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Calculating the Cosmos
- How Mathematics Unveils the Universe
- By: Ian Stewart
- Narrated by: Dana Hickox
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance16
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Story14
In Calculating the Cosmos, Ian Stewart presents an exhilarating guide to the cosmos, from our solar system to the entire universe. He describes the architecture of space and time, dark matter and dark energy, how galaxies form, why stars implode, how everything began, and how it's all going to end. He considers parallel universes, the fine-tuning of the cosmos for life, what forms extraterrestrial life might take, and the likelihood of life on Earth being snuffed out by an asteroid.
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great book, spoiled by narrator
- By Amazon Customer on 05-09-17
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Calculating the Cosmos
- How Mathematics Unveils the Universe
- Narrated by: Dana Hickox
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 18-10-16
- Language: English
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Notes from Walnut Tree Farm
- By: Roger Deakin
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall68
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Performance63
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Story63
Brought to you by Penguin. Calming, thought-provoking, poetic and honest, Notes from Walnut Tree Farm is a collection of writing and musing by documentary-maker, environmentalist and author of Waterlog, Roger Deakin. For the last six years of his life, Roger Deakinkept notebooks. In them, he...
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surprisingly thorough portrait
- By frosty on 11-03-21
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Notes from Walnut Tree Farm
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 26-11-20
- Language: English
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The Whispering Land
- By: Gerald Durrell
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall46
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Performance39
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Story37
Following on from the events in A Zoo in My Luggage, The Whispering Land sees Gerald Durrell and his wife Jacquie travel to Argentina to collect animals for their newly established zoo. With rare insight and unique charm, Durrell pulls the listener into the tropical landscape of Patagonia, where he witnesses magical moments with penguins, seals and ocelots, and encounters a hilarious cast of characters, including a swearing parrot and a belching guanaco.
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Sumptuous descriptions of a bygone era
- By Anonymous on 07-06-23
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The Whispering Land
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Series: The Zoo Memoirs, Book 2
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 30-01-19
- Language: English
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The Treeline
- The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth
- By: Ben Rawlence
- Narrated by: Jamie Parker
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall98
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Performance82
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Story82
Brought to you by Penguin. The Treeline is a spellbinding blend of nature, travel and science writing, deeply researched and beautifully written, underpinned by an urgent environmental message. The Arctic Treeline - the northern limit of the boreal forest that encircles the globe in an almost...
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Fascinating and troubling
- By 38Red on 24-02-22
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The Treeline
- The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth
- Narrated by: Jamie Parker
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 13-01-22
- Language: English
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Challenger
- A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
- By: Adam Higginbotham
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall148
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Performance140
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Story140
Brought to you by Penguin. From the New York Times-bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger space shuttle disaster based on fascinating in-depth reporting and new archival research – riveting history that reads like a...
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Great book. Terrible reader utterly ruins the experience.
- By Furzle on 13-03-26
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Challenger
- A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 14-05-24
- Language: English
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
- By: James Herriot
- Narrated by: Christopher Timothy
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
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Overall99
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Performance77
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Story75
How on earth did James Herriot come to be sitting on a high Yorkshire moor, smelling vaguely of cows? James isn't sure, but he knows that he loves it. This second hilarious volume of memoirs contains more tales of James' unpredictable boss Siegfried Farnon; his charming student, brother Tristan; animal mayhem galore; and his first encounters with a beautiful girl named Helen.
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A great read
- By maria on 09-08-19
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
- Narrated by: Christopher Timothy
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 15-01-09
- Language: English
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Mind and Cosmos
- Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False
- By: Thomas Nagel
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall38
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Performance32
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Story32
The modern materialist approach to life has conspicuously failed to explain such central mind-related features of our world as consciousness, intentionality, meaning, and value. This failure to account for something so integral to nature as mind, argues philosopher Thomas Nagel, is a major problem, threatening to unravel the entire naturalistic world picture, extending to biology, evolutionary theory, and cosmology. Since minds are features of biological systems that have developed through evolution, the standard materialist version of evolutionary biology is fundamentally incomplete.
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Brilliant! A Theory of Life, Universe & Everything
- By Jim Vaughan on 12-06-16
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Mind and Cosmos
- Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 04-02-14
- Language: English
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Dawn Chorus
- A Sound Portrait of a British Woodland at Sunrise
- By: Ron Kettle, Richard Ranft
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Performance22
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Story20
This hour-long ambient recording captures the magical awakening of bird-life at daybreak in the British countryside. No announcements interrupt the sequence, selected and compiled from the collections of the Sound Archive at the British Library. This is the perfect chance to immerse yourself in the uplifting sounds of a perfect country morning from the comfort of your own home.
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Lovely
- By Jill on 02-02-16
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Dawn Chorus
- A Sound Portrait of a British Woodland at Sunrise
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Release date: 19-02-09
- Language: English
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The Astronomy Book
- By: DK
- Narrated by: Thomas Judd
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance4
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The Astronomy Book is an exciting voyage of discovery through the cosmos. Venture from ancient speculations about the nature of the universe, to the mind-boggling theories of recent science, including those of Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Learn about the incredible histories of Halley's comet, Hubble's telescope, and NASA's modern-day trailblazing, as well as the discoveries of famous figures including Ptolemy, Isaac Newton, Walter Adams, Carl Sagan and Alan Stern.
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The Astronomy Book
- Narrated by: Thomas Judd
- Series: Big Ideas Simply Explained
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 23-01-20
- Language: English
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Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin
- By: Scicomm Media
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Overall3
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Performance3
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This is Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin. I'm Dr. Andy Galpin, a professor and director of the Human Performance Center at Parker University. With this podcast, my goal is to help you better understand and maximize your own physical and mental performance, leveraging my two decades of experience with elite performers, including Olympians and world champions across numerous sports. The goal is to cover a range of tools, technologies, and strategies designed to help everyone—from beginners to record-breaks, and everyone in between. While not all of us are elite athletes—myself included—there ...
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Factual & evidence based
- By Keith Roper on 01-01-25
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How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch
- In Search of the Recipe for Our Universe
- By: Harry Cliff
- Narrated by: Harry Cliff
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall36
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Performance32
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‘If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.’ - Carl Sagan Inspired by Sagan’s famous line, How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch is a brilliantly accessible introduction to today’s physics by academic and educator Harry Cliff. ‘A fascinating...
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Enlightening, entertaining and delight to read
- By paparelli on 01-06-26
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How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch
- In Search of the Recipe for Our Universe
- Narrated by: Harry Cliff
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 05-08-21
- Language: English
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The Nature of Plants
- An Introduction to How Plants Work
- By: Craig N. Huegel
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall31
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Performance29
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Plants play a critical role in how we experience our environment. They create calming green spaces, provide oxygen for us to breathe, and nourish our senses. In The Nature of Plants, ecologist and nursery owner Craig Huegel demystifies the complex lives of plants and provides listeners with an extensive tour into their workings.
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fantastic!
- By James on 28-01-21
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The Nature of Plants
- An Introduction to How Plants Work
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 28-07-20
- Language: English
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Long Way Round
- Chasing Shadows Across the World
- By: Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman
- Narrated by: Mark Bonnar, Rupert Degas
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
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Overall220
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Performance186
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From London to New York, Ewan and Charley chased their shadows through Europe, the Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Russia, across the Pacific to Alaska, then down through Canada and America. But as the miles slipped beneath the tyres of their big BMWs, their troubles started. Exhaustion, injury and accidents tested their strength. Treacherous roads, unpredictable weather and turbulent politics challenged their stamina.
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Pretty much one long moan fest
- By Anonymous on 03-07-10
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Long Way Round
- Chasing Shadows Across the World
- Narrated by: Mark Bonnar, Rupert Degas
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 21-09-06
- Language: English
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The Cosmic Revolutionary's Handbook
- (Or: How to Beat the Big Bang)
- By: Luke A. Barnes, Geraint F. Lewis
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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For all those who wonder about this bizarre universe and those who want to overthrow the big bang, this handbook gives you "just the facts": the observations that have shaped these ideas and theories. While the big bang holds the attention of scientists, it isn't perfect. The authors pull back the curtains and show how cosmology really works.
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The Cosmic Revolutionary's Handbook
- (Or: How to Beat the Big Bang)
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 27-04-20
- Language: English
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Can Holding in a Fart Kill You?
- Over 150 Curious Questions and Intriguing Answers
- By: Andrew Thompson
- Narrated by: Brian Holden
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall42
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Performance42
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The follow-up to the best-selling What Did We Use Before Toilet Paper?, Can Holding in a Fart Kill You? has even more fun and fascinating trivia. Perfect for the ever-curious trivia lover, this book is the ultimate in truly extraordinary information. From silly to serious to outright bizarre, this expansive collection offers surprising answers and unexpected facts on everything from history and science to pop culture and nature. From the everyday to the fantastical - it's all here.
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not worth the time
- By pfb on 26-03-25
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Can Holding in a Fart Kill You?
- Over 150 Curious Questions and Intriguing Answers
- Narrated by: Brian Holden
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 22-10-19
- Language: English
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Road Racer
- By: Michael Dunlop
- Narrated by: Drew Dillon
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall437
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Performance381
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Story377
Michael Dunlop is quite simply the greatest road racer on the planet. Brother of William, also an accomplished rider, son of the late Robert and nephew of the late great Joey Dunlop, Michael can fairly claim that racing is in his blood. Now for the first time he talks in depth about his family story, how he got involved in the family business and how he manages to keep getting back on his bike despite all he knows of the deadly risks he encounters every time he crosses the start line.
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The best book about motorcycle racers, by far
- By Akhil on 01-04-18
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Road Racer
- Narrated by: Drew Dillon
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 05-12-17
- Language: English
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Water
- A Biography
- By: Giulio Boccaletti
- Narrated by: Giulio Boccaletti
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance18
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Spanning millennia and continents, here is a stunningly revealing history of how the distribution of water has shaped human civilization. Boccaletti, of The Nature Conservancy, “tackles the most important story of our time: our relationship with water in a world of looming scarcity” (Kelly...
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Interaction between nature, society and the economy
- By ML on 26-02-26
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Water
- A Biography
- Narrated by: Giulio Boccaletti
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 14-09-21
- Language: English
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Woodston
- The Biography of An English Farm – The Sunday Times Bestseller
- By: John Lewis-Stempel
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance36
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Brought to you by Penguin. In the beginning was the earth... From the Paleozoic volcanoes that stained its soil, to the Saxons who occupied it, to the Tudors who traded its wool, to the Land Girls of wartime, John Lewis-Stempel charts a sweeping, lyrical history of Woodston: the quintessential...
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Possibly THE best book on farming, ever
- By Hugh Osborne on 02-08-21
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Woodston
- The Biography of An English Farm – The Sunday Times Bestseller
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 01-07-21
- Language: English
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There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness
- By: Carlo Rovelli, Erica Segre - translator, Simon Carnell - translator
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance77
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Brought to you by Penguin. One of our most beloved scientists, a fearless free spirit, Carlo Rovelli is also a masterful storyteller. In this collection of writings, the logbook of an intelligence always on the move, he follows his curiosity and invites us on a voyage through science, literature...
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How joined up science can improve the world
- By papapownall on 28-11-20
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There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 05-11-20
- Language: English
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Why Insects Matter
- Earth's Most Essential Species
- By: Scott Solomon, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Professor Scott Solomon
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
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Performance12
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In many ways, insects are just like us. Elaborate mating rituals, a variety of parenting styles, and a plethora of careers — from architects and engineers, to farmers and ranchers. Like us, they’re able to share complex information essential for survival, significantly impact their environment, and recycle. But insects outdo us in so many respects. They are terrestrial, but some can live underwater.
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Good introduction
- By Anonymous on 19-10-24
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Why Insects Matter
- Earth's Most Essential Species
- Narrated by: Professor Scott Solomon
- Series: The Great Courses: Biology
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 07-01-22
- Language: English
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