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The Life and Times of Black Holes
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Chris Impey
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The astonishing science of black holes and their role in understanding the history and future of our universe.
Black holes are the most extreme objects in the universe, and yet they are ubiquitous. Every massive star leaves behind a black hole when it dies, and every galaxy harbors a supermassive black hole at its center. Frighteningly enigmatic, these dark giants continue to astound even the scientists who spend their careers studying them. Which came first, the galaxy or its central black hole? What happens if you travel into one - instant death or something weirder? And, perhaps most important, how can we ever know anything for sure about black holes when they destroy information by their very nature?
In Einstein’s Monsters, distinguished astronomer Chris Impey takes listeners on an exploration of these and other questions at the cutting edge of astrophysics, as well as the history of black holes’ role in theoretical physics - from confirming Einstein’s equations for general relativity to testing string theory. He blends this history with a poignant account of the phenomena scientists have witnessed while observing black holes: stars swarming like bees around the center of our galaxy; black holes performing gravitational waltzes with visible stars; the cymbal clash of two black holes colliding, releasing ripples in space-time.
Clear, compelling, and profound, Einstein’s Monsters reveals how our comprehension of black holes is intrinsically linked to how we make sense of the universe and our place within it. From the small questions to the big ones - from the tiniest particles to the nature of space-time itself - black holes might be the key to a deeper understanding of the cosmos.
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Complicated in its simplicity
- De Philomath en 06-13-17
De: Professor Brian Cox, y otros
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Coming of Age in the Milky Way
- De: Timothy Ferris
- Narrado por: Timothy Ferris
- Duración: 2 h y 44 m
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Humans have long sought to comprehend the enormities of cosmic space and time. Here, best selling science writer Timothy Ferris tells the story of that quest. He interweaves the majestic themes of astronomy, physics, religion, and philosophy with fresh and lasting portraits of the men and women who created what has been called our society's most precious treasure - its conception of the universe at large.
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Brief survey of discovery from Columbus to now
- De serine en 01-23-16
De: Timothy Ferris
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The Theory of Everything
- The Origin and Fate of the Universe
- De: Stephen Hawking
- Narrado por: Michael York
- Duración: 3 h y 55 m
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In physicist Stephen Hawking's brilliant opus, A Brief History of Time, he presented us with a bold new look at our universe, how it began, and how our old views of physics and tired theories about the creation of the universe were no longer relevant. In other words, Hawking gave us a new look at our world, our universe, and ourselves. Now, Hawking presents an even more comprehensive look at our universe, its creation, and how we see ourselves within it.
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Shares a lot of text with a Brief History of Time.
- De Roc Myers en 01-07-15
De: Stephen Hawking
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The Universe in the Rearview Mirror
- How Hidden Symmetries Shape Reality
- De: Dave Goldberg
- Narrado por: Chris Sorensen
- Duración: 10 h y 35 m
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A physicist speeds across space, time, and everything in between showing that our elegant universe from the Higgs boson to antimatter to the most massive group of galaxies is shaped by hidden symmetries that have driven all our recent discoveries about the universe and all the ones to come. Why is the sky dark at night? Is it possible to build a shrink-ray gun? If there is antimatter, can there be antipeople? Why are past, present, and future our only options? Are time and space like a butterfly's wings? No one but Dave Goldberg, the coolest nerd physicist on the planet, could give a hyper-drive tour of the universe like this one.
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Good, but for whom?
- De Michael en 08-31-13
De: Dave Goldberg
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The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics
- A Math-Free Exploration of the Science That Made Our World
- De: James Kakalios
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 9 h y 24 m
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In The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics, James Kakalios uses examples from comics and magazines to explain how breakthroughs in quantum mechanics led to such technologies as the World Wide Web, pocket-sized computers, mobile phones, and MRI machines.....
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The exhibits are missing from Audible
- De David en 12-13-10
De: James Kakalios
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Our Mathematical Universe
- My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
- De: Max Tegmark
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
- Duración: 15 h y 22 m
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Max Tegmark leads us on an astonishing journey through past, present and future, and through the physics, astronomy, and mathematics that are the foundation of his work, most particularly his hypothesis that our physical reality is a mathematical structure and his theory of the ultimate multiverse. In a dazzling combination of both popular and groundbreaking science, he not only helps us grasp his often mind-boggling theories, but he also shares with us some of the often surprising triumphs and disappointments that have shaped his life as a scientist.
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Wow!
- De Michael en 02-02-14
De: Max Tegmark
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Paradox
- The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics
- De: Jim Al-Khalili
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 6 h y 54 m
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Throughout history, scientists have come up with theories and ideas that just don't seem to make sense. These we call paradoxes. The paradoxes Al-Khalili offers are drawn chiefly from physics and astronomy and represent those that have stumped some of the finest minds. With elegant explanations that bring the listener inside the mind of those who've developed them, Al-Khalili helps us to see that, in fact, paradoxes can be solved if seen from the right angle.
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Almost Useless
- De Michael en 06-19-19
De: Jim Al-Khalili
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About Time
- Cosmology, Time and Culture at the Twilight of the Big Bang
- De: Adam Frank
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 13 h y 32 m
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The Big Bang is all but dead, and we do not yet know what will replace it. Our universe's "beginning" is at an end. What does this have to do with us here on Earth? Our lives are about to be dramatically shaken again - as altered as they were with the invention of the clock, the steam engine, the railroad, the radio and the Internet.
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More fluff than science
- De Ivan the Reviewer en 04-15-13
De: Adam Frank
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Einstein's Cosmos
- How Albert Einstein's Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time: Great Discoveries
- De: Michio Kaku
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 6 h y 30 m
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A dazzling tour of the universe as Einstein saw it. How did Albert Einstein come up with the theories that changed the way we look at the world? By thinking in pictures. Michio Kaku, leading theoretical physicist (a cofounder of string theory) and best-selling science storyteller, shows how Einstein used seemingly simple images to lead a revolution in science. With originality and expertise, Kaku uncovers the surprising beauty that lies at the heart of Einstein's cosmos
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Mix of science and the man
- De B. Ruple en 11-03-13
De: Michio Kaku
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The Island of Knowledge
- The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning
- De: Marcelo Gleiser
- Narrado por: William Neenan
- Duración: 10 h y 33 m
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How much can we know about the world? In this audiobook physicist Marcelo Gleiser traces our search for answers to the most fundamental questions of existence, the origin of the universe, the nature of reality, and the limits of knowledge. In so doing he reaches a provocative conclusion: Science, like religion, is fundamentally limited as a tool for understanding the world. As science and its philosophical interpretations advance, we face the unsettling recognition of how much we don't know.
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Island of knowledge
- De Joshua Kring en 07-26-15
De: Marcelo Gleiser
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Genesis
- The Story of How Everything Began
- De: Guido Tonelli, Erica Segre - translator, Simon Carnell - translator
- Narrado por: Damian Lynch
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
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A breakout best seller in Italy, now available for American listeners for the first time, Genesis: The Story of How Everything Began is a short, humanistic tour of the origins of the universe, earth, and life - drawing on the latest discoveries in physics to explain the seven most significant moments in the creation of the cosmos.
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This is soooo boring to listen to
- De A. Galer en 02-27-23
De: Guido Tonelli, y otros
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Origins
- The Scientific Story of Creation
- De: Jim Baggott
- Narrado por: Neil Scott-Barbour
- Duración: 16 h y 47 m
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What is the nature of the material world? How does it work? What is the universe and how was it formed? What is life? Where do we come from and how did we evolve? How and why do we think? What does it mean to be human? How do we know? There are many different versions of our creation story. This book tells the version according to modern science. It is a unique account, starting at the Big Bang and travelling right up to the emergence of humans as conscious intelligent beings, 13.8 billion years later.
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Interesting book, but WOW, the narrator ...
- De UH en 01-10-17
De: Jim Baggott
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Exoplanets
- Diamond Worlds, Super Earths, Pulsar Planets, and the New Search for Life Beyond Our Solar System
- De: Michael Summers
- Narrado por: Jon Bennett
- Duración: 5 h y 39 m
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Since its 2009 launch, the Kepler satellite has discovered more than 2,000 exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system. More exoplanets are being discovered all the time, remarkable in their variety. Astronomer Michael Summers and physicist James Trefil explore these remarkable recent discoveries: planets revolving around pulsars, planets made of diamond, planets that are mostly water, and numerous rogue planets wandering through the emptiness of space.
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FINALLY, an Attention-Grabbing Planet Book!
- De aaron en 05-11-17
De: Michael Summers
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Einstein's Unfinished Dream
- Practical Progress Towards a Theory of Everything
- De: Don Lincoln
- Narrado por: Daniel Henning
- Duración: 9 h y 56 m
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Humanity has long looked to the sky and marveled at the world around us. We've wondered why the world is the way it is and whether it has to be that way. And we dream of a time when we have developed a theory of everything—a theory that answers all questions. Einstein's Unfinished Dream explores the cutting-edge research of modern particle physicists that pushes us slowly towards a theory of everything....
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Simple to understand but….
- De dg en 06-10-24
De: Don Lincoln
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The Demon in the Machine
- How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life
- De: Paul Davies
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 9 h y 13 m
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What is life? In this penetrating and wide-ranging book, world-renowned physicist and science communicator Paul Davies searches for answers in a field so new and fast-moving that it lacks a name; it is a domain where biology, computing, logic, chemistry, quantum physics, and nanotechnology intersect.
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Thought Provoking
- De Amazon Customer en 08-26-24
De: Paul Davies
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How It Began
- A Time-Traveler's Guide to the Universe
- De: Chris Impey
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 12 h y 40 m
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In this vibrant, eye-opening tour of milestones in the history of our universe, Chris Impey guides us through space and time, leading us from the familiar sights of the night sky to the dazzlingly strange aftermath of the Big Bang. What if we could look into space and see not only our place in the universe but also how we came to be here? As it happens, we can. Because it takes time for light to travel, we see more and more distant regions of the universe as they were in the successively greater past.
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Impey, the story-teller
- De Thomas en 10-11-12
De: Chris Impey
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What Is Real?
- The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics
- De: Adam Becker
- Narrado por: Greg Tremblay
- Duración: 11 h y 45 m
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Every physicist agrees quantum mechanics is among humanity's finest scientific achievements. But ask what it means, and the result will be a brawl. For a century, most physicists have followed Niels Bohr's Copenhagen interpretation and dismissed questions about the reality underlying quantum physics as meaningless. A mishmash of solipsism and poor reasoning, Copenhagen endured, as Bohr's students vigorously protected his legacy, and the physics community favored practical experiments over philosophical arguments.
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Good, "light" "read"... potential caveat below...
- De James S. en 03-31-18
De: Adam Becker
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This Way to the Universe
- A Theoretical Physicist's Journey to the Edge of Reality
- De: Michael Dine
- Narrado por: Michael Dine
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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This Way to the Universe is a celebration of the astounding, ongoing scientific investigations that have revealed the nature of reality at its smallest, at its largest, and at the scale of our daily lives. The enigmas that Professor Michael Dine discusses are like landmarks on a fantastic journey to the edge of the universe. Asked where to find out about the big bang, dark matter, the Higgs boson particle - the long cutting edge of physics right now - Dine had no single book he could recommend. This is his accessible, authoritative, and up-to-date answer.
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Interesting but far above my intellect
- De Richard M. en 04-25-23
De: Michael Dine
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The Singularity Is Nearer
- When We Merge with AI
- De: Ray Kurzweil
- Narrado por: Adam Barr
- Duración: 10 h y 25 m
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Since it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity Is Near and its vision of the future have been influential in spawning a worldwide movement with millions of followers, hundreds of books, major films, and thousands of articles. During the succeeding decade, many of Kurzweil's predictions about technological advancements have been borne out, and their viability has become familiar to the public through such now commonplace concepts. In this entirely new book Ray Kurzweil brings a fresh perspective to advances in the singularity.
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victory lap
- De Anonymous User en 06-30-24
De: Ray Kurzweil
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Einstein's Unfinished Dream
- Practical Progress Towards a Theory of Everything
- De: Don Lincoln
- Narrado por: Daniel Henning
- Duración: 9 h y 56 m
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Humanity has long looked to the sky and marveled at the world around us. We've wondered why the world is the way it is and whether it has to be that way. And we dream of a time when we have developed a theory of everything—a theory that answers all questions. Einstein's Unfinished Dream explores the cutting-edge research of modern particle physicists that pushes us slowly towards a theory of everything....
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Simple to understand but….
- De dg en 06-10-24
De: Don Lincoln
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The Demon in the Machine
- How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life
- De: Paul Davies
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 9 h y 13 m
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What is life? In this penetrating and wide-ranging book, world-renowned physicist and science communicator Paul Davies searches for answers in a field so new and fast-moving that it lacks a name; it is a domain where biology, computing, logic, chemistry, quantum physics, and nanotechnology intersect.
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Thought Provoking
- De Amazon Customer en 08-26-24
De: Paul Davies
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How It Began
- A Time-Traveler's Guide to the Universe
- De: Chris Impey
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 12 h y 40 m
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In this vibrant, eye-opening tour of milestones in the history of our universe, Chris Impey guides us through space and time, leading us from the familiar sights of the night sky to the dazzlingly strange aftermath of the Big Bang. What if we could look into space and see not only our place in the universe but also how we came to be here? As it happens, we can. Because it takes time for light to travel, we see more and more distant regions of the universe as they were in the successively greater past.
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Impey, the story-teller
- De Thomas en 10-11-12
De: Chris Impey
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What Is Real?
- The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics
- De: Adam Becker
- Narrado por: Greg Tremblay
- Duración: 11 h y 45 m
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Every physicist agrees quantum mechanics is among humanity's finest scientific achievements. But ask what it means, and the result will be a brawl. For a century, most physicists have followed Niels Bohr's Copenhagen interpretation and dismissed questions about the reality underlying quantum physics as meaningless. A mishmash of solipsism and poor reasoning, Copenhagen endured, as Bohr's students vigorously protected his legacy, and the physics community favored practical experiments over philosophical arguments.
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Good, "light" "read"... potential caveat below...
- De James S. en 03-31-18
De: Adam Becker
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This Way to the Universe
- A Theoretical Physicist's Journey to the Edge of Reality
- De: Michael Dine
- Narrado por: Michael Dine
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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This Way to the Universe is a celebration of the astounding, ongoing scientific investigations that have revealed the nature of reality at its smallest, at its largest, and at the scale of our daily lives. The enigmas that Professor Michael Dine discusses are like landmarks on a fantastic journey to the edge of the universe. Asked where to find out about the big bang, dark matter, the Higgs boson particle - the long cutting edge of physics right now - Dine had no single book he could recommend. This is his accessible, authoritative, and up-to-date answer.
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Interesting but far above my intellect
- De Richard M. en 04-25-23
De: Michael Dine
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The Singularity Is Nearer
- When We Merge with AI
- De: Ray Kurzweil
- Narrado por: Adam Barr
- Duración: 10 h y 25 m
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Since it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity Is Near and its vision of the future have been influential in spawning a worldwide movement with millions of followers, hundreds of books, major films, and thousands of articles. During the succeeding decade, many of Kurzweil's predictions about technological advancements have been borne out, and their viability has become familiar to the public through such now commonplace concepts. In this entirely new book Ray Kurzweil brings a fresh perspective to advances in the singularity.
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- De Anonymous User en 06-30-24
De: Ray Kurzweil
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Einstein's Monsters
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- T. E.J.
- 04-26-23
Enjoyable
Very enjoyable. A nice breakdown of a very complicated subject. Almost as good as my favorite blackhole book by Dr. Becky Smethurst : A Brief History of Black Holes.
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- John Funk
- 04-09-20
facinating
This book is on a truly facinating topic by a master blackhole scientist and writer !!
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-02-21
Above my brain grade
Being first book in this field was a little lost but still great book of info and good to put into subconscious.
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- Clintok
- 11-06-19
This is my 3rd listen Won't be my last
I love this book. It has educated me on my favorite things to think about, black holes. The cosmic mystery is shown bare
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