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The Tunnel Under the Lake
- The Engineering Marvel That Saved Chicago (Second to None: Chicago Stories)
- By: Benjamin Sells
- Narrated by: Michael Hanko
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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The Tunnel Under the Lake recounts the gripping story of how the young city of Chicago, under the leadership of an audacious engineer named Ellis Chesbrough, constructed a two-mile tunnel below Lake Michigan in search of clean water. Benjamin Sells narrates in vivid detail the exceptional skill and imagination it took to save this storied city from itself.
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The Tunnel Under the Lake
- The Engineering Marvel That Saved Chicago (Second to None: Chicago Stories)
- Narrated by: Michael Hanko
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 23-10-19
- Language: English
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TV History
- The Most Important Technologies, People and Events That Created the History of Television
- By: Edward N. Simpson
- Narrated by: Craig Patterson
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Television is probably something we nowadays take for granted. There is a TV in almost every home, a TV in almost every public building - basically, where there is a signal, there is a TV. Found in millions of homes, it is probably difficult to imagine that the first television was created less than a century ago. In such a short time, we managed to go from silent moving images to 3D lifelike images on a flat screen.
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TV History
- The Most Important Technologies, People and Events That Created the History of Television
- Narrated by: Craig Patterson
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Release date: 02-04-21
- Language: English
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Eisenhower's Sputnik Moment
- The Race for Space and World Prestige
- By: Yanek Mieczkowski
- Narrated by: Douglas R Pratt
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
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In Eisenhower's Sputnik Moment, Yanek Mieczkowski examines the early history of America's space program, reassessing Eisenhower's leadership. He details how Eisenhower approved breakthrough satellites, supported a new civilian space agency, signed a landmark science education law, and fostered improved relations with scientists. Offering a fast-paced account of this Cold War episode, Mieczkowski demonstrates that Eisenhower built an impressive record in space and on earth.
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Eisenhower's Sputnik Moment
- The Race for Space and World Prestige
- Narrated by: Douglas R Pratt
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 18-07-18
- Language: English
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The Clock and the Camshaft
- And Other Medieval Inventions We Still Can't Live Without
- By: John W. Farrell
- Narrated by: Celeste Oliva
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
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This history of medieval inventions, focusing on the 11th to the 14th centuries, vividly portrays a thriving era of human ingenuity, and the results are still being felt to this day. From the mechanical clock to the first eyeglasses, both of which revolutionized society, many of the commonplace devices we now take for granted had their origin in the Middle Ages. Divided into 10 thematic chapters, the accessible audiobook allows the listener to sample areas of interest or listen to the book from beginning to end for a complete historical overview.
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The Clock and the Camshaft
- And Other Medieval Inventions We Still Can't Live Without
- Narrated by: Celeste Oliva
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 31-01-22
- Language: English
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God-like
- A 500-Year History of Artificial Intelligence in Myths, Machines, Monsters
- By: Kester Brewin
- Narrated by: Kester Brewin
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In the year 1600, a monk is burned at the stake for claiming to have built a device that will allow him to know all things. 350 years later, having witnessed 'Trinity' — the first test of the atomic bomb — America's leading scientist outlines a memory machine that will help end war on earth. 25 years in the making, an ex-soldier finally unveils this 'machine for augmenting human intellect', dazzling as he stands 'Zeus-like, dealing lightning with both hands'.
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God-like
- A 500-Year History of Artificial Intelligence in Myths, Machines, Monsters
- Narrated by: Kester Brewin
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 29-04-25
- Language: English
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The Mercury 13
- The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight
- By: Martha Ackmann
- Narrated by: Julie Eickhoff
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
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For fans of The Astronaut Wives Club, The Mercury 13 reveals the little-known true story of the remarkable women who trained for NASA space flight. In 1961, just as NASA launched its first man into space, a group of women underwent secret testing in the hopes of becoming America’s first female astronauts. They passed the same battery of tests at the legendary Lovelace Foundation as did the Mercury 7 astronauts, but they were summarily dismissed by the boys’ club at NASA and on Capitol Hill.
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riveting
- By debbyky on 16-04-17
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The Mercury 13
- The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight
- Narrated by: Julie Eickhoff
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 23-05-14
- Language: English
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Why Things Bite Back
- Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences
- By: Edward Tenner
- Narrated by: Steve Kramer
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
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In this perceptive and provocative look at everything from computer software that requires faster processors and more support staff to antibiotics that breed resistant strains of bacteria, Edward Tenner offers a virtual encyclopedia of what he calls "revenge effects" - the unintended consequences of the mechanical, chemical, biological, and medical forms of ingenuity that have been hallmarks of the progressive, improvement-obsessed modern age.
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Why Things Bite Back
- Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences
- Narrated by: Steve Kramer
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 25-02-14
- Language: English
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The Apple II Age
- How the Computer Became Personal
- By: Laine Nooney
- Narrated by: Krystal Hammond
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Skip the iPhone, the iPod, and the Macintosh. If you want to understand how Apple Inc. became an industry behemoth, look no further than the 1977 Apple II. The Apple II was a versatile piece of hardware, but its most compelling story isn't found in the feat of its engineering, the personalities of Apple's founders, or the way it set the stage for the company's multibillion-dollar future. Instead, historian Laine Nooney shows, what made the Apple II iconic was its software.
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The Apple II Age
- How the Computer Became Personal
- Narrated by: Krystal Hammond
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 25-06-24
- Language: English
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Free to Make
- How the Maker Movement is Changing Our Schools, Our Jobs, and Our Minds
- By: Dale Dougherty, Ariane Conrad, Tim O'Reilly - introduction
- Narrated by: Jeff Machado
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
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A fascinating study of the global Maker Movement that explores how ‘making’ impacts our personal and social development—perfect for enthusiastic DIY-ers Dale Dougherty, creator of MAKE: magazine and the Maker Faire, provides a guided tour of the international phenomenon known as the...
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Free to Make
- How the Maker Movement is Changing Our Schools, Our Jobs, and Our Minds
- Narrated by: Jeff Machado
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 10-01-17
- Language: English
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Cutting the Cord
- The Cell Phone Has Transformed Humanity
- By: Martin Cooper
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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The cell phone changed the world. It revolutionized how people communicate, freed them to get in touch with one another at any time, in any place, without the constraints of the wired network. The cell phone led to the creation and growth of new industries. Yet the true story of its creation has not been told. This book tells that story. It centers on a battle for control of how people communicate, involving government regulators, lobbyists, police, technology breakthroughs, failures, quartz, and a horse. At the center of that story was Martin Cooper.
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Cutting the Cord
- The Cell Phone Has Transformed Humanity
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 05-01-21
- Language: English
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Eso no estaba en mi libro de Historia de los Videojuegos [That Was Not in My Video Games History Book]
- By: Daniel García Raso
- Narrated by: Diego Rousselon
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Desde su invención en los años cincuenta del pasado siglo, los videojuegos se han convertido progresivamente y de manera imparable en uno de los mayores fenómenos culturales, artísticos y sociales contemporáneos.
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muy interesante
- By Greatie on 23-05-25
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Eso no estaba en mi libro de Historia de los Videojuegos [That Was Not in My Video Games History Book]
- Narrated by: Diego Rousselon
- Series: Eso no estaba en mi libro de
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 24-07-20
- Language: Spanish
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Made to Break
- Technology and Obsolescence in America
- By: Giles Slade
- Narrated by: Michael Puttonen
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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If you've replaced a computer lately - or a cell phone, a camera, a television - chances are, the old one still worked. And chances are even greater that the latest model won't last as long as the one it replaced. Welcome to the world of planned obsolescence - a business model, a way of life, and a uniquely American invention that this eye-opening book explores from its beginnings to its perilous implications for the very near future.
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Informative
- By Anonymous on 25-07-21
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Made to Break
- Technology and Obsolescence in America
- Narrated by: Michael Puttonen
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 10-01-14
- Language: English
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Wicked Problems
- How to Engineer a Better World
- By: Guru Madhavan
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
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An homage to society's innovators and maintainers, Wicked Problems offers a refreshing vision for listeners of all backgrounds to build a better future and demonstrates how engineering is a cultural choice-one that requires us to restlessly find ways to transform society, but perhaps more critically, to care for the creations that already exist.
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Wicked Problems
- How to Engineer a Better World
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 26-03-24
- Language: English
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Martian Summer
- My Ninety Days with Interplanetary Pioneers, Tempermental Robots, and NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission
- By: Andrew Kessler
- Narrated by: Adam Schneemann
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Get up close and personal with science as Andrew Kessler narrates his hilarious journey inside NASA’s Phoenix Mars mission - a historic enterprise manned by a motley crew of rocket scientists. The Phoenix Mars mission was the first man-made probe ever sent to the Martian arctic.
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Martian Summer
- My Ninety Days with Interplanetary Pioneers, Tempermental Robots, and NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission
- Narrated by: Adam Schneemann
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 14-10-14
- Language: English
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Nuclear Russia
- The Atom in Russian Politics and Culture
- By: Paul R. Josephson
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
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Nuclear Russia probes the juncture of history of science and technology, political and cultural history, and environmental history. It considers the atom in Russian society as a reflection of Leninist technological utopianism, Cold War imperatives, scientific hubris, public acceptance, and a state desire to conquer nature. Furthermore the audiobook examines the vital – and perhaps unexpected – significance of ethnicity and gender in nuclear history by looking at how Kazakhs and Nenets lost their homelands and their health in Russia in the wake of nuclear testing.
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Nuclear Russia
- The Atom in Russian Politics and Culture
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 22-12-22
- Language: English
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Nerd Attack!
- Eine Geschichte der digitalen Welt vom C64 bis zu Twitter und Facebook
- By: Christian Stöcker
- Narrated by: Uve Teschner
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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Die Revolution begann in Kinderzimmern: Mit dem C64, dem ersten millionenfach verbreiteten Heimcomputer...
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Superb book with many interesting insights
- By Pears on 04-06-20
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Nerd Attack!
- Eine Geschichte der digitalen Welt vom C64 bis zu Twitter und Facebook
- Narrated by: Uve Teschner
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 03-07-12
- Language: German
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Grateful Geek
- 50 Years of Apple and Other Tech Adventures
- By: Jean-Louis Gassée
- Narrated by: Adam Paul
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
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For the past 20+ years, everyone has been waiting for the story to be told. What really happened at Apple when Jobs returned and Gassee was out? In this first-ever comprehensive memoir, Gassee doesn’t hold anything back. From his stellar career to his deepest moments of doubt to his new calling as a grandfather, Gassee dispenses his legendarily witty advice and shares some very important moments of the tech world.
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Grateful Geek
- 50 Years of Apple and Other Tech Adventures
- Narrated by: Adam Paul
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 14-07-23
- Language: English
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Beyond Everywhere
- How Wi-Fi Became the World's Most Beloved Technology
- By: Greg Ennis
- Narrated by: Steve Marvel
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
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Eighteen billion Wi-Fi devices are in use around the world, with four billion more added every year. Connecting everyone to everything, it is central to our lives today. How did this happen? Beyond Everywhere is the surprising story in its entirety: the techno/political conflicts at its birth, the battles against competing technologies as it was being nurtured, and the international diplomatic intrigue as it spread across the planet. This vivid narrative about the people who gave Wi-Fi to the world is told with humor, insight, and charm by one of Wi-Fi's key developers.
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Beyond Everywhere
- How Wi-Fi Became the World's Most Beloved Technology
- Narrated by: Steve Marvel
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 25-07-23
- Language: English
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Nägel mit Köpfen [Nuts and Bolts]
- 7 Erfindungen, die die Welt bis heute verändern [Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way]
- By: Roma Agrawal
- Narrated by: Funda Vanroy
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
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Ohne die antike Pumpe keine Herz-Lungen-Maschine, ohne Rad kein Helikopter. Seit Jahrtausenden macht der Mensch Erfindungen und entwickelt sie weiter. Roma Agrawal beleuchtet die 7 Dinge, die die Basis unserer Welt ausmachen: Nagel, Faden, Rad, Linse, Magnet, Feder und Pumpe. Jedes Objekt eröffnet einen tiefen Einblick in die Historie menschlicher Innovationskraft. Gleichzeitig erzählt Roma Agrawal ihre eigene Familiengeschichte zwischen Indien und Europa und zeigt, wie technische Entwicklungen die menschlichen Schicksale prägen.
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Nägel mit Köpfen [Nuts and Bolts]
- 7 Erfindungen, die die Welt bis heute verändern [Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way]
- Narrated by: Funda Vanroy
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 26-10-23
- Language: German
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Engineering Hitler's Downfall
- The Brains That Enabled Victory
- By: Gwilym Roberts
- Narrated by: Bruce Mann
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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Engineering Hitler's Downfall features numerous inventions such as the decoding machines developed at Bletchley Park; the hand-held mine detectors that cleared pathways through enemy minefields, firstly at the Battle of el Alamein but also in most subsequent actions; the newly-located factories and tanks that enabled the Russians to repulse the German invasion; the escort carriers and long range aircraft that enabled U-boats to be attacked in the mid-Atlantic; and the 4000 plus Bailey bridges that allowed narrow ravines and rivers as wide as the Rhine to be crossed.
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Engineering Hitler's Downfall
- The Brains That Enabled Victory
- Narrated by: Bruce Mann
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 28-10-25
- Language: English
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