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The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.
Contents:
Galileo who wanted to show that the earth went around the sun
René Descartes, the Frenchman who famously said ‘I think, therefore I am’
Sir Isaac Newton who proved how gravity works
Carl Friedrich Gauss, ‘the Prince of Mathematicians’
Charles Babbage who invented computers
Ada Lovelace who wrote the first computer program
BRITISH ENGLISH
Word count: 8,351
Headword count: 790
PLUS: visit collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials.
This book is Level 2 in the Collins ELT Readers series.
Level 2 is equivalent to CEF level A2-B1.
About the Amazing People series:
A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen.
Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character’s life, giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure.
After each story, a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research.
Created in association with The Amazing People Club.
About Collins ELT Readers:
Collins ELT Readers are divided into four levels:
Level 1 – elementary (A2)
Level 2 – pre-intermediate (A2–B1)
Level 3 – intermediate (B1)
Level 4 – upper intermediate (B2)
Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.
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- Duración: 3 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Discover the lives and poltical history of German politician and demagogue Adolf Hitler - leader of the Nazi Party, chancellor of Germany, and führer of Nazi Germany - and Joseph Stalin, dictator of the Soviet Union.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best informative.
- De Phyllis S Lopez en 10-25-19
De: The History Hour
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The Strangest Man
- The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom
- De: Graham Farmelo
- Narrado por: B. J. Harrison
- Duración: 19 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 644
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 449
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 456
Paul Dirac was among the great scientific geniuses of the modern age. One of the discoverers of quantum mechanics, the most revolutionary theory of the past century, his contributions had a unique insight, eloquence, clarity, and mathematical power. His prediction of antimatter was one of the greatest triumphs in the history of physics.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent biography of great physicist
- De Eileen en 05-09-13
De: Graham Farmelo
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Rosalind Franklin
- A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of Women in History)
- De: Hourly History
- Narrado por: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Duración: 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 5
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 5
Rosalind Franklin was what can only be called an overlooked genius. Although she was not fully credited for the feat at the time, her work led to major breakthroughs in our understanding of DNA. In fact, she took the first X-ray photo of DNA in all of its double helix glory. By the time her former colleagues were being showered with accolades for results they made at least partially based on her findings, Franklin would not be around to see it. Sadly, it’s believed that her use of X-ray equipment gave her terminal cancer, cutting her life short at age 37.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Covers the facts
- De Freda St en 08-21-24
De: Hourly History
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Headstrong
- 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World
- De: Rachel Swaby
- Narrado por: Lauren Fortgang
- Duración: 7 h y 1 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 54
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54
In 2013, the New York Times published an obituary for Yvonne Brill. It began: “She made a mean beef stroganoff, followed her husband from job to job, and took eight years off from work to raise three children.” It wasn’t until the second paragraph that readers discovered why the Times had devoted several hundred words to her life: Brill was a brilliant rocket scientist who invented a propulsion system to keep communications satellites in orbit, and had recently been awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Role models for young women
- De mtsuda90 en 06-25-16
De: Rachel Swaby
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A Mind at Play
- How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age
- De: Rob Goodman, Jimmy Soni
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 11 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 528
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 451
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 451
Claude Shannon was a tinkerer, a playful wunderkind, a groundbreaking polymath, and a digital pioneer whose insights made the Information Age possible. He constructed fire-breathing trumpets and customized unicycles, outfoxed Vegas casinos, and built juggling robots, but he also wrote the seminal text of the Digital Revolution. That work allowed scientists to measure and manipulate information as objectively as any physical object. His work gave mathematicians and engineers the tools to bring that world to pass.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I wanted more information about Information Theory
- De Bonny en 05-08-18
De: Rob Goodman, y otros
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The Upright Thinkers
- The Human Journey From Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos
- De: Leonard Mlodinow
- Narrado por: Leonard Mlodinow
- Duración: 12 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 202
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 178
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 179
In this fascinating and illuminating work, Leonard Mlodinow guides us through the critical eras and events in the development of science, all of which, he demonstrates, were propelled forward by humankind's collective struggle to know. From the birth of reasoning and culture to the formation of the studies of physics, chemistry, biology, and modern-day quantum physics, we come to see that much of our progress can be attributed to simple questions - why? how? - bravely asked.
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5 out of 5 stars
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10/10 Got What I Wanted.
- De Austin en 09-22-15
De: Leonard Mlodinow
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Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track
- Selected Letters of Richard Feynman
- De: Richard P. Feynman
- Narrado por: Richard Poe, Johanna Parker
- Duración: 9 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 189
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 105
Few scientists have enthralled more people than Richard P. Feynman, the Nobel Prize winner and best-selling author of Six Easy Pieces and Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Beloved for his engaging character and zest for life, he is an American icon. In this selection of letters, Feynman's towering genius and singular personality shine like dazzling stars.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely delightful
- De csk en 07-07-05
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The Genesis of Science
- How the Christian Middle Ages Launched the Scientific Revolution
- De: James Hannam
- Narrado por: Rich Germaine
- Duración: 13 h y 35 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
If you were taught that the Middle Ages were a time of intellectual stagnation, superstition, and ignorance, you were taught a myth that has been utterly refuted by modern scholarship. As a physicist and historian of science James Hannam shows in his brilliant new book, The Genesis of Science: How the Christian Middle Ages Launched the Scientific Revolution, without the scholarship of the "barbaric" Middle Ages, modern science simply would not exist. The Middle Ages were a time of one intellectual triumph after another.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Insightful!
- De John en 07-07-15
De: James Hannam
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Tesla vs Edison
- A Captivating Guide to the War of the Currents and the Life of Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Duke Holm
- Duración: 4 h y 23 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 28
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 28
Human history has seen many surprising and profound turning points. The ways that humans learned to use raw materials to create activity and resources set the stage for the most compelling and life-altering phase of the modern era, the Industrial Revolution. Born during this time on different continents but connected by similar interests, two men indelibly marked their generation and those that followed with their genius and foresight. This audiobook covers the war of currents and the individual lives of Tesla and Edison.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Arduous
- De Hasbro en 10-22-18
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Scientific Revolution
- A Captivating Guide to the Emergence of Modern Science During the Early Modern Period and the Life of Galileo Galilei
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Kevin Hung-Liang
- Duración: 5 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 24
If you want to discover the captivating history of the Scientific Revolution, then pay attention...Two captivating manuscripts in one audiobook: The Scientific Revolution: A Captivating Guide to the Emergence of Modern Science During the Early Modern Period, Including Stories of Thinkers Such as Isaac Newton and René Descartes and Galileo Galilei: A Captivating Guide to an Italian Astronomer, Physicist, and Engineer and His Impact on the History of Science. So if you want to learn more about the Scientific Revolution and Galileo Galilei listen to this audiobook now!
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5 out of 5 stars
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great info, worst narratorever.
- De Pat Newell en 08-10-21
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Stephen Hawking: His Life and Work
- De: Kitty Ferguson
- Narrado por: Carole Boyd
- Duración: 12 h y 59 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 55
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 52
Stephen Hawking is one of the most remarkable figures of our time, a Cambridge genius who has earned international celebrity as a brilliant theoretical physicist and become an inspiration and revelation to those who have witnessed his courageous triumph over disability. This is Hawking's life story by Kitty Ferguson, who has had special help from Hawking himself and his close associates and who has a gift for translating the language of theoretical physics for non-scientists.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not What it Appears
- De Heizenberg en 04-04-12
De: Kitty Ferguson
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The Most Productive People in History: 18 Extraordinarily Prolific Inventors, Artists, and Entrepreneurs, from Archimedes to Elon Musk
- De: Michael Rank
- Narrado por: Kevin Meyer
- Duración: 5 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 101
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 81
They never knew how he did it. Few composers write more than one or two symphonies in their lifetimes. Beethoven spent a year on his shorter symphonies but more than six years on his 9th Symphony. The prodigy Mozart finished his last three symphonies (39, 40, and 41) in the span of a few weeks. His 25th Symphony took only two days.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extremely good. It can save you from burnout.
- De Peter en 02-14-21
De: Michael Rank
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Magnificent Rebels
- The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self
- De: Andrea Wulf
- Narrado por: Julie Teal
- Duración: 15 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 104
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 104
When did we begin to be as self-centered as we are today? At what point did we expect to have the right to determine our own lives? When did we first ask the question, how can I be free? It all began in the 1790s in a quiet university town in Germany when a group of playwrights, poets, and writers put the self at center stage in their thinking, writing, and their lives.
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4 out of 5 stars
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fascinating overall, too much drama
- De soup cook en 11-27-22
De: Andrea Wulf
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The Glass Universe
- How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
- De: Dava Sobel
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 118
Number-one New York Times best-selling author Dava Sobel returns with the captivating, little-known true story of a group of women whose remarkable contributions to the burgeoning field of astronomy forever changed our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe.
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4 out of 5 stars
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But the seeing, which was everything, was better
- De Cynthia en 01-07-17
De: Dava Sobel
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The Metaphysical Club
- De: Louis Menand
- Narrado por: Henry Leyva
- Duración: 6 h y 53 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 304
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 167
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 163
Hardly a club in the conventional sense, the organization referred to in the title of this superb literary hybrid (part history, part biography, part philosophy) consisted of four members and probably existed for less than nine months.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Great American Experiment
- De Victoria en 12-08-03
De: Louis Menand
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The Hidden Habits of Genius
- Beyond Talent, IQ, and Grit - Unlocking the Secrets of Greatness
- De: Craig Wright
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 10 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 362
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 318
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 315
What is genius? The word evokes iconic figures like Einstein, Beethoven, Picasso, and Steve Jobs, whose cultural contributions have irreversibly shaped society. Yet Beethoven could not multiply. Picasso couldn’t pass a fourth grade math test. And Jobs left high school with a 2.65 GPA. The Hidden Habits of Genius explores the meaning of this contested term, and the unexpected motivations of those we have dubbed "genius" throughout history, from Charles Darwin and Marie Curie to Leonardo Da Vinci and Andy Warhol to Toni Morrison and Elon Musk.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Click-bait title, minimal substance inside
- De James S. en 11-27-20
De: Craig Wright