Lives of the Scientists
Experiments, Explosions (and What the Neighbors Thought)
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Kathleen Krull
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Scientists have a reputation for being focused on their work - and maybe even dull. But take another look. Did you know that it’s believed Galileo was scolded by the Roman Inquisition for sassing his mom? That Isaac Newton loved to examine soap bubbles? That Albert Einstein loved to collect joke books, and that geneticist Barbara McClintock wore a Groucho Marx disguise in public? With juicy tidbits about everything from favorite foods to first loves, the subjects of Kathleen Krull and Kathryn Hewitt’s Lives of the Scientists: Experiments, Explosions (and What the Neighbors Thought) are revealed as creative, bold, sometimes eccentric - and anything but dull.
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In The Possessed we watch Elif Batuman investigate a possible murder at Tolstoy's ancestral estate. We go with her to Stanford, Switzerland, and St. Petersburg; retrace Pushkin's wanderings in the Caucasus; learn why Old Uzbek has 100 different words for crying; and see an 18th-century ice palace reconstructed on the Neva. Love and the novel, the individual in history, the existential plight of the graduate student: all find their places in The Possessed.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Dear Russian Literary Diary...
- De Darwin8u en 08-29-17
De: Elif Batuman
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Under Red Skies
- Three Generations of Life, Loss, and Hope in China
- De: Karoline Kan
- Narrado por: Allison Hiroto
- Duración: 8 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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A deeply personal and shocking look at how China is coming to terms with its conflicted past as it emerges into a modern, cutting-edge superpower.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An intimate view of real life in China
- De Lonnie G. Hardy, Jr. en 08-15-19
De: Karoline Kan
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In the Great Green Room
- The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown
- De: Amy Gary
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
- Duración: 7 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 83
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 69
The extraordinary life of the woman behind the beloved children's classics Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny comes alive in this fascinating biography of Margaret Wise Brown. Margaret's books have sold millions of copies all over the world, but few people know that she was at the center of a children's book publishing revolution.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Excruciatingly boring
- De Melissa S. en 01-31-19
De: Amy Gary
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And So It Goes
- Kurt Vonnegut: A Life
- De: Charles J. Shields
- Narrado por: Fred Berman
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 83
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 77
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 79
New York Times best-selling author and biographer Charles J. Shields crafts this fascinating portrait of literary icon Kurt Vonnegut. The first authorized biography of the influential American writer, And So It Goes examines Vonnegut’s life, from his childhood to his death in 2007, and explores how the author changed the conversation of American literature.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Probably only for die hard Vonnegut fans
- De Watery M en 12-22-12
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Bygone Badass Broads
- 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World
- De: Mackenzi Lee
- Narrado por: Lucy James
- Duración: 4 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 623
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 528
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Based on Mackenzi Lee's popular weekly Twitter series of the same name, Bygone Badass Broads features 52 remarkable and forgotten trailblazing women from all over the world. With tales of heroism and cunning, in-depth bios and witty storytelling, Bygone Badass Broads gives new life to these historic female pioneers. Starting in the fifth century BC and continuing to the present, the book takes a closer look at bold and inspiring women who dared to step outside the traditional gender roles of their time.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Awesome history, heavy-handed political agenda
- De Charlie en 07-08-18
De: Mackenzi Lee
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The Harvard Psychedelic Club
- How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America
- De: Don Lattin
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 7 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 290
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 256
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 253
It is impossible to overstate the cultural significance of the four men described in Don Lattin's The Harvard Psychedelic Club. Huston Smith, tirelessly working to promote cross-cultural religious and spiritual tolerance. Richard Alpert, aka Ram Dass, inspiring generations with his mantra "be here now". Andrew Weil, undisputed leader of the holistic medicine revolution. And, of course, Timothy Leary, the charismatic, rebellious counterculture icon and LSD guru.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Fascinating, Engaging Story, Expertly Told
- De Gillian Culff en 12-12-19
De: Don Lattin
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Sybil Exposed
- The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case
- De: Debbie Nathan
- Narrado por: Marguerite Gavin
- Duración: 9 h y 39 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 184
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 166
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 164
Journalist Debbie Nathan reveals the true story behind the famous case of Sybil, the woman with sixteen different personalities.
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3 out of 5 stars
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No definitive answer, just speculations all around
- De Amy A en 12-30-18
De: Debbie Nathan
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Funny in Farsi
- A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
- De: Firoozeh Dumas
- Narrado por: Firoozeh Dumas
- Duración: 5 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,111
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,675
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,675
In 1972, when she was seven, Firoozeh Dumas and her family moved from Iran to Southern California, arriving with no firsthand knowledge of this country beyond her father's glowing memories of his graduate school years here.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The melting pot, next generation
- De Jerry en 02-15-08
De: Firoozeh Dumas
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The Road from Coorain
- De: Jill Ker Conway
- Narrado por: Barbara Caruso
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 143
In the 1930s, Jill Ker's parents bought a sheep farm on the western plains of New South Wales. In 1944, they lost nearly everything when a drought hit. Forced to leave Coorain, 11-year-old Jill and her mother settled in Sydney where Jill struggled to find a place for herself among Sydney's elite. Her story, both a chronicle of life in the Australian outback and the odyssey of a brilliant woman fighting the constraints of her time, offers a loving view of Australia.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So glad I (finally) listened to my aunt
- De T. en 07-12-13
De: Jill Ker Conway
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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
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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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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 122
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 103
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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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Temple Grandin
- How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World
- De: Sy Montgomery
- Narrado por: Meredith Mitchell
- Duración: 2 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 576
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 522
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When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew that she was different. It wasn’t until years later that she was diagnosed with autism, a brain disorder that makes communication difficult. Today, Dr. Temple Grandin is a scientist and professor of animal science at Colorado State University. Her career has revolutionized the livestock industry - each year, half the cattle in the United States are handled in cruelty-free facilities she designed. She is also a passionate advocate for autism, using her experience to prove that people with this disorder can have “normal” lives.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Insightful and educational
- De tlnpdx en 12-26-13
De: Sy Montgomery
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The Unspeakable
- And Other Subjects of Discussion
- De: Meghan Daum
- Narrado por: Meghan Daum
- Duración: 6 h y 48 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 120
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 102
It's a report tempered by hard times. In "Matricide", Daum unflinchingly describes a parent's death and the uncomfortable emotions it provokes; and in "Diary of a Coma" she relates her own journey to the twilight of the mind. But Daum also operates in a comic register. With perfect precision, she reveals the absurdities of the marriage-industrial complex, of the New Age dating market, and of the peculiar habits of the young and digital.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Complaining about her dead mom.
- De Erik Hermansen en 11-23-14
De: Meghan Daum
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Charlatan
- America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him and the Age of Flimflam
- De: Pope Brock
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 8 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 252
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 136
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 140
This is the enormously entertaining story of how a fraudulent surgeon made a fortune by inserting goats' testes into impotent American men. "Doctor" John Brinkley became a world renowned authority on sexual rejuvenation in the 1920s, with famous politicians and even royalty asking for his services.
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3 out of 5 stars
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nix the narrator
- De susan nenadic en 02-08-09
De: Pope Brock
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Nothing to Envy
- Ordinary Lives in North Korea
- De: Barbara Demick
- Narrado por: Karen White
- Duración: 12 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,164
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,258
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,254
Barbara Demick's Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years - a chaotic period that saw the death of Kim Il-sung and the unchallenged rise to power of his son, Kim Jong-il, and the devastation of a far-ranging famine that killed one-fifth of the population. Taking us into a landscape never before seen, Demick brings to life what it means to be an average Korean citizen, living under the most repressive totalitarian regime today.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The man who wants to be GOD
- De Gohar en 05-08-10
De: Barbara Demick
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Lives of the Scientists
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- Stephen Rosenthal
- 03-28-21
Fast read on science biographies.
It covered both male and female scientists. It was a good read for teens and adults.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-26-21
not worth it
a religion apologist wrote this, emphasizing at every possible moment that the scientists see no problem with God and science. also after writing that Watson or crick was an atheist, included disagreeable personality traits as though they were correlated.
there's some fun trivia and fun facts but nothing substantial and is not fulfilling one bit
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