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A thrilling nonfiction tour of the cosmos that brings the universe down to Earth, from one of the all-time masters of science fiction.
No one makes sense out of science like Isaac Asimov. Are you puzzled by pulsars? Baffled by black holes? Bewildered by the big bang? If so, here are succinct, crystal-clear answers to more than 100 of the most significant questions about the essential nature of the universe - questions that have fired the imagination since the beginning of history.
Over the course of this fantastic voyage, the origins, the discoveries, and the stunning achievements of astronomy will unfold before your eyes. You will experience close encounters with giant planets, exploding stars, distant galaxies, and more. For anyone who has ever asked the ultimate questions, who has ever looked up at the sky and asked What in heaven is going on?, Isaac Asimov's unique vision, skill, and authority will bring the big picture into focus.
"A fine introduction to modern astronomical theory." (Library Journal)
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In 1959, the Soviet probe Luna 3 took the first photos of the far side of the Moon. Even in their poor resolution, the images stunned scientists: The far side is an enormous mountainous expanse, not the vast lava plains seen from Earth. Subsequent missions have confirmed this in much greater detail. How could this be, and what might it tell us about our own place in the universe? As it turns out, quite a lot. When the Earth Had Two Moons is an astonishing exploration of planet formation and the origins of life by one of the world’s most innovative planetary geologists.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Poorly written, poorly narrated
- De RickyF en 05-11-23
De: Erik Asphaug
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Forces of Nature
- De: Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen
- Narrado por: Samuel West
- Duración: 7 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 490
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 438
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 432
Professor Brian Cox uncovers some of the most extraordinary natural events on Earth and in the universe and beyond. From the immensity of the universe and the roundness of Earth to the form of every single snowflake, the forces of nature shape everything we see. Pushed to extremes, the results are astonishing. In seeking to understand the everyday world, the colours, structure, behaviour and history of our home, we develop the knowledge and techniques necessary to step beyond the everyday.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Complicated in its simplicity
- De Philomath en 06-13-17
De: Professor Brian Cox, y otros
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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
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 179
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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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5 out of 5 stars
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FINALLY, an Attention-Grabbing Planet Book!
- De aaron en 05-11-17
De: Michael Summers
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Coming of Age in the Milky Way
- De: Timothy Ferris
- Narrado por: Timothy Ferris
- Duración: 2 h y 44 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 114
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 64
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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2 out of 5 stars
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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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A Brief Welcome to the Universe
- A Pocket-Sized Tour
- De: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, J. Richard Gott
- Narrado por: Neil Hellegers
- Duración: 4 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 53
A Brief Welcome to the Universe offers a breathtaking tour of the cosmos, from planets, stars, and galaxies to black holes and time loops. Best-selling authors and acclaimed astrophysicists Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott take listeners on an unforgettable journey of exploration to reveal how our universe actually works. Propelling you from our home solar system to the outermost frontiers of space, this book builds your cosmic insight and perspective through a marvelously entertaining narrative.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A brief welcome for everyone
- De Ashley F en 08-24-24
De: Neil deGrasse Tyson, y otros
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How to Speak Science
- Gravity, Relativity, and Other Ideas That Were Crazy Until Proven Brilliant
- De: Bruce Benamran, Stephanie Delozier Strobel
- Narrado por: Braden Wright
- Duración: 13 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 219
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 196
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 193
As smartphones, supercomputers, supercolliders, and AI propel us into an ever more unfamiliar future, How to Speak Science takes us on a rollicking historical tour of the greatest discoveries and ideas that make today's cutting-edge technologies possible. Wanting everyone to be able to "speak" science, YouTube science guru Bruce Benamran explains - as accessibly and wittily as in his acclaimed videos - the fundamental ideas of the physical world: matter, life, the solar system, light, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, special and general relativity, and much more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wowzers!
- De Ralph Temblador en 02-15-21
De: Bruce Benamran, y otros
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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
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,131
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 930
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 922
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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5 out of 5 stars
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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 Your Hand
- A Journey Through Space, Time, and Beyond
- De: Christophe Galfard
- Narrado por: Ray Chase
- Duración: 9 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 166
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 150
Christophe Galfard's mission in life is to spread modern scientific ideas to the general public in entertaining ways. Using his considerable skills as a brilliant theoretical physicist and successful young-adult author, The Universe in Your Hand employs the immediacy of simple, direct language to show us, not explain to us, the theories that underpin everything we know about our universe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome
- De AJ en 02-28-17
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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
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 58
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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3 out of 5 stars
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Good, but for whom?
- De Michael en 08-31-13
De: Dave Goldberg
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The Physics of Star Trek
- De: Lawrence M. Krauss
- Narrado por: Larry McKeever
- Duración: 6 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 407
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 264
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 262
What actually happens when the words, "beam me up, Scottie" are uttered? What "warps" when something travels at warp speed? Internationally renowned theoretical physicist and educator Lawrence M. Krauss provides matter-of-fact scientific explanations of the physics of Star Trek in this highly creative and informative guide for both the devoted Trekkie and the physics novice.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting Book. Quite Technical
- De Christopher B. en 12-07-04
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The Planets
- De: Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen
- Narrado por: Samuel West
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 500
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 431
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 430
Mercury, a lifeless victim of the Sun’s expanding power. Venus, once thought to be lush and fertile, now known to be trapped within a toxic and boiling atmosphere. Mars, the red planet, doomed by the loss of its atmosphere. Jupiter, twice the size of all the other planets combined, but insubstantial. Saturn, a stunning celestial beauty, the jewel of our Solar System. Uranus, the sideways planet and the first ice giant. Neptune, dark, cold and whipped by supersonic winds. Pluto, the dwarf planet, a frozen rock.
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3 out of 5 stars
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baroque and flowery verbiage
- De Chris en 01-14-20
De: Professor Brian Cox, y otros
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Five Billion Years of Solitude
- The Search for Life Among the Stars
- De: Lee Billings
- Narrado por: Lee Billings
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 56
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 50
Since its formation nearly five billion years ago, our planet has been the sole living world in a vast and silent universe. Now, Earth's isolation is coming to an end. Over the past two decades, astronomers have discovered thousands of "exoplanets" orbiting other stars, including some that could be similar to our own world. Studying those distant planets for signs of life will be crucial to understanding life's intricate mysteries right here on Earth. In a firsthand account of this unfolding revolution, Lee Billings draws on interviews with top researchers.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Bloated
- De Dr A en 01-09-14
De: Lee Billings
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The Cosmic Cocktail
- Three Parts Dark Matter
- De: Katherine Freese
- Narrado por: Tamara Marston
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 103
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 87
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 87
The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe - from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars - constitute only 5 percent of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The rest is known as dark matter and dark energy, because their precise identities are unknown. The Cosmic Cocktail is the inside story of the epic quest to solve one of the most compelling enigmas of modern science - what is the universe made of? - told by one of today’s foremost pioneers in the study of dark matter.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I was looking for a book about science....
- De Jeff en 03-27-15
De: Katherine Freese
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Origins
- The Scientific Story of Creation
- De: Jim Baggott
- Narrado por: Neil Scott-Barbour
- Duración: 16 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 60
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting book, but WOW, the narrator ...
- De UH en 01-10-17
De: Jim Baggott
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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
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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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2 out of 5 stars
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Almost Useless
- De Michael en 06-19-19
De: Jim Al-Khalili
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To Explain the World
- The Discovery of Modern Science
- De: Steven Weinberg
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 10 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 261
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 220
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 218
In this rich, irreverent, and compelling history, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg takes us across centuries, from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad and Oxford, from Plato's Academy and the Museum of Alexandria to the cathedral school of Chartres and the Royal Society of London. He shows that the scientists of ancient and medieval times not only did not understand what we understand about the world--they did not understand what there is to understand or how to understand it.
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4 out of 5 stars
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How the world created a Newton
- De Gary en 03-02-15
De: Steven Weinberg
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Einstein's Unfinished Revolution
- The Search for What Lies Beyond the Quantum
- De: Lee Smolin
- Narrado por: Katharine Lee McEwan
- Duración: 10 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 342
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 298
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 299
A daring new vision of quantum theory from one of the leading minds of contemporary physics. In Einstein's Unfinished Revolution, theoretical physicist Lee Smolin provocatively argues that the problems that have bedeviled quantum physics since its inception are unsolved and unsolvable, for the simple reason that the theory is incomplete.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome Smolin
- De Michael en 05-14-19
De: Lee Smolin
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Spaceflight: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiosity
- Smithsonian
- De: Giles Sparrow
- Narrado por: Emma Hignett
- Duración: 16 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 20
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 15
This compelling story of exploration charts and celebrates humankind in space, from Sputnik's launch in 1957 through the Apollo moon landings and the International Space Station to future missions to Mars and beyond. Spaceflight chronicles how, in the six decades that followed Sputnik, the world was revolutionized by space travel and exploration. The opening up of Earth's orbit to satellites led to a revolution in communications, monitoring of the environment, and materials science.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narration of an Encyclopedia
- De Hunter en 05-05-23
De: Giles Sparrow
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The Medicine Book
- De: DK
- Narrado por: Jonathan Oliver
- Duración: 16 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7
This audiobook explores big questions like these, explaining the breakthroughs and discoveries that have shaped our modern-day understanding of medicine and helped us protect and promote our health. Written in plain English, The Medicine Book cuts through the jargon and is packed with pithy explanations of the most important milestones in medical history to untangle knotty concepts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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super diverse topics
- De Matthew M. en 04-04-24
De: DK
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The Code
- Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America
- De: Margaret O'Mara
- Narrado por: Nan McNamara
- Duración: 19 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 241
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 209
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 208
Long before Margaret O'Mara became one of our most consequential historians of the American-led digital revolution, she worked in the White House of Bill Clinton and Al Gore in the earliest days of the commercial Internet. There, she saw firsthand how deeply intertwined Silicon Valley was with the federal government - and always had been - and how shallow the common understanding of the secrets of the Valley's success actually was.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mostly good, but also irrating
- De Rodney en 12-20-20
De: Margaret O'Mara
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A Philip K. Dick Collection
- De: Philip K. Dick
- Narrado por: Andy Harrington
- Duración: 11 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
From the author of science-fiction classics such as The Man in the High Castle and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? comes a collection of 13 short stories of dystopic visions of technological terror, post-nuclear holocaust warfare, time travel, space travel, man vs. alien, man vs. machine, man becomes machine, man becomes plant, and other fantastic tales performed in a vividly dramatic narration by Andy Harrington.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Unfortunately mediocre
- De Anonymous User en 03-14-23
De: Philip K. Dick
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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
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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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5 out of 5 stars
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Thought Provoking
- De Amazon Customer en 08-26-24
De: Paul Davies
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Einstein's Unfinished Revolution
- The Search for What Lies Beyond the Quantum
- De: Lee Smolin
- Narrado por: Katharine Lee McEwan
- Duración: 10 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 342
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 298
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 299
A daring new vision of quantum theory from one of the leading minds of contemporary physics. In Einstein's Unfinished Revolution, theoretical physicist Lee Smolin provocatively argues that the problems that have bedeviled quantum physics since its inception are unsolved and unsolvable, for the simple reason that the theory is incomplete.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome Smolin
- De Michael en 05-14-19
De: Lee Smolin
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Spaceflight: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiosity
- Smithsonian
- De: Giles Sparrow
- Narrado por: Emma Hignett
- Duración: 16 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 20
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 15
This compelling story of exploration charts and celebrates humankind in space, from Sputnik's launch in 1957 through the Apollo moon landings and the International Space Station to future missions to Mars and beyond. Spaceflight chronicles how, in the six decades that followed Sputnik, the world was revolutionized by space travel and exploration. The opening up of Earth's orbit to satellites led to a revolution in communications, monitoring of the environment, and materials science.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narration of an Encyclopedia
- De Hunter en 05-05-23
De: Giles Sparrow
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The Medicine Book
- De: DK
- Narrado por: Jonathan Oliver
- Duración: 16 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7
This audiobook explores big questions like these, explaining the breakthroughs and discoveries that have shaped our modern-day understanding of medicine and helped us protect and promote our health. Written in plain English, The Medicine Book cuts through the jargon and is packed with pithy explanations of the most important milestones in medical history to untangle knotty concepts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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super diverse topics
- De Matthew M. en 04-04-24
De: DK
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The Code
- Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America
- De: Margaret O'Mara
- Narrado por: Nan McNamara
- Duración: 19 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 241
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 209
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 208
Long before Margaret O'Mara became one of our most consequential historians of the American-led digital revolution, she worked in the White House of Bill Clinton and Al Gore in the earliest days of the commercial Internet. There, she saw firsthand how deeply intertwined Silicon Valley was with the federal government - and always had been - and how shallow the common understanding of the secrets of the Valley's success actually was.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mostly good, but also irrating
- De Rodney en 12-20-20
De: Margaret O'Mara
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A Philip K. Dick Collection
- De: Philip K. Dick
- Narrado por: Andy Harrington
- Duración: 11 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
From the author of science-fiction classics such as The Man in the High Castle and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? comes a collection of 13 short stories of dystopic visions of technological terror, post-nuclear holocaust warfare, time travel, space travel, man vs. alien, man vs. machine, man becomes machine, man becomes plant, and other fantastic tales performed in a vividly dramatic narration by Andy Harrington.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Unfortunately mediocre
- De Anonymous User en 03-14-23
De: Philip K. Dick
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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
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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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5 out of 5 stars
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Thought Provoking
- De Amazon Customer en 08-26-24
De: Paul Davies
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Journey of the Mind
- How Thinking Emerged from Chaos
- De: Ogi Ogas, Sai Gaddam
- Narrado por: Cary Hite
- Duración: 10 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 37
Why do minds exist? How did mud and stone develop into beings that can experience longing, regret, love, and compassion - beings that are aware of their own experience? Until recently, science offered few answers to these existential questions. Journey of the Mind is the first book to offer a unified account of the mind that explains how consciousness, language, the Self, and civilization emerged incrementally out of chaos.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Consciousness: objectively physical yet subjective
- De Jeffrey W. Rudisel en 04-16-22
De: Ogi Ogas, y otros
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Metropolis
- A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention
- De: Ben Wilson
- Narrado por: John Sackville
- Duración: 17 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 173
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 142
In a captivating tour of cities famous and forgotten, acclaimed historian Ben Wilson tells the glorious, millennia-spanning story how urban living sparked humankind's greatest innovations.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Sorry that I can’t rate it higher
- De BCM en 12-28-20
De: Ben Wilson
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Work
- A Deep History, from the Stone Age to the Age of Robots
- De: James Suzman
- Narrado por: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Duración: 13 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 336
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 284
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 283
Work defines who we are. It determines our status and dictates how, where, and with whom we spend most of our time. It mediates our self-worth and molds our values. But are we hardwired to work as hard as we do? Did our Stone Age ancestors also live to work and work to live? And what might a world where work plays a far less important role look like? To answer these questions, James Suzman charts a grand history of "work" from the origins of life on Earth to our ever more automated present, challenging some of our deepest assumptions about who we are.
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2 out of 5 stars
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if you like Jared Diamond's work, you'll like this
- De Mark en 04-09-22
De: James Suzman
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How the Earth Works
- De: Michael E. Wysession, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Michael E. Wysession
- Duración: 24 h y 31 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,734
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,512
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,494
How the Earth Works takes you on an astonishing journey through time and space. In 48 lectures, you will look at what went into making our planet - from the big bang, to the formation of the solar system, to the subsequent evolution of Earth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent course
- De Doug B. en 05-23-19
De: Michael E. Wysession, y otros
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Tales of Two Planets
- Stories of Climate Change and Inequality in a Divided World
- De: John Freeman - editor
- Narrado por: full cast, Bahni Turpin, Roy Vongtama, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 12
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 11
Building from his acclaimed anthology Tales of Two Americas, beloved writer and editor John Freeman draws together a group of our greatest writers from around the world to help us see how the environmental crisis is hitting some of the most vulnerable communities where they live. In the past five years, John Freeman, previously editor of Granta, has launched a celebrated international literary magazine, Freeman's, and compiled two acclaimed anthologies that deal with income inequality as it is experienced.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A so needed book!
- De Joce en 10-02-20
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The History of Philosophy
- De: A. C. Grayling
- Narrado por: Neil Gardner
- Duración: 28 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 102
The story of philosophy is an epic tale, spanning civilizations and continents. It explores some of the most creative minds in history. But not since the long-popular classic by Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy, published in 1945, has there been a comprehensive and entertaining single-volume history of this great, intellectual, world-shaping journey.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A much needed update to Bertrand Russell's classic
- De Michael en 06-27-20
De: A. C. Grayling
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Coders
- The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World
- De: Clive Thompson
- Narrado por: René Ruiz
- Duración: 13 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 402
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 345
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 343
From acclaimed tech writer Clive Thompson comes a brilliant anthropological reckoning with the most powerful tribe in the world today, computer programmers, in a book that interrogates who they are, how they think, what qualifies as greatness in their world, and what should give us pause. They are the most quietly influential people on the planet, and Coders shines a light on their culture.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Skip this book
- De Ben N. en 10-04-19
De: Clive Thompson
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The Feud that Sparked the Renaissance
- How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art World
- De: Paul Robert Walker
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 9 h y 31 m
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The dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore, the great cathedral of Florence, is among the most enduring symbols of the Renaissance, an equal to the works of Leonardo and Michelangelo. Its designer was Filippo Brunelleschi, a temperamental architect and inventor who rediscovered the techniques of mathematical perspective. Yet the completion of the dome was not Brunelleschi’s glory alone. He was forced to share the commission with his archrival, the canny and gifted sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti.
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Detailed history of the early Italian Renaissance
- De Roger en 11-30-22
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Nightmareland
- Travels at the Borders of Sleep, Dreams, and Wakefulness
- De: Lex Lonehood Nover
- Narrado por: Neil Hellegers
- Duración: 7 h y 54 m
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The sleeping mind is a mysterious backdrop that science is just beginning to shed light on. It was only some 60 years ago that researchers discovered REM, the rapid-eye-movement cycle that's associated with dreams. In Nightmareland, Lex "Lonehood" Nover travels into the eerie borderlands where the unconscious, dreams, and strange entities intermingle under the cover of night, revealing wider and hidden aspects of ourselves, from the savage and frightening to the astounding and sublime.
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Fascinating
- De Juliana Mayberry en 11-09-19
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The World in Six Songs
- How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature
- De: Daniel J. Levitin
- Narrado por: Daniel J. Levitin
- Duración: 10 h y 31 m
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Daniel J. Levitin's astounding debut best seller, This Is Your Brain on Music, enthralled and delighted audiences as it transformed our understanding of how music gets in our heads and stays there. Now in his second New York Times best seller, his genius for combining science and art reveals how music shaped humanity across cultures and throughout history.
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Scattershot Analysis, Hit or Miss
- De Dubi en 03-22-24
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Pure Invention
- How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World
- De: Matt Alt
- Narrado por: Matt Alt
- Duración: 11 h y 49 m
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Japan is the forge of the world’s fantasies: karaoke and the Walkman, manga and anime, Pac-Man and Pokémon, online imageboards and emojis. But as Japan media veteran Matt Alt proves in this brilliant investigation, these novelties did more than entertain. They paved the way for our perplexing modern lives.
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3 out of 5 stars
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great book ruined by ending
- De Grant Holder en 06-07-22
De: Matt Alt
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Talking to Robots
- Tales from Our Human-Robot Futures
- De: David Ewing Duncan
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
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What robot and AI systems are being built and imagined right now? What do they say about us, their creators? Will they usher in a fantastic new future, or destroy us? What do some of our greatest thinkers, from physicist Brian Greene and futurist Kevin Kelly to inventor Dean Kamen, geneticist George Church, and filmmaker Tiffany Shlain, anticipate about our human-robot future? For even as robots and AI intrigue us and make us anxious about the future, our fascination with robots has always been about more than the potential of the technology.
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A waste of time
- De Steve in Decatur en 04-04-23
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space
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- Paul Tingey
- 08-31-21
I LOVE SPACE!!!
LOVED IT!!! awesome narration, great explaination of space and the unknown...i would recommend to all those with a desire for space knowledge!!!
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- Anonymous User
- 11-09-21
Wonderful Book
This book helped me thread many things together. A must listen for those wanting to understand the notion of things. I’ll never look at the Moon the same. I have much More Joy now about how it all moves about over my head.
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- MI
- 04-12-24
Comprehensive
A good basic overview of astronomy. Presented in a logical, concise fashion that is entertaining and easy to follow. However, as it was published a while back, it could use an update.
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- Mollie
- 04-15-23
Favorite thing on all of Audible
Begins with elementary subject matter and rapidly builds into complex topics that are presented in a way that is both compelling and highly accessible. John Lindstrom does a phenomenal job narrating, absolutely love how he reads this and I would love for him to narrate other non-fiction as well!
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- Neil
- 02-17-21
Dated
A good listen, but the material is outdated. Many of the “we don’t know” passages have been answered by modern science
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