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The Man Who Stalked Einstein
- How Nazi Scientist Philipp Lenard Changed the Course of History
- By: Bruce J. Hillman, Birgit Ertl-Wagner, Bernd C. Wagner
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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By the end of World War I, Albert Einstein had become the face of the new science of theoretical physics and had made some powerful enemies. One of those enemies, Nobel Prize winner Philipp Lenard, spent a career trying to discredit him. Their story of conflict, pitting Germany's most widely celebrated Jew against the Nazi scientist who was to become Hitler's chief advisor on physics, had an impact far exceeding what the scientific community felt at the time.
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The Man Who Stalked Einstein
- How Nazi Scientist Philipp Lenard Changed the Course of History
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 01-02-16
- Language: English
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The History of Time
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Leofranc Holford-Strevens
- Narrated by: Ben Esner
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Leofranc Holford-Strevens brings us this fascinating study of time using a range of examples from ancient Rome and Julius Caesar's imposition of the leap year to the 1920s project for a fixed Easter. Those interested in time, history, and the development of the calendar will enjoy this absorbing exploration of an aspect of our lives that we all take for granted.
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The History of Time
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Ben Esner
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 22-06-21
- Language: English
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The Monk in the Garden
- By: Robin Marantz Henig
- Narrated by: Fleet Cooper
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
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Most people know that Gregor Mendel, the Moravian monk who patiently grew his peas in a monastery garden, shaped our understanding of inheritance. But people might not know that Mendel's work was ignored in his own lifetime, even though it contained answers to the most pressing questions raised by Charles Darwin's revolutionary book, On Origrin of the Species, published only a few years earlier. Mendel's single chance of recognition failed utterly, and he died a lonely and disappointed man.
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The Monk in the Garden
- Narrated by: Fleet Cooper
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 26-02-13
- Language: English
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The Science of Superheroes
- By: Lois Gresh, Robert Weinberg
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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The Science of Superheroes takes a lighthearted but clear-headed look at the real science that underlies some of the greatest superhero comic books of all time, including Spider-Man, Batman, Fantastic Four, and many more. Each chapter presents the story of the origin of one or more superheroes...
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DO NOT BUY
- By adam on 17-01-20
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The Science of Superheroes
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 08-11-02
- Language: English
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Starlight Detectives
- How Astronomers, Inventors, and Eccentrics Discovered the Modern Universe
- By: Alan Hirshfeld
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1929, Edwin Hubble announced the greatest discovery in the history of astronomy since Galileo first turned a telescope to the heavens. The galaxies, previously believed to float serenely in the void, are in fact hurtling apart at an incredible speed: the universe is expanding. This stunning discovery was the culmination of a decades-long arc of scientific and technical advancement.
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A must for astrophotographers.
- By Joye C. on 26-06-20
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Starlight Detectives
- How Astronomers, Inventors, and Eccentrics Discovered the Modern Universe
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 09-12-14
- Language: English
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Present at the Creation
- Discovering the Higgs Boson
- By: Amir D. Aczel
- Narrated by: Byron Wagner
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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The Large Hadron Collider is the biggest, and by far the most powerful, machine ever built. A project of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, its audacious purpose is to re-create, in a 16.5-mile-long circular tunnel under the French-Swiss countryside, the immensely hot and...
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Excellent book, ruined by the narrator
- By Catherine on 17-06-12
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Present at the Creation
- Discovering the Higgs Boson
- Narrated by: Byron Wagner
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 05-10-10
- Language: English
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Sacred Geometry
- The Blueprint of Everything
- By: James Johnson
- Narrated by: Tom Merrill
- Length: 40 mins
- Unabridged
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What if the secrets of existence were hiding in plain sight—in shapes, spirals, and symmetry? 'Sacred Geometry: The Blueprint of Everything' is a journey through the invisible code behind the visible world. This book isn’t just about lines and patterns—it’s about unlocking the structures that build reality itself. From the infinite loop of the circle to the silent elegance of the Platonic Solids, JJ walks you through the visual grammar of creation.
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Sacred Geometry
- The Blueprint of Everything
- Narrated by: Tom Merrill
- Length: 40 mins
- Release date: 24-06-25
- Language: English
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Evolution Talk
- The Who, What, Why, and How Behind the Oldest Story Ever Told
- By: Rick Coste
- Narrated by: Rick Coste
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Before Charles Darwin, other luminaries planted the seeds that would one day evolve into the theory that would make him famous. Author Rick Coste begins by shining a spotlight on the writers, philosophers, and scientists who planted the seeds that would blossom into the theory of evolution by natural selection, from Aristotle’s big ideas to young Mary Anning’s discovery of the first ichthyosaur skeleton. After exploring the contributions of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace, Evolution Talk investigates the very beginnings of life itself.
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Superb account of evolution and the history of it.
- By Adam Sheardown on 31-10-22
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Evolution Talk
- The Who, What, Why, and How Behind the Oldest Story Ever Told
- Narrated by: Rick Coste
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 15-10-22
- Language: English
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The Workshop and the World
- What Ten Thinkers Can Teach Us About Science and Authority
- By: Robert P. Crease
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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When does a scientific discovery become accepted fact? Why have scientific facts become easy to deny? And what can we do about it? In The Workshop and the World, philosopher and science historian Robert P. Crease answers these questions by describing the origins of our scientific infrastructure - the “workshop” - and the role of 10 of the world’s greatest thinkers in shaping it. As today’s politicians and government officials increasingly accuse scientists of dishonesty, conspiracy, and even hoaxes, engaged citizens wonder how we got to this level of distrust....
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The Workshop and the World
- What Ten Thinkers Can Teach Us About Science and Authority
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 26-03-19
- Language: English
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The World as We Know It
- From Natural Philosophy to Modern Science
- By: Peter Dear
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Science is the basis of our assumptions about ourselves and our world, from ideas about our evolutionary past to our conceptions of the vast expanses of space and the smallest particles of matter. In this panoramic book, acclaimed historian of science Peter Dear uncovers the roots of such beliefs, revealing how they constitute a natural philosophy that has been developed and refined over the course of centuries—and how the world as we have come to know it was by no means inevitable.
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The World as We Know It
- From Natural Philosophy to Modern Science
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 07-10-25
- Language: English
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Counting
- Humans, History and the Infinite Lives of Numbers
- By: Benjamin Wardhaugh
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE PRIZE 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NEUMANN PRIZE 2025 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?...
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Counting
- 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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The Germ in the Dairy Pail
- The 200-Year War on the World’s Most Amazing Food–Milk
- By: Forrest Maready
- Narrated by: Forrest Maready
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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From the author of The Moth in the Iron Lung comes a riveting exploration of how science, technology, and fear transformed our relationship with one of humanity's most ancient foods. Once revered as nature's perfect nourishment, milk became public enemy number one as germ theory unleashed collective panic about the invisible world within our food. Forrest Maready uncovers the fascinating, forgotten story of how this fear—epitomized by the notorious "swill milk" scandal—reshaped our food landscape forever.
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The Germ in the Dairy Pail
- The 200-Year War on the World’s Most Amazing Food–Milk
- Narrated by: Forrest Maready
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 18-06-25
- Language: English
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A Pox on Fools
- The Grifters and Cynics Who Want Us to Reject Vaccines
- By: Thomas Levenson
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Tom Levenson's brilliant, short historical book exposes the refusal of the anti-vax movement to accept the reality of communicable diseases and how to prevent them. Vaccines in earlier times provoked fear of the new and seemed to limit the liberty of individuals, but we are now dealing with historical amnesia on a grand scale: the anti-vaxxers have forgotten, or never knew, how terrifying life was with diseases like polio and mumps.
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A Pox on Fools
- The Grifters and Cynics Who Want Us to Reject Vaccines
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 28-05-26
- Language: English
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Superconductivity
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Stephen J. Blundell
- Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
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Superconductivity is one of the most exciting areas of research in physics today. Outlining the history of its discovery and the race to understand its many mysterious and counterintuitive phenomena, this Very Short Introduction audiobook explains in accessible terms the theories that have been developed and how they have influenced other areas of science, including the Higgs boson of particle physics and ideas about the early universe.
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Superconductivity
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 22-06-21
- Language: English
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Crystal Fire
- The Birth of the Information Age
- By: Michael Riordan, Lillian Hoddeson
- Narrated by: Dennis McKee
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
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Crystal Fire is a tale of the human factors in technology; the pride and jealousies coupled with scientific and economic aspiration that led to the creation of modern microelectronics and ignited the greatest technological explosion in history.
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Couldnt Finish It!
- By Darryl on 05-02-08
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Crystal Fire
- The Birth of the Information Age
- Narrated by: Dennis McKee
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 17-11-00
- Language: English
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The Only Woman in the Room
- Why Science Is Still a Boys' Club
- By: Eileen Pollack
- Narrated by: Gayle Hendrix
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
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In 2005, when Lawrence Summers, then president of Harvard, asked why so few women, even today, achieve tenured positions in the hard sciences, Eileen Pollack set out to find the answer. A successful fiction writer, Pollack had grown up in the 1960s and '70s dreaming of a career as a theoretical astrophysicist. Denied the chance to take advanced courses in science and math, she nonetheless made her way to Yale.
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interesting
- By Roxana on 28-04-23
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The Only Woman in the Room
- Why Science Is Still a Boys' Club
- Narrated by: Gayle Hendrix
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 28-04-16
- 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
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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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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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The Darwin Myth
- The Life and Lies of Charles Darwin
- By: Benjamin Wiker Ph.D.
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
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Scientists often challenge conventional wisdom and spark debates that last for generations. But no scientist has fuelled more debate than Charles Darwin. To some he is the revolutionary 'father' of evolution. To others he is the perverse 'originator' of modern eugenics. In The Darwin Myth: The Life and Lies of Charles Darwin, author Benjamin Wiker brings these conflicting identities to light.
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The Darwin Myth
- The Life and Lies of Charles Darwin
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 31-12-09
- Language: English
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Immortality
- A User's Guide
- By: Steven Johnson
- Narrated by: Steven Johnson
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
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Immortality: A User's Guide takes listeners on a thrilling journey through recent scientific history and reveals the cutting-edge technology that may help us live deep into our second centuries. Featuring insightful conversations with longevity experts, archival footage, immersive sound design, and Johnson's trademark storytelling, Immortality explores the recent paradigm shift in our understanding of aging and wrestles with what we should do, as a society, to prepare for advances in science and technology that may radically transform the potential length of human life.
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Immortality
- A User's Guide
- Narrated by: Steven Johnson
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Release date: 11-01-24
- Language: English
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