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  • A Short History of Nearly Everything cover art
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    • A Short History of Nearly Everything

    • The bestselling popular science book of the 21st Century
    • By: Bill Bryson
    • Narrated by: Bill Bryson
    • Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 01-04-10
    • Language: English
    • 708 ratings
    • Brought to you by Penguin. Featuring a special introduction written for the audiobook edition and read by the author A Radio 4 Book Club Selection. The ultimate eye-opening journey through time and space, A Short History of Nearly Everything is the biggest-selling popular science book of the...

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    • The History of Science

    • By: Peter Whitfield
    • Narrated by: Peter Whitfield
    • Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 19-11-10
    • Language: English
    • 8 ratings
    • The History of Science offers a fascinating overview of the major leaps forward in science across the ages....

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    • The Secret History of Sharks

    • The Rise of the Ocean's Most Fearsome Predators
    • By: John Long
    • Narrated by: John Long
    • Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 30-07-24
    • Language: English
    • 6 ratings
    • 'Will keep you on the edge of your seat from its first page to its last page' -Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel From ancient megalodons to fearsome Great Whites, this book tells the complete, untold story of how sharks emerged as Earth's ultimate survivors...

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    • Sneeze

    • The History and Science of the Common Cold
    • By: David Miles
    • Narrated by: Maxim Reston
    • Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 05-03-26
    • Language: English
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    • A tickle in the back of your throat? A cough that won't let you sleep? A stuffy nose and a constant need to sneeze? When it comes to understanding the common cold, we have all had plenty of first-hand experience. We are all too familiar with the symptoms of the cold virus, having caught and...

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  • A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence cover art
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    • A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence

    • What It Is, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going
    • By: Michael Wooldridge
    • Narrated by: Glen McCready
    • Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 19-01-21
    • Language: English
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    • From Oxford's leading AI researcher comes a fun and accessible tour through the history and future of one of the most cutting edge and misunderstood field in science: Artificial Intelligence The somewhat ill-defined long-term aim of AI is to build machines that are conscious, self-aware, and...

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    • 400+ Amazing Trivia for Kids & Family

    • Animals, Science & Nature, Countries & History, TV & Movies, Did You Know? Fun Facts and More
    • By: BrightKids
    • Narrated by: Jennifer Dunning
    • Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 18-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 2 ratings

    • First scientists thought it was for balance, but the tail helps the kangaroo to be able to move the fore and hind legs together....

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    • A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth

    • 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
    • By: Henry Gee
    • Narrated by: Henry Gee
    • Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 09-11-21
    • Language: English
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    • The Royal Society's Science Book of the Year "...Henry Gee presents a pithy, fascinating account of the stages of biological evolution. He's a deliberate, engaged narrator whose slow pacing will require adaptation. This and creative background music and sound effects (dinosaur sounds?) create a...

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