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Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics
- Toward a Union of Love and Knowledge
- By: Vic Mansfield, His Holiness the Dalai Lama - foreword
- Narrated by: Ralph Morocco
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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In a clear and engaging way, this book shows how the principle of emptiness, the philosophic heart of Tibetan Buddhism, connects intimately to quantum nonlocality and other foundational features of quantum mechanics. Detailed connections between emptiness, modern relativity, and the nature of time are also explored. For Tibetan Buddhists, the profound interconnectedness implied by emptiness demands the practice of universal compassion.
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Outstanding
- By dawn on 13-04-13
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Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics
- Toward a Union of Love and Knowledge
- Narrated by: Ralph Morocco
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 18-07-12
- Language: English
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The Caretakers of the Cosmos
- Living Responsibly in an Unfinished World
- By: Gary Lachman
- Narrated by: Russell Newton
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Why are we here? Human beings have asked themselves this question for centuries. Modern science largely argues that human beings are chance products of a purposeless universe, but other traditions believe humanity has an essential role and responsibility in creation. Lachman brings together many strands of esoteric, spiritual and philosophical thought to form a counter-argument to the nihilism that permeates the twenty-first century.
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Thought provoking and enjoyable
- By G W on 17-10-22
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The Caretakers of the Cosmos
- Living Responsibly in an Unfinished World
- Narrated by: Russell Newton
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 15-05-20
- Language: English
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Crisis of Control: How Artificial SuperIntelligences May Destroy or Save the Human Race
- Human Cusp, Book 1
- By: Peter J. Scott
- Narrated by: Peter J. Scott
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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The human race is caught in the crosshairs of twin threats stemming from exponential advances in technology. In Crisis of Control, Peter Scott lays out the stark choices and consequences facing us in clear, provocative, and sometimes humorous language.
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Brilliant
- By Joe Panes on 09-06-19
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Crisis of Control: How Artificial SuperIntelligences May Destroy or Save the Human Race
- Human Cusp, Book 1
- Narrated by: Peter J. Scott
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 07-06-18
- Language: English
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Discourse on Method and the Meditations
- By: René Descartes
- Narrated by: Rory Alexander
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Rory Alexander. René Descartes was a central figure in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. In his Discourse on Method he outlined the contrast between mathematics and experimental sciences, and the extent to which...
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I found this translation very heart warming.
- By Alina on 31-07-25
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Discourse on Method and the Meditations
- Narrated by: Rory Alexander
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 25-02-21
- Language: English
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The Periodic Table
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Eric R. Scerri
- Narrated by: Eric Scerri
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The periodic table of elements, first encountered by many of us at school, provides an arrangement of the chemical elements, ordered by their atomic number, electron configuration, and recurring chemical properties, and divided into periodic trends. In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Eric R. Scerri looks at the trends in properties of elements that led to the construction of the table and shows how the deeper meaning of the table's structure gradually became apparent with the development of atomic theory.
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The Periodic Table
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Eric Scerri
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 29-06-21
- 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
- Unabridged
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Performance19
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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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Age of Discovery
- Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance
- By: Ian Goldin, Chris Kutarna
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Age of Discovery explores a world on the brink of a new Renaissance and asks: how do we share more widely the benefits of unprecedented progress? How do we endure the inevitable tumult generated by accelerating change? How do we each thrive through this tangled, uncertain time? From gains in health, education, wealth and technology to crises of conflict, disease and mass migration, the similarities between today's world and that of the 15th century are both striking and prophetic: we have been here before.
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Important and thought-provoking book
- By Amazon Customer on 28-07-16
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Age of Discovery
- Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 21-07-16
- Language: English
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The Enchiridion:
- Adapted for the Contemporary Reader
- By: Epictetus, James Harris
- Narrated by: Jason Sprenger
- Length: 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The Enchiridion or Manual of Epictetus (Enchiridion is Greek for "that which is held in the hand") is a short manual of Stoic ethical advice. This manual has been carefully adapted in to modern English to allow for easy listening. Enjoy.
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Interesting stuff, but the narrator is disengaged.
- By Hubabakanda on 06-09-20
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The Enchiridion:
- Adapted for the Contemporary Reader
- Narrated by: Jason Sprenger
- Length: 47 mins
- Release date: 16-06-17
- Language: English
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Mending the Mind
- The Art and Science of Overcoming Clinical Depression
- By: Oliver Kamm
- Narrated by: Oliver Kamm, Roger May
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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'A tour de force . . . an important, affecting and effective book' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL '[A] gorgeous and urgent book' STEVEN PINKER 'Reminds us that, despite our hazy understanding of depression, and despite the true horror of the illness, some hope for recovery remains' THE TIMES 'Extremely...
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Could have been an essay
- By Bangorboy on 21-05-23
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Mending the Mind
- The Art and Science of Overcoming Clinical Depression
- Narrated by: Oliver Kamm, Roger May
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 21-01-21
- Language: English
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The Golden Ratio
- The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number
- By: Mario Livio
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
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Throughout history, thinkers from mathematicians to theologians have pondered the mysterious relationship between numbers and the nature of reality. In this fascinating book, Mario Livio tells the tale of a number at the heart of that mystery: phi, or 1.6180339887.... This curious mathematical relationship, widely known as "The Golden Ratio", was discovered by Euclid more than 2,000 years ago. Since then it has shown a propensity to appear in the most astonishing variety of places.
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needs diagrams
- By E. A. N. Gray on 07-06-19
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The Golden Ratio
- The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 09-05-13
- Language: English
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Les Lumières
- Histoire de la littérature française 4
- By: Alain Viala
- Narrated by: Daniel Mesguich, Alain Viala
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
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Les "Presses Universitaires de France" et "Frémeaux & Associés" proposent des cours particuliers sur l'histoire de la littérature française, racontée, expliquée et analysée par Alain Viala, professeur émérite à l'Université de Paris-Sorbonne, avec des extraits lus par Daniel Mesguich, comédien, metteur en scène et directeur du Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique.
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Les Lumières
- Histoire de la littérature française 4
- Narrated by: Daniel Mesguich, Alain Viala
- Series: Histoire de la littérature française, Book 4
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 01-10-14
- Language: French
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Dr. Quantum Presents: A User's Guide to Your Universe
- How Quantum Physics Can Change Your Life
- By: Fred Alan Wolf PhD
- Narrated by: Fred Alan Wolf PhD
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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"Matter can move backward and forward in time. Objects may be in two places at once. Simply looking at an event can alter it instantaneously." Quantum physics is an astounding (and mind-boggling) field of science, but can you actually use it to change your life? The answer, teaches Dr. Quantum...
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shamanism ? come on, get a grip
- By Julien on 06-11-08
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Dr. Quantum Presents: A User's Guide to Your Universe
- How Quantum Physics Can Change Your Life
- Narrated by: Fred Alan Wolf PhD
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 02-08-06
- Language: English
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Darwin Devolves
- The New Science About DNA That Challenges Evolution
- By: Michael J. Behe
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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The scientist who has been dubbed the “Father of Intelligent Design” and author of the groundbreaking book Darwin’s Black Box contends that recent scientific discoveries further disprove Darwinism and strengthen the case for an intelligent creator. In his controversial bestseller...
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Mind Opening
- By Dr Liz Miller on 29-09-19
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Darwin Devolves
- The New Science About DNA That Challenges Evolution
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 26-02-19
- Language: English
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Denial
- A Memoir
- By: Jessica Stern
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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From one of the world’s foremost experts on terrorism and post-traumatic stress disorder, comes an intimate and astonishingly frank examination of her own rape at 15, the life of her rapist, and how both shaped her life and work. Jessica Stern is one of the world’s foremost experts on...
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Denial
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 14-07-20
- Language: English
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In the Sky with Stars
- A History of Air Balloons
- By: James Sprawling
- Narrated by: Aracelis Gotay
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
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Embark on a captivating voyage through the skies with "In The Sky With Stars: A History of Air Balloons." This meticulously crafted exploration unveils the extraordinary story of humanity's quest to conquer the skies, from the pioneering days of the Montgolfier brothers to the modern frontiers of space exploration.
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In the Sky with Stars
- A History of Air Balloons
- Narrated by: Aracelis Gotay
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Release date: 08-12-23
- Language: English
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Blindspot
- By: Mahzarin R. Banaji, Anthony G. Greenwald
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
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I know my own mind. I am able to assess others in a fair and accurate way. These self-perceptions are challenged by leading psychologists Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald as they explore the hidden biases we all carry from a lifetime of exposure to cultural attitudes about age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, social class, sexuality, disability status, and nationality. Blindspot is the authors’ metaphor for the portion of the mind that houses hidden biases.
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Very interesting but lost me in the middle
- By Fappa_123 on 16-04-22
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Blindspot
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 22-04-14
- Language: English
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A More Perfect Heaven
- How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos
- By: Dava Sobel
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
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In her graceful, compelling style, Dava Sobel chronicles the history of the Copernican Revolution, relating the story of astronomy from Aristotle to the Middle Ages. In its midst will be her play, And the Sun Stood Still, imagining the dialogue that would have transpired between Rheticus and Copernicus in their months together. As she achieved with her bestsellers Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, Sobel expands the bounds of science writing, giving us an unforgettable portrait of scientific achievement.
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Not as good as I'd hoped
- By Edward on 09-09-14
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A More Perfect Heaven
- How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 27-09-11
- Language: English
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Prophecy
- Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI
- By: Carissa Véliz
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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“Lively. . . . Rousing. . . . Prophecy—roving, intelligent, irreducibly idiosyncratic—can expand our sense of possibility, starting now.” —The New York Times Book Review Tech empires are the prophets of the modern day, and like the ancient oracles and medieval astrologers that preceded...
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Prophecy
- Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 21-04-26
- Language: English
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Obedience to Authority
- An Experimental View
- By: Stanley Milgram
- Narrated by: Christopher C. Odom
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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One of the most important books in social psychology of the last fifty years, “The classic account of the human tendency to follow orders, no matter who they hurt or what their consequences.” (Washington Post Book World) The landmark examination of humanity's susceptibility to...
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pathetic narrating ruined an otherwise amazing book
- By Amazon Customer on 31-12-25
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Obedience to Authority
- An Experimental View
- Narrated by: Christopher C. Odom
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 14-08-24
- Language: English
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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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