Showing results for "Fire" in History & Philosophy
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Of a Fire on the Moon
- By: Norman Mailer
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 17 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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For many, the moon landing was the defining event of the twentieth century. So it seems only fitting that Norman Mailer - the literary provocateur who altered the landscape of American nonfiction - wrote the most wide-ranging, far-seeing chronicle of the Apollo 11 mission. A classic chronicle of America's reach for greatness in the midst of the Cold War, Of a Fire on the Moon compiles the reportage Mailer published between 1969 and 1970 in Life magazine
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Top notch audiobook
- By Anonymous on 23-02-23
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Of a Fire on the Moon
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 17 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 27-12-15
- Language: English
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Fire in the Sky
- Cosmic Collisions, Killer Asteroids, and the Race to Defend Earth
- By: Gordon L. Dillow
- Narrated by: Edward Bauer
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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This “accessible and always entertaining” (Booklist) combination of history, pop science, and in-depth reporting offers a fascinating account of the asteroids that hit Earth long ago and those streaming toward us now, as well as how prepared we are against asteroid-caused catastrophe. One of...
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Informative and entertaining
- By Cryptochimp on 30-06-20
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Fire in the Sky
- Cosmic Collisions, Killer Asteroids, and the Race to Defend Earth
- Narrated by: Edward Bauer
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 04-06-19
- Language: English
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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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Surfaces and Essences
- Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
- By: Douglas Hofstadter, Emmanuel Sander
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 33 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Analogy is the core of all thinking. This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas Hofstadter and French psychologist Emmanuel Sander defend in their new work. Hofstadter has been grappling with the mysteries of human thought for over 30 years. Now, with his trademark wit and special talent for making complex ideas vivid, he has partnered with Sander to put forth a highly novel perspective on cognition.
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Trivial and laboured
- By Louisa on 13-09-17
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Surfaces and Essences
- Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 33 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 25-04-13
- Language: English
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Every Life Is on Fire
- How Thermodynamics Explains the Origins of Living Things
- By: Jeremy England
- Narrated by: Benjamin Isaac
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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A preeminent physicist unveils a field-defining theory of the origins and purpose of life. Why are we alive? Most things in the universe aren't. And everything that is alive traces back to things that, puzzlingly, weren't. For centuries, the scientific question of life's origins has confounded...
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Religion not science
- By Redd on 14-04-22
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Every Life Is on Fire
- How Thermodynamics Explains the Origins of Living Things
- Narrated by: Benjamin Isaac
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 15-09-20
- Language: English
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Fire and Flood
- A People's History of Climate Change, from 1979 to the Present
- By: Eugene Linden
- Narrated by: Paul Bellantoni
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter was presented with the findings of scientists who had been investigating whether human activities might change the climate in harmful ways. "A wait-and-see policy may mean waiting until it is too late," their report said. They were right...
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Fire and Flood
- A People's History of Climate Change, from 1979 to the Present
- Narrated by: Paul Bellantoni
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 05-04-22
- Language: English
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The Germ in the Dairy Pail
- The 200-Year War on the World’s Most Amazing Food–Milk
- By: Forrest Maready
- Narrated by: Forrest Maready
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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From the author of The Moth in the Iron Lung comes a riveting exploration of how science, technology, and fear transformed our relationship with one of humanity's most ancient foods. Once revered as nature's perfect nourishment, milk became public enemy number one as germ theory unleashed collective panic about the invisible world within our food. Forrest Maready uncovers the fascinating, forgotten story of how this fear—epitomized by the notorious "swill milk" scandal—reshaped our food landscape forever.
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The Germ in the Dairy Pail
- The 200-Year War on the World’s Most Amazing Food–Milk
- Narrated by: Forrest Maready
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 18-06-25
- Language: English
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The Reason We Kiss
- A Revelation of Health Through SYNTROPY, the Affection-Infection Connection
- By: Forrest Maready
- Narrated by: Forrest Maready
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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A mother kisses her child's scraped knee. A father embraces his long-lost son. A dog greets its owner with desperate joy. Every culture, every species, every corner of the living world engages in these intimate acts of connection. We've been told these are merely displays of affection. But what if there’s something more? WHAT IF A KISS IS MORE THAN JUST A KISS? For the first time in human history, we are starting to see the hidden force that builds life through connection—not because we discovered something new, but because we have broken something ancient.
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The Reason We Kiss
- A Revelation of Health Through SYNTROPY, the Affection-Infection Connection
- Narrated by: Forrest Maready
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 30-06-25
- Language: English
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Ragnarok
- The Age of Fire and Gravel
- By: Ignatius Donnelly
- Narrated by: Graham Dunlop
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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In this gripping sequel to Atlantis: The Antediluvian World, 19th-century iconoclast Ignatius Donnelly sets his sights on Earth’s forgotten disasters. Ragnarok: The Age of Fire and Gravel argues that a comet struck the Earth thousands of years ago, unleashing firestorms, floods, and a dark age that buried civilizations in myth and rubble.
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Ragnarok
- The Age of Fire and Gravel
- Narrated by: Graham Dunlop
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 01-05-25
- Language: English
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The Pyrocene
- How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next
- By: Stephen J. Pyne
- Narrated by: Adam Barr
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
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The Pyrocene tells the story of what happened when a fire-wielding species, humanity, met an especially fire-receptive time in Earth's history. Since terrestrial life first appeared, flames have flourished. Over the past two million years, however, one genus gained the ability to manipulate fire, swiftly remaking both itself and eventually the world. We developed small guts and big heads by cooking food; we climbed the food chain by cooking landscapes; and now we have become a geologic force by cooking the planet.
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The Pyrocene
- How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next
- Narrated by: Adam Barr
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 07-12-21
- Language: English
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