theorized.
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British Legends: The Life and Legacy of Sir Isaac Newton
- Narrated by: Jannie Meisberger
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Release date: 05-06-15
- Language: English
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Le Moyen Age : La France de la guerre de Cent Ans
- Histoire de France 3
- Narrated by: Claude Gauvard
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 21-01-13
- Language: French
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The Proper Care and Feeding of Zombies
- A Completely Scientific Guide to the Lives of the Undead
- By: Mac Montandon
- Narrated by: Dickson Lane
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Here is a scientific look at zombies - and the ultimate guide to how the other half lives (or not). How fast and far would a zombie infection spread? What would a nutritionist say about an all-brain diet? Why are the undead so pissed off? Here are the answers to all of your essential zombie questions (you know you've asked them), with a lively, science-based exploration of every aspect of the undead.
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Amusing way to incorporate zombies into life
- By Katya on 01-12-15
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The Proper Care and Feeding of Zombies
- A Completely Scientific Guide to the Lives of the Undead
- Narrated by: Dickson Lane
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 04-10-10
- Language: English
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Thinking Like a Human
- The Power of Your Mind in the Age of AI
- By: David Weitzner PhD
- Narrated by: Andrew Joseph Perez
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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AI is at the forefront of everyone's minds: from students and artists, to CEO's and service workers. But what exactly is AI, and how does it influence our everyday lives? And more than that, what does it mean for our future? Is there a way for us to retain our "humanness" in a world ever-reliant on tech? This groundbreaking book argues that the key technology we use to make strategic, political, and ethical decisions is flawed.
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Thinking Like a Human
- The Power of Your Mind in the Age of AI
- Narrated by: Andrew Joseph Perez
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 22-04-25
- Language: English
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Obedience to Authority
- An Experimental View
- By: Stanley Milgram
- Narrated by: Christopher C. Odom
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most important books in social psychology of the last fifty years, “The classic account of the human tendency to follow orders, no matter who they hurt or what their consequences.” (Washington Post Book World) The landmark examination of humanity's susceptibility to...
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pathetic narrating ruined an otherwise amazing book
- By Amazon Customer on 31-12-25
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Obedience to Authority
- An Experimental View
- Narrated by: Christopher C. Odom
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 14-08-24
- Language: English
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They Made America
- From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine - Two Centuries of Innovators
- By: Harold Evans, Gail Buckland, David Lefer
- Narrated by: Harold Evans
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
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An illustrated history of American innovators—some well known, some unknown, and all fascinating—by the author of the bestselling The American Century. The real inventor of the steam engine. The creator of the bra. The man who invented modern banking. The creator of the computer operating...
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A must read for all, especially The AMERICANS
- By Seayeaitch on 05-10-20
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They Made America
- From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine - Two Centuries of Innovators
- Narrated by: Harold Evans
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 20-10-04
- Language: English
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Chemistry 101
- A History of Reactions
- By: James Johnson
- Narrated by: Bethany Johnston
- Length: 45 mins
- Unabridged
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From fire to fallout, potions to polymers — this is the story of how we figured out what everything is made of. Chemistry 101 isn’t your high school textbook. It’s a walkthrough of how humans turned mystery into mastery. You’ll meet alchemists chasing gold, scientists splitting atoms, and modern chemists designing synthetic realities out of carbon and code. Packed with stories, structure, and the messy human drive to mix, burn, and bottle the universe, this book walks you through the wild history of reactions — from ancient smelting pits to lab-grown meat and CRISPR edits.
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Chemistry 101
- A History of Reactions
- Narrated by: Bethany Johnston
- Series: How We Figured It Out, Book 10
- Length: 45 mins
- Release date: 20-11-25
- Language: English
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The Long History of the Future
- By: Nicole Kobie
- Narrated by: Nicole Kobie
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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For decades we've delighted in dreaming about a sci-fi utopia, from flying cars and bionic humans to hoverboards; with driverless cars first proposed at the 1939 World's Fair. And why not? Building a better world, be it a free-flying commute or an automated urban lifestyle is a worthy dream. Given the pace of technological change, nothing seems impossible anymore. But why are these innovations always out of reach? Delving into the history of technology, this book also looks at what lies ahead, showing how the origins of our technology may provide insight into how it realistically evolves.
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The Long History of the Future
- Narrated by: Nicole Kobie
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 22-08-24
- Language: English
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Dieu, la science, les preuves
- L'aube d'une révolution
- By: Michel-Yves Bolloré, Olivier Bonnassies
- Narrated by: Fabien Albanese
- Length: 16 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Trois ans de travail avec plus de vingt scientifiques et de spécialistes de haut niveau : Voici révélées les preuves modernes de l'existence de Dieu. Pendant près de quatre siècles, de Copernic à Freud en passant par Galilée et Darwin, les découvertes scientifiques se sont accumulées de façon spectaculaire, donnant l'impression qu'il était possible d'expliquer l'Univers sans avoir besoin de recourir à un dieu créateur.
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Remplit d'incohérence.
- By Anonymous on 19-10-24
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Dieu, la science, les preuves
- L'aube d'une révolution
- Narrated by: Fabien Albanese
- Length: 16 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 11-05-23
- Language: French
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Crystal Fire
- The Birth of the Information Age
- By: Michael Riordan, Lillian Hoddeson
- Narrated by: Dennis McKee
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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On December 16, 1947, two physicists at Bell Laboratories, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, jabbed two electrodes into a sliver of germanium half an inch long. The electrical power coming out of that piece of germanium was 100 times stronger than what went in. In that moment, the transistor was invented and the information age began. Crystal Fire recounts the story of the transistor team at Bell Labs, led by William Shockley, who shared the Nobel Prize with Bardeen and Brattain.
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excellent book, below average recording.
- By Jamrock on 16-11-24
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Crystal Fire
- The Birth of the Information Age
- Narrated by: Dennis McKee
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 19-02-19
- Language: English
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Discourse on Method and the Meditations
- By: René Descartes
- Narrated by: Rory Alexander
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Rory Alexander. René Descartes was a central figure in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. In his Discourse on Method he outlined the contrast between mathematics and experimental sciences, and the extent to which...
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I found this translation very heart warming.
- By Alina on 31-07-25
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Discourse on Method and the Meditations
- Narrated by: Rory Alexander
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 25-02-21
- Language: English
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The Philadelphia Chromosome
- A Mutant Gene and the Quest to Cure Cancer at the Genetic Level
- By: Jessica Wapner
- Narrated by: Heather Henderson
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Almost daily, headlines announce newly discovered links between cancers and their genetic causes. Science journalist Jessica Wapner vividly relates the backstory behind those headlines, reconstructing the crucial breakthroughs, explaining the science behind them, and giving due to the dozens of researchers, doctors, and patients whose curiosity and determination restored the promise of a future to the more than 50,000 people diagnosed each year with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).
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dull as ditch water
- By sarah page on 24-01-16
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The Philadelphia Chromosome
- A Mutant Gene and the Quest to Cure Cancer at the Genetic Level
- Narrated by: Heather Henderson
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 14-05-13
- Language: English
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Michael Faraday
- The Life and Legacy of the Influential 19th Century Scientist Who Pioneered Electromagnetism
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Michael Faraday: The Life and Legacy of the Influential 19th Century Scientist Who Pioneered Electromagnetism examines the life and work that made Faraday one of history’s most important scientists. You will learn about Michael Faraday like never before.
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Michael Faraday
- The Life and Legacy of the Influential 19th Century Scientist Who Pioneered Electromagnetism
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Release date: 18-05-18
- Language: English
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Le Moyen Age : La France des Capétiens
- Histoire de France 2
- By: Claude Gauvard
- Narrated by: Claude Gauvard
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Original Recording
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En près de cinq heures, cet audio retrace l'histoire de France de 1715 à 1815, incarnée par Olivier Coquard, spécialiste d'histoire moderne.
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Le Moyen Age : La France des Capétiens
- Histoire de France 2
- Narrated by: Claude Gauvard
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 31-07-12
- Language: French
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The Imagineers of War
- The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World
- By: Sharon Weinberger
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 16 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive history of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon agency that has quietly shaped war and technology for nearly sixty years. Founded in 1958 in response to the launch of Sputnik, the agency’s original mission was to create “the unimagined weapons of the...
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Very plain way of telling a good story.
- By DM on 20-06-17
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The Imagineers of War
- The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 16 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 14-03-17
- 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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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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Bad Ideas?
- An arresting history of our inventions
- By: Robert Winston
- Narrated by: Robert Winston
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
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As one of the world's leading experts in human reproduction and a research pioneer since the 1970s, Professor Winston is accustomed to working in the world of controversial science. From the earliest days of IVF treatment to current controversy over stem cell research, strong feelings and hot...
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Thought Provoking - A Great Listen
- By Charlotte on 04-08-10
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Bad Ideas?
- An arresting history of our inventions
- Narrated by: Robert Winston
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 18-02-10
- Language: English
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Escape from Earth
- A Secret History of the Space Rocket
- By: Fraser MacDonald
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Escape from Earth is the untold story of the engineers, dreamers and rebels who started the American space programme. In particular, it is the story of Frank Malina, founder of what became Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the scientist who cracked the, as he called it, problem of escape from the Earth by rocket. It's a wild ride.
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not much info about rockets
- By Anonymous on 20-09-19
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Escape from Earth
- A Secret History of the Space Rocket
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 27-06-19
- Language: English
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Triumphs of Experience
- The Men of the Harvard Grant Study
- By: George E. Vaillant
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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At a time when many people around the world are living into their 10th decade, the longest longitudinal study of human development ever undertaken offers some welcome news for the new old age: Our lives continue to evolve in our later years and often become more fulfilling than before. Begun in 1938, the Grant Study of Adult Development charted the physical and emotional health of over 200 men, starting with their undergraduate days. The now-classic Adaptation to Life reported on the men's lives up to age 55 and helped us understand adult maturation.
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Triumphs of Experience
- The Men of the Harvard Grant Study
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 24-12-13
- Language: English
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