Computer Science History

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    • The Technology That Transformed the World, from Benjamin Franklin to Elon Musk
    • By: Craig R. Roach
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 15-08-17
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • Simply Electrifying brings to life the 250-year history of electricity through the stories of the men and women who used it to transform our world....

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    • Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously than Men, and What We Can Do About It
    • By: Mary Ann Sieghart
    • Narrated by: Mary Ann Sieghart
    • Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 01-07-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 227 ratings
    • The Authority Gap provides a startling perspective on the unseen bias at work in our everyday lives, to reveal the scale of the gap that still persists between men and women....

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    • How Quantum Computers Will Unlock the Mysteries of Science – and Address Humanity’s Biggest Challenges
    • By: Michio Kaku
    • Narrated by: Feodor Chin
    • Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 02-05-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 47 ratings
    • The quantum computer, which harnesses the power and complexity of the atomic realm, may be useful in solving humanity's greatest challenges from climate change, to global starvation, to incurable diseases. Humanity's next great technological achievement already promises to be revolutionary....

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    • How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
    • By: Walter Isaacson
    • Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
    • Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 07-10-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 741 ratings
    • Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson’s revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet....

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    • The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech
    • By: Brian Merchant
    • Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
    • Length: 15 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 26-09-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • The "rich and gripping" true story of the first time machines came for human jobs—and how the Luddite uprising explains the power, threat, and toll of big tech and AI today (Naomi Klein)....

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    • An Apollo 13 Astronaut's Journey
    • By: Fred Haise
    • Narrated by: Joe Barrett
    • Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 05-04-22
    • Language: English
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    • In the gripping Never Panic Early, Fred Haise, Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 13, offers a detailed firsthand account of when disaster struck three days into his mission to the moon....

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    • Why the Evolution of the Brain Holds the Key to the Future of AI
    • By: Max Bennett
    • Narrated by: George Newbern
    • Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 24-10-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 41 ratings
    • A Brief History of Brains bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the evolutionary story of how the brain came to be....

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    • Machine Learning and Human Values
    • By: Brian Christian
    • Narrated by: Brian Christian
    • Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 06-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 135 ratings
    • Today's "machine-learning" systems, trained by data, are so effective that we've invited them to see and hear for us - and to make decisions on our behalf. But alarm bells are ringing. Systems cull résumés until, years later, we discover that they have inherent gender biases.

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    • How Eight Technologies Made Us Human, Transformed Society, and Brought Our World to the Brink
    • By: Richard L. Currier
    • Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
    • Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 23-11-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 75 ratings
    • Although we usually think of technology as something unique to modern times, our ancestors began to create the first technologies millions of years ago....

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    • How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
    • By: Cathy O'Neil
    • Narrated by: Cathy O'Neil
    • Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 21-04-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 53 ratings
    • In this New York Times best seller, Cathy O'Neil, one of the first champions of algorithmic accountability, sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life—and threaten to rip apart our social fabric....

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    • A History of the UK in Data
    • By: Georgina Sturge
    • Narrated by: Amy Noble
    • Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 10-04-25
    • Language: English
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    • Georgina Sturge, House of Commons Library statistician and author of the critically acclaimed Bad Data, explores the rich history of the times the UK has counted itself—from the revolutionary first census of 1801 to modern worries over technological surveillance.

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    • 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
    • Release date: 23-02-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 34 ratings
    • The story of human civilization can be read most deeply in the materials we have found or created, used or abused......

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    • The Geniuses, Visionaries, Egomaniacs, and Scoundrels Who Built Our Electronic Age
    • By: Derek Cheung, Eric Brach
    • Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
    • Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 01-03-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
    • Conquering the Electron offers listeners a true and engaging history of the world of electronics, beginning with the discoveries of static electricity and magnetism and ending with the creation of the smartphone and the iPad....

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    • The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings
    • By: Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Jay Barbree, Neil Armstrong - introduction by
    • Narrated by: Christopher Grove
    • Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 07-05-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 76 ratings
    • Desperate to beat the Russians into space, NASA put together a crew of the nation's most daring test pilots: the seven men who were to lead America to the moon. The first into space was Alan Shepard; the last was Deke Slayton, whose irregular heartbeat kept him grounded until 1975....

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    • Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy
    • By: David J. Chalmers
    • Narrated by: Grant Cartwright
    • Length: 17 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 25-01-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 59 ratings
    • In the coming decades, the technology that enables virtual and augmented reality will improve beyond recognition. Within a century, world-renowned philosopher David J. Chalmers predicts, we will have virtual worlds that are impossible to distinguish from non-virtual worlds....

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    • How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We LIve and Work
    • By: Steven Kotler, Jamie Wheal
    • Narrated by: Fred Sanders
    • Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 21-02-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 825 ratings
    • The authors of the best-selling Bold and The Rise of Superman explore altered states of consciousness and how they can ignite passion, fuel creativity, and accelerate problem solving....

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    • Addressing Ethical Issues and Technological Innovations for a Sustainable Future
    • By: Thomas Stark
    • Narrated by: Susan Prater
    • Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 07-02-25
    • Language: English
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    • In an era defined by rapid technological advancement, Humanity in the Digital Age offers a thought-provoking exploration of how digital innovation is reshaping our world.

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    • Understand Artificial Intelligence and Stay Ahead. Machine Learning. Generative AI. Robots. Quantum AI. Super Intelligence.
    • By: Pedro Uria-Recio
    • Narrated by: Will Stauff
    • Length: 17 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 22-10-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 47 ratings
    • Written for professionals, students, technologists, and all curious minds, this book demystifies complex AI concepts while offering actionable strategies for navigating rapid AI advancements.

    Regular price: £18.99