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Naming Nature
- The Clash Between Instinct and Science
- By: Carol Kaesuk Yoon
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Today, taxonomy is viewed by many as an outdated field, one nearly irrelevant to the rest of science and of even less interest to the rest of the world. Now, as Carol Kaesuk Yoon reminds us in Naming Nature, taxonomy is critically important, because it turns out to be much more than mere science. It is also the latest incarnation of a long-unrecognized human practice that has gone on across the globe, in every culture, in every language since before time: the deeply human act of ordering and naming the living world.
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Naming Nature
- The Clash Between Instinct and Science
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 28-09-10
- Language: English
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Dreams of Other Worlds
- The Amazing Story of Unmanned Space Exploration
- By: Chris Impey, Holly Henry
- Narrated by: Matthew Josdal
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Spanning four decades of dramatic advances in astronomy and planetary science, this book tells the story of eleven iconic exploratory missions and how they have fundamentally transformed our scientific and cultural perspectives on the universe and our place in it
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It didn't need to be so long
- By Preselector on 20-07-15
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Dreams of Other Worlds
- The Amazing Story of Unmanned Space Exploration
- Narrated by: Matthew Josdal
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 06-03-14
- Language: English
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Counting: Humans, History and the Infinite Lives of Numbers
- Humans, History and the Infinite Lives of Numbers
- By: Benjamin Wardhaugh
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO COUNT? WHY ARE HUMANS THE ONLY SPECIES ON EARTH THAT CAN DO IT? WHERE DID COUNTING COME FROM? HOW HAS IT SHAPED SOCIETIES ALONG THE WAY? AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? Counting is an innovative, erudite, world-wrapping journey through humanity’s marvellous ability to impose...
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Counting: Humans, History and the Infinite Lives of Numbers
- Humans, History and the Infinite Lives of Numbers
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 18-07-24
- Language: English
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Flotsametrics and the Floating World
- How One Man's Obsession Revolutionized Ocean Science
- By: Curtis Ebbesmeyer
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Pioneering oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer unravels the mystery of marine currents, uncovers the astonishing story of flotsam, and changes the world's view of trash, the ocean, and our global environment. Curtis Ebbesmeyer is no ordinary scientist. He's been a consulting oceanographer for multinational firms and a lead scientist on international research expeditions, but he's never held a conventional academic appointment.
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Amazing
- By dc-l on 06-06-14
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Flotsametrics and the Floating World
- How One Man's Obsession Revolutionized Ocean Science
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 15-09-09
- Language: English
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Between Hope and Fear
- A History of Vaccines and Human Immunity
- By: Michael Kinch
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 15 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Between Hope and Fear tells the remarkable story of vaccine-preventable infectious diseases and their social and political implications. While detailing the history of vaccine invention, Michael Kinch reveals the ominous reality that our victories against vaccine-preventable diseases are not permanent - and could easily be undone. Between Hope and Fear relates the remarkable intersection of science, technology, and disease that has helped eradicate many of the deadliest plagues known to man.
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Between Hope and Fear
- A History of Vaccines and Human Immunity
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 15 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 14-01-20
- Language: English
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The Case for Nationalism
- How It Made Us Powerful, United, and Free
- Narrated by: Roy Worley
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 05-11-19
- Language: English
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Quantum 101
- A History of the Unseen (How We Figured It Out)
- By: James Johnson
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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What if reality doesn’t exist until you look at it? Quantum physics started as a fix for a math problem. Then it spiraled into the most accurate and most unsettling theory in science. This is the story of how we figured it out. From Planck’s desperate fudge to Feynman’s diagrams, from Schrödinger’s cat to the many-worlds interpretation, Quantum 101 walks you through every milestone of the quantum revolution. No mysticism. No equations without meaning. Just the actual story, told in a way that makes sense. Discover why particles tunnel through walls. Why entanglement breaks space.
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Quantum 101
- A History of the Unseen (How We Figured It Out)
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Series: How We Figured It Out, Book 1
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Release date: 26-11-25
- Language: English
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La nazione delle piante
- By: Stefano Mancuso
- Narrated by: Andrea Bonati
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
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"In nome della mia ormai pluridecennale consuetudine con le piante, ho immaginato che queste care compagne di viaggio, come genitori premurosi, dopo averci reso possibile vivere, vengano a soccorrerci osservando la nostra incapacità a garantirci la sopravvivenza. Come? Suggerendoci una vera e propria costituzione su cui costruire il nostro futuro di esseri rispettosi della Terra e degli altri esseri viventi.
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La nazione delle piante
- Narrated by: Andrea Bonati
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 22-12-22
- Language: Italian
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The Buddha and the Quantum
- Hearing the Voice of Every Cell
- By: Samuel Avery
- Narrated by: Samuel Avery
- Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Are you seeking a deeper understanding of consciousness? Are you interested in meditation or currently practicing meditation? The Buddha and the Quantum is about the connection between meditation and physics. Many books show parallels between consciousness and physics; a few of these attempt to explain consciousness in terms of the physics of everyday experience. This is the only book that explains physics and the everyday world in terms of consciousness alone.
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I loved 'Paradigm Shift' but .......
- By Jem on 19-11-15
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The Buddha and the Quantum
- Hearing the Voice of Every Cell
- Narrated by: Samuel Avery
- Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 02-06-11
- Language: English
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Einstein and the Quantum
- The Quest of the Valiant Swabian
- By: A. Douglas Stone
- Narrated by: Gabriel Vaughan
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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Einstein and the Quantum reveals for the first time the full significance of Albert Einstein's contributions to quantum theory. Einstein famously rejected quantum mechanics, observing that God does not play dice. But, in fact, he thought more about the nature of atoms, molecules, and the emission and absorption of light - the core of what we now know as quantum theory - than he did about relativity.
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ONLY FOR THE INITIATED
- By H. L. Mason on 09-04-15
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Einstein and the Quantum
- The Quest of the Valiant Swabian
- Narrated by: Gabriel Vaughan
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 06-10-13
- Language: English
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Niels Bohr: The Life and Legacy of the Influential Atomic Scientist
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most famous, and important, intellectuals to hail from Denmark is Niels Bohr, a world-famous physicist and one of the patriarchs of quantum theory. Given the vibrant, peaceful haven that is Denmark today, it’s somewhat ironic that Bohr played an instrumental role in the development of the atomic bomb. Even so, the truth and depth of the matter, much like the self-professed pacifist himself, is far more complex.
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Niels Bohr: The Life and Legacy of the Influential Atomic Scientist
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Release date: 19-11-18
- Language: English
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Charles Darwin's Barnacle and David Bowie's Spider
- How Scientific Names Celebrate Adventurers, Heroes, and Even a Few Scoundrels
- By: Stephen B. Heard PhD
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
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Ever since Carl Linnaeus's binomial system of scientific names was adopted in the 18th century, scientists have been eponymously naming organisms in ways that both honor and vilify their namesakes. This charming, informative, and accessible history examines the fascinating stories behind taxonomic nomenclature, from Linnaeus himself naming a small and unpleasant weed after a rival botanist to the recent influx of scientific names based on pop-culture icons-including David Bowie's spider, Frank Zappa's jellyfish, and Beyonce's fly.
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Charles Darwin's Barnacle and David Bowie's Spider
- How Scientific Names Celebrate Adventurers, Heroes, and Even a Few Scoundrels
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 17-03-20
- Language: English
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The Invention of the Modern Dog
- Breed and Blood in Victorian Britain (Animals, History, Culture)
- By: Michael Worboys, Julie-Marie Strange, Neil Pemberton
- Narrated by: Keith McCarthy
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Invention of the Modern Dog, Michael Worboys, Julie-Marie Strange, and Neil Pemberton explore when, where, why, and how Victorians invented the modern way of ordering and breeding dogs. Though talk of "breed" was common before this period in the context of livestock, the modern idea of a dog breed defined in terms of shape, size, coat, and color arose during the Victorian period in response to a burgeoning competitive dog show culture.
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The Invention of the Modern Dog
- Breed and Blood in Victorian Britain (Animals, History, Culture)
- Narrated by: Keith McCarthy
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 19-04-24
- Language: English
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Werner Heisenberg
- A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of Physicists)
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 59 mins
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Werner Heisenberg was one of the greatest physicists of all time. He probed the depths of not just science but the nature of our very existence. His groundbreaking work in quantum mechanics, particularly the formulation of the uncertainty principle, revolutionized our understanding of the subatomic world and earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1932.
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Werner Heisenberg
- A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of Physicists)
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 59 mins
- Release date: 19-07-24
- Language: English
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Ahead of the Curve
- Women Scientists at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
- By: Kathleen Weston
- Narrated by: Kathleen Weston
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
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The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge, UK is a world-leading scientific institution. This book, by LMB alumna Kathy Weston, is a collective portrait of women scientists who, as staff members, visitors, and trainees, helped build the LMB’s reputation as a powerhouse of science, often going on to stellar careers at other outstanding institutions around the world. Combining narrative history with interview transcripts and personal reminiscence, Weston’s book describes the career accomplishments of these successful scientists.
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Ahead of the Curve
- Women Scientists at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
- Narrated by: Kathleen Weston
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 11-04-22
- 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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Crisis Averted
- The Hidden Science of Fighting Outbreaks
- By: Caitlin Rivers PhD
- Narrated by: Jaime Lamchick
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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“Readers should come away from Crisis Averted with a better comprehension of what public health does and why it is such a crucial endeavor.” —The Washington Post "A master class in how we can pinpoint and prevent health crises before they spiral out of control."—Scott Gottlieb, MD...
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Crisis Averted
- The Hidden Science of Fighting Outbreaks
- Narrated by: Jaime Lamchick
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 08-10-24
- Language: English
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Eine kurze Geschichte der alltäglichen Dinge
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Rufus Beck
- Length: 19 hrs and 53 mins
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So etwas gelingt nur Bill Bryson: Ein Spaziergang durch sein Haus führt ihn zur Geschichte der Menschheit. Er wandelt von Zimmer zu Zimmer und stößt dabei auf die Geschichte des Essens, Schlafens, Sexes und der Hygiene und macht auch vor Wanzen, Skorbut, sogar der Leichenräuberei nicht halt. Eben ein Abriss dessen, was der Menschheit alles passiert ist, seit sie sesshaft wurde - fundiert, anschaulich und humorvoll, wie wir Bill Bryson kennen.
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Eine kurze Geschichte der alltäglichen Dinge
- Narrated by: Rufus Beck
- Length: 19 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 02-09-11
- Language: German
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Pulp Physics
- Astronomy: Humankind in Space and Time
- By: Dr. Richard Berendzen
- Narrated by: Richard Berendzen
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
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In this unscripted recording, renowned astrophysicist Dr. Richard Berendzen takes you on a journey through space and time that is captivating from the moment he begins to speak. Enjoy the best of both worlds: an expert's knowledge in a user-friendly format!
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A Great Cosmic Story
- By Anonymous on 24-03-18
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Pulp Physics
- Astronomy: Humankind in Space and Time
- Narrated by: Richard Berendzen
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 16-05-00
- Language: English
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In the Herbarium
- The Hidden World of Collecting and Preserving Plants
- By: Maura C. Flannery
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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Collections of preserved plant specimens, known as herbaria, have existed for nearly five centuries. These pressed and labeled plants have been essential resources for scientists, allowing them to describe and differentiate species and to document and research plant changes and biodiversity over time—including changes related to climate. Maura C. Flannery tells the history of herbaria, from the earliest collections belonging to such advocates of the technique as sixteenth-century botanist Luca Ghini, to the collections of poets, politicians, and painters, and to the digitization today.
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In the Herbarium
- The Hidden World of Collecting and Preserving Plants
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 25-07-23
- Language: English
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