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The Substance of Civilization
- Materials and Human History from the Stone Age to the Age of Silicon
- By: Stephen L. Sass
- Narrated by: John Haag
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall38
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Performance33
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The story of human civilization can be read most deeply in the materials we have found or created, used or abused. They have dictated how we build, eat, communicate, wage war, create art, travel, and worship. Some, such as stone, iron, and bronze, lend their names to the ages. Others, such as gold, silver, and diamond, contributed to the rise and fall of great empires.
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Bit Advanced For Me In Places
- By Richard S on 08-01-23
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The Substance of Civilization
- Materials and Human History from the Stone Age to the Age of Silicon
- Narrated by: John Haag
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 23-02-13
- Language: English
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Where Good Ideas Come From
- The Natural History of Innovation
- By: Steven Johnson
- Narrated by: Erik Singer
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall78
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Performance67
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Story67
One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good ideas come from?...
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Tech history snip bits
- By paul mullen on 03-03-20
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Where Good Ideas Come From
- The Natural History of Innovation
- Narrated by: Erik Singer
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 05-10-10
- Language: English
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Pure Invention
- How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World
- By: Matt Alt
- Narrated by: Matt Alt
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall43
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Performance37
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Today we take it for granted that Japan is a forge of the world's fantasies: the birthplace of Transformers and Pokémon, of food trends like ramen and artisanal whisky and cutting-edge manga and anime. But it wasn't always this way. The first Japanese products that trickled into the global marketplace after the Second World War inspired derision, not admiration. The three words Made in Japan were a punchline, a synonym for cheap trinkets from a defeated nation.
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This is so well researched.
- By Ansen G on 30-08-24
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Pure Invention
- How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World
- Narrated by: Matt Alt
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 23-06-20
- Language: English
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The Technological Republic
- The Sunday Times bestseller from the great minds behind Palantir
- By: Alexander C. Karp, Nicholas W.Zamiska
- Narrated by: Nicholas W.Zamiska
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall39
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Performance38
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Brought to you by Penguin. The Sunday Times and #1 New York Times Bestseller Silicon Valley’s brightest minds once collaborated with governments to advance technologies, securing the West’s dominance on the global stage. But that relationship has corroded – with perilous repercussions for...
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It was just great
- By amanda van dyke on 19-06-25
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The Technological Republic
- The Sunday Times bestseller from the great minds behind Palantir
- Narrated by: Nicholas W.Zamiska
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 20-02-25
- Language: English
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Tank
- The 10 War Machines That Changed the World and the Remarkable Men Behind Them
- By: Mark Urban
- Narrated by: Mark Urban
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance11
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Brought to you by Penguin. “Tanks are like dinner jackets”, an Australian general once commented, “you don’t need them very often, but when you do, nothing else will do.” An authoritative history of the tank and the remarkable individuals who designed them and fought in them, from a...
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clarity
- By DB Forrest on 03-08-25
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Tank
- The 10 War Machines That Changed the World and the Remarkable Men Behind Them
- Narrated by: Mark Urban
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 05-06-25
- Language: English
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Understanding Artificial Intelligence
- Key Questions Answered
- By: Julian Vexley
- Narrated by: Kenneth E. Nelson
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall49
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Performance39
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Story39
Artificial intelligence is no longer confined to science fiction—it’s part of our everyday lives. From smartphone assistants and Netflix recommendations to medical diagnostics and fraud detection, AI is already transforming how we live, work, and connect. But what exactly is AI? How does it work? Can it think like us, or even replace us? And what does it mean for our future?
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Engaging narration and content
- By Teresa Bourne on 16-09-25
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Understanding Artificial Intelligence
- Key Questions Answered
- Narrated by: Kenneth E. Nelson
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 02-07-25
- Language: English
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Play Nice
- The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment
- By: Jason Schreier
- Narrated by: Ray Chase
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall169
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Performance143
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Story143
From a New York Times bestselling author and investigative journalist comes The Social Network for the video game industry: a riveting examination of Blizzard Entertainment's rise and shocking downfall—"A fast paced thrill ride, perfect for anyone who has ever played a video game" (Ben...
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Brilliant
- By Matt on 29-01-26
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Apple in China
- The Capture of the World's Greatest Company
- By: Patrick McGee
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall105
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Performance93
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Story93
*** THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *** * WINNER OF THE SABEW BEST IN BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2025 FOR BUSINESS REPORTING * What if the greatest business success story of the twenty-first century was hiding the West’s gravest mistake? For two decades, Apple poured billions into China, training...
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China, Apple, America. A fruit in the jaws of superpowers
- By a nonni mouse on 04-08-25
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Apple in China
- The Capture of the World's Greatest Company
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 13-05-25
- Language: English
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Click Here to Kill Everybody
- Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World
- By: Bruce Schneier
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall73
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Performance66
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Story65
Everything is a computer. Ovens are computers that make things hot; refrigerators are computers that keep things cold. These computers - from home thermostats to chemical plants - are all online. All computers can be hacked. And Internet-connected computers are the most vulnerable. Forget data theft: Cutting-edge digital attackers can now crash your car, your pacemaker, and the nation’s power grid. In Click Here to Kill Everybody, renowned expert and best-selling author Bruce Schneier examines the hidden risks of this new reality.
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Reminiscing of his other work.
- By Ervinas on 19-05-19
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Click Here to Kill Everybody
- Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 20-11-18
- Language: English
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Failure Is Not an Option
- Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
- By: Gene Kranz
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 18 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall778
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Performance656
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Story656
Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA's Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program from the early days of the Mercury program to the last Apollo mission, and beyond. He endured the disastrous first years when rockets blew up and the United States seemed to fall further behind the Soviet Union in the space race.
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Interesting for the enthusiast
- By R King on 21-03-14
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Failure Is Not an Option
- Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 18 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 29-08-11
- Language: English
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The Atomic Human
- Understanding Ourselves in the Age of AI
- By: Neil D. Lawrence
- Narrated by: Neil D. Lawrence
- Length: 15 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance20
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Our fascination with AI stems from the perceived uniqueness of human intelligence. We believe it's what differentiates us. Fears of AI not only concern how it invades our digital lives, but also the implied threat of an intelligence that displaces us from our position at the centre of the world. Neil D. Lawrence's visionary book shows why these fears may be misplaced. By contrasting our own intelligence with the capabilities of machine intelligence through history, The Atomic Human reveals the technical origins, capabilities and limitations of AI systems, and how they should be wielded.
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Interesting but it meanders
- By thoughtfuldiner on 08-05-25
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The Atomic Human
- Understanding Ourselves in the Age of AI
- Narrated by: Neil D. Lawrence
- Length: 15 hrs
- Release date: 06-06-24
- Language: English
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The Singularity is Nearer
- When We Merge with AI
- By: Ray Kurzweil
- Narrated by: Adam Barr
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall133
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Performance123
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Brought to you by Penguin. THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER. The legendary oracle of technological change explains how AI will transform our species beyond recognition within two decades. What will it mean to live free from the limits of our bodies? Who will we become if our minds can be stored and...
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Simplistic
- By Nick Crutchley on 27-07-24
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The Singularity is Nearer
- When We Merge with AI
- Narrated by: Adam Barr
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 27-06-24
- Language: English
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Hackers & Painters
- Big Ideas from the Computer Age
- By: Paul Graham
- Narrated by: Mark Sando
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall33
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Performance24
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Story23
We are living in the computer age, in a world increasingly designed and engineered by computer programmers and software designers, by people who call themselves hackers. Who are these people, what motivates them, and why should you care? Consider these facts: Everything around us is turning into computers. Your typewriter is gone, replaced by a computer. Your phone has turned into a computer. So has your camera. Soon your TV will. Your car was not only designed on computers, but has more processing power in it than a room-sized mainframe did in 1970.
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Refreshingly thoughtful and contrarian
- By jdp on 23-12-24
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Hackers & Painters
- Big Ideas from the Computer Age
- Narrated by: Mark Sando
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 17-03-21
- Language: English
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Electronic Dreams
- How 1980s Britain Learned to Love the Computer
- By: Tom Lean
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In Electronic Dreams, Tom Lean tells the story of how computers invaded British homes for the first time, charting the history of the rise and fall of the home computer, the machines that took computing from the realm of science and science fiction to being a user-friendly domestic technology.
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Electronic Dreams
- How 1980s Britain Learned to Love the Computer
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 14-05-26
- Language: English
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
- The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
- By: Shoshana Zuboff
- Length: 24 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall471
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Performance405
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Story403
An exposé of the unprecedented form of power called “surveillance capitalism,” and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior “Groundbreaking, magisterial, alarming.” – Financial Times The heady optimism of the Internet’s early days has turned dark...
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Had so badly wanted to like it
- By Apple Smith on 26-04-19
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
- The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
- Length: 24 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 28-01-19
- Language: English
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Ignition!
- An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants
- By: John Drury Clark, Isaac Asimov - introduction
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall104
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Performance85
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Ignition! is the inside story of the Cold War era search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into space. A favorite of Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, listeners will want to tune into this "really good book on rocket[s]," available for the first time in audio. Ignition!...
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better to read
- By tom bunge on 04-10-19
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Ignition!
- An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 15-05-18
- Language: English
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Filterworld
- How Algorithms Make Everything the Same
- By: Kyle Chayka
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
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Performance24
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From coffee shops to city grids to TikTok feeds and Netflix homepages the world round, algorithmic recommendations dictate our experiences. This network of mathematically determined choices - the 'filterworld' - has taken over, almost unnoticed, as we've grown accustomed to an insipid new normal. But to have our tastes, behaviours, and emotions governed by computers calls the very notion of free will into question. Internationally recognized journalist and New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka journeys through this ever-tightening web woven by algorithms.
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Giga snop
- By Anonymous on 13-03-24
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Filterworld
- How Algorithms Make Everything the Same
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 23-01-24
- Language: English
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Kelly
- More Than My Share of It All
- By: Clarence L "Kelly" Johnson, Maggie Smith, Brig Gen Leo P. Geary USAF (ret.) - Foreword
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
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Performance38
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Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson led the design of such crucial aircraft as the P-38 and Constellation, but he will be more remembered for the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes. His extraordinary leadership of the Lockheed "Skunk Works" cemented his reputation as a legendary figure in American aerospace management.
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For the engineering out there
- By MR J R Stagg on 13-01-20
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Kelly
- More Than My Share of It All
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 26-02-19
- Language: English
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Nexus
- Une brève histoire des réseaux d'information, de l'âge de pierre à l'intelligence artificielle
- By: Yuval Noah Harari, David Fauquemberg - traducteur
- Narrated by: Philippe Sollier
- Length: 17 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Les histoires nous ont réunis. Les livres ont diffusé nos idées et nos mythologies. Internet nous a promis le savoir infini. Les algorithmes ont découvert nos secrets – et nous ont divisés. Quel monde nous promet l’IA ? Depuis cent mille ans, nous, les Sapiens, avons acquis un gigantesque pouvoir. Mais malgré nos découvertes, inventions et conquêtes, nous sommes aujourd’hui confrontés à une crise existentielle inédite. Le monde est au bord de l’effondrement écologique. Les tensions politiques se multiplient. La désinformation abonde.
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Nexus
- Une brève histoire des réseaux d'information, de l'âge de pierre à l'intelligence artificielle
- Narrated by: Philippe Sollier
- Length: 17 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 26-09-24
- Language: French
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About Time
- A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks
- By: David Rooney
- Narrated by: David Rooney
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
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Performance13
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From the city sundials of ancient Rome to the era of the smartwatch, clocks have been used throughout history to wield power, make money, govern citizens and keep control. Sometimes, also with clocks, we have fought back. In About Time, time expert David Rooney tells the story of timekeeping, and how it continues to shape our modern world. In 12 chapters, demarcated like the hours of time, we meet the greatest inventions in horological history, from medieval water clocks to monumental sundials, and from coastal time signals to satellites in Earth's orbit.
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A Horological Adventure
- By Anonymous on 15-06-23
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About Time
- A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks
- Narrated by: David Rooney
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 10-06-21
- Language: English
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