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From Bacteria to Bach and Back
- The Evolution of Minds
- By: Daniel C. Dennett
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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What is human consciousness, and how is it possible? This question fascinates thinking people from poets and painters to physicists, psychologists, and philosophers. From Bacteria to Bach and Back is Daniel C. Dennett's brilliant answer, extending perspectives from his earlier work in surprising directions, exploring the deep interactions of evolution, brains, and human culture.
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An excellent Dennett exploration
- By G Douglas Whistler on 12-03-17
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From Bacteria to Bach and Back
- The Evolution of Minds
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 07-02-17
- Language: English
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The Book of Why
- The New Science of Cause and Effect
- By: Judea Pearl, Dana Mackenzie
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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"Correlation does not imply causation". This mantra has been invoked by scientists for decades and has led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. But today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, sparked by Judea Pearl and his colleagues, has cut through a century of confusion and placed causality - the study of cause and effect - on a firm scientific basis.
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Is the narrator a robot?
- By Nigel Warburton on 06-09-19
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The Book of Why
- The New Science of Cause and Effect
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 15-05-18
- Language: English
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Turning to Stone
- By: Marcia Bjornerud
- Narrated by: Rebecca Stern
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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Marcia Bjornerud's life as a geologist has coincided with an extraordinary period of discovery. From an insular girlhood in rural Wisconsin, she found her way to an unlikely career studying mountains in remote parts of the world. As one of few women in her field, she witnessed the shift in our understanding of the Earth, from solid object to an entity in a constant state of transformation. In the most tumultuous times of her own life, a deep understanding of our rocky planet imbued her life with meaning.
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Turning to Stone
- Narrated by: Rebecca Stern
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 06-08-24
- Language: English
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Thank You for Being Late
- An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
- By: Thomas L. Friedman
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 19 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance111
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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Thank You for Being Late by Thomas L. Friedman, read by Oliver Wyman. From the Pulitzer Prize winner and No.1 international bestselling author of The World is Flat, an essential and entertaining field guide to thriving in the...
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Beautiful book
- By S K. on 28-08-17
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Thank You for Being Late
- An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 19 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 12-01-17
- Language: English
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Eine kurze Geschichte der Menschheit
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Jürgen Holdorf
- Length: 17 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Vor 100.000 Jahren war der Homo sapiens noch ein unbedeutendes Tier, das unauffällig in einem abgelegenen Winkel des afrikanischen Kontinents lebte. Unsere Vorfahren teilten sich den Planeten mit mindestens fünf weiteren menschlichen Spezies und die Rolle, die sie im Ökosystem spielten, war nicht größer als die von Gorillas, Libellen oder Quallen. Vor 70.000 Jahren dann vollzog sich ein mysteriöser und rascher Wandel mit dem Homo sapiens.
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Eine kurze Geschichte der Menschheit
- Narrated by: Jürgen Holdorf
- Length: 17 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 09-09-13
- Language: German
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The Man from the Future
- The Visionary Life of John von Neumann
- By: Ananyo Bhattacharya
- Narrated by: Nicholas Camm
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall118
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Brought to you by Penguin. An exhilarating new biography of John von Neumann: the lost genius who invented our world The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolutionary biology. Self-replicating moon bases and nuclear weapons. All bear the...
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more the ideas than the person behind them
- By Erik on 06-01-22
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The Man from the Future
- The Visionary Life of John von Neumann
- Narrated by: Nicholas Camm
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 07-10-21
- Language: English
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Einstein's Genius Club
- The True Story of a Group of Scientists Who Changed the World
- By: Burton Feldman, Katherine Williams
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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From the acclaimed author of The Nobel Prize comes this fascinating portrait of four of the greatest minds in the history of science and the impossible turning point they faced. As World War II wound down, and it became increasingly clear that the Allies would emerge victorious, Albert Einstein invited three close friends - all titans of contemporary science and philosophy - to his home at 112 Mercer Street in Princeton, New Jersey, to discuss what they loved best: science and philosophy.
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Einstein's Genius Club
- The True Story of a Group of Scientists Who Changed the World
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 15-11-11
- Language: English
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The Information
- A History, a Theory, a Flood
- By: James Gleick
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall128
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Performance83
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James Gleick, the author of the best sellers Chaos and Genius, now brings us a work just as astonishing and masterly: a revelatory chronicle and meditation that shows how information has become the modern era’s defining quality—the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world. The...
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Informative but temporarily boring as an audiobook
- By Christos on 25-12-12
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The Information
- A History, a Theory, a Flood
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 01-03-11
- Language: English
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The Grieving Body
- How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing
- By: Mary-Frances O'Connor
- Narrated by: Mary-Frances O'Connor
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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The follow-up to celebrated grief expert, neuroscientist, and psychologist Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor’s The Grieving Brain focuses on the impact of grief—and life’s other major stressors—on the human body. Coping with death and grief is one of the most painful human experiences. While...
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Compassionate read
- By karina vicencio on 18-11-25
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The Grieving Body
- How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing
- Narrated by: Mary-Frances O'Connor
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 11-02-25
- Language: English
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Deadly Outbreaks
- How Medical Detectives Save Lives Threatened by Killer Pandemics, Exotic Viruses, and Drug-Resistant Parasites
- By: Alexandra Levitt
- Narrated by: Julie McKay
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
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Despite advances in health care, infectious microbes continue to be a formidable adversary to scientists and doctors. Vaccines and antibiotics, the mainstays of modern medicine, have not been able to conquer infectious microbes because of their amazing ability to adapt, evolve, and spread to new places. Terrorism aside, one of the greatest dangers from infectious disease we face today is from a massive outbreak of drug-resistant microbes.
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Facinating Bugs
- By AstraeaNova on 14-06-18
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Deadly Outbreaks
- How Medical Detectives Save Lives Threatened by Killer Pandemics, Exotic Viruses, and Drug-Resistant Parasites
- Narrated by: Julie McKay
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 01-09-13
- Language: English
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The Blind Spot
- Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience
- By: Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, Evan Thompson
- Narrated by: Perry Daniels
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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The Blind Spot goes where no science book goes, urging us to create a new scientific culture that views ourselves both as an expression of nature and as a source of nature's self-understanding, so that humanity can flourish in the new millennium.
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A challenging read - labour's the point that could have been done ina short paper
- By Mr JF McEachen on 05-04-26
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The Blind Spot
- Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience
- Narrated by: Perry Daniels
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 09-04-24
- Language: English
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Sapiens. Une brève histoire de l'humanité
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Philippe Sollier
- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
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Cette "Brève histoire de l'humanité" déroule notre histoire globale, des premiers hominidés à aujourd'hui et interroge l'avenir qui nous attend. Comment l'"Homo Sapiens" a-t-il réussi à dominer la Terre ? Quelle singularité nous a permis de s'unir pour créer villes et empires, l'idée de religion, les concepts politiques de nation ou plus récemment des droits de l'homme ? Pourquoi cette dépendance et cette croyance que notre bonheur dépend de l'argent et de la possibilité de consommer ?
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chef d'œuvre
- By AniaDP on 13-10-22
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Sapiens. Une brève histoire de l'humanité
- Narrated by: Philippe Sollier
- Series: Sapiens
- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 07-06-17
- Language: French
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Exact Thinking in Demented Times
- The Vienna Circle and the Epic Quest for the Foundations of Science
- By: Karl Sigmund
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
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Inspired by Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and Bertrand Russell and David Hilbert's pursuit of the fundamental rules of mathematics, some of the most brilliant minds of the generation came together in post-World War I Vienna to present the latest theories in mathematics, science, and philosophy and to build a strong foundation for scientific investigation. Composed of such luminaries as Kurt Gödel and Rudolf Carnap, and stimulated by the works of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper, the Vienna Circle left an indelible mark on science.
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Exact Thinking in Demented Times
- The Vienna Circle and the Epic Quest for the Foundations of Science
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 21-08-18
- Language: English
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The Devil's Delusion
- Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions
- By: David Berlinski
- Narrated by: Dennis Holland
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance73
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Militant atheism is on the rise. In recent years, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens have produced a steady stream of best-selling books denigrating religious belief. These authors are merely the leading edge of a larger movement that includes much of the scientific community. In response, mathematician David Berlinski, himself a secular Jew, delivers a biting defense of religious thought.
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Atheism's highjack of science debunked
- By Charles on 16-05-15
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The Devil's Delusion
- Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions
- Narrated by: Dennis Holland
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 30-08-13
- Language: English
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Restricted Data
- The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States
- By: Alex Wellerstein
- Narrated by: John McLain
- Length: 17 hrs and 24 mins
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Drawing on troves of declassified files, including records released by the government for the first time through the author's efforts, Restricted Data traces the complex evolution of the US nuclear secrecy regime from the first whisper of the atomic bomb through the mounting tensions of the Cold War and into the early 21st century. A compelling history of powerful ideas at war, it tells a story that feels distinctly American: rich, sprawling, and built on the conflict between high-minded idealism and ugly, fearful power.
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Restricted Data
- The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States
- Narrated by: John McLain
- Length: 17 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 26-10-21
- Language: English
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The Emperor of All Maladies
- A Biography of Cancer
- By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 27 hrs and 27 mins
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WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2011 WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2011 ‘Profound, eloquent and searching’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘Essential reading’ INDEPENDENT ‘Masterly’ GUARDIAN ‘Extraordinary’ NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Riveting, audacious and now more urgent...
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The Emperor of All Maladies
- A Biography of Cancer
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 27 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 04-12-25
- Language: English
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A Brief History of the Universe (and our place in it)
- By: Sarah Alam Malik
- Narrated by: Genevieve Swallow
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
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We have always looked up at the sky and wondered. The desire to explore and understand what lies beyond us is at the heart of scientific discovery. Ever since the ancient Babylonians tracked celestial objects on clay tablets, the search for meaning in an infinitely vast universe has been a...
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A short but sweet overview
- By Robert H on 12-04-26
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A Brief History of the Universe (and our place in it)
- Narrated by: Genevieve Swallow
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 12-02-26
- Language: English
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Chaos
- Making a New Science
- By: James Gleick
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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James Gleick's groundbreaking bestseller introduces to a whole new audience the story of one of the most significant waves of scientific knowledge in our time. By focusing on the key figures whose genius converged to chart an innovative direction for science, Gleick makes the story of chaos...
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Perfect Listening Experience (for a walker)
- By Kris on 26-02-15
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Chaos
- Making a New Science
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 01-02-11
- Language: English
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I Am a Strange Loop
- By: Douglas R Hofstadter
- Narrated by: Greg Baglia
- Length: 16 hrs and 47 mins
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One of our greatest philosophers and scientists of the mind asks, where does the self come from -- and how our selves can exist in the minds of others. Can thought arise out of matter? Can self, soul, consciousness, "I" arise out of mere matter? If it cannot, then how can you or I be here? I Am...
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tedious
- By J Westwood on 07-01-20
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I Am a Strange Loop
- Narrated by: Greg Baglia
- Length: 16 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 24-09-18
- Language: English
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Spare Parts
- An Unexpected History of Transplants
- By: Paul Craddock
- Narrated by: Paul Craddock
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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Brought to you by Penguin. How did an architect help pioneer blood transfusion in the 1660s? Why did eighteenth-century dentists buy the live teeth of poor children? And what role did a sausage skin and an enamel bath play in making kidney transplants a reality? We think of transplant surgery as...
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Interesting, but difficult to listen to
- By BoOkWoRm on 01-07-23
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Spare Parts
- An Unexpected History of Transplants
- Narrated by: Paul Craddock
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 26-08-21
- Language: English
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