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Martin K. Ettington
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We live surrounded by an invisible world which affects our lives in many ways.
In this book, we will take a journey from barely visible life to cells, their structures, molecules, atoms, fundamental particles, and even smaller.
We will explore not just the facts about this small world, but also try to unearth interesting facts to ponder, too.
For example, what did paranormal investigators believe about the structure of atoms over 100 years ago?
And what particles or forces might be smaller than the standard building block particles we know about today?
Also, what are the limitations of the standard model of subatomic particles?
There are many things in the microscopic world which you might not expect.
The journey from the small to the infinitely small starts here.
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 342
Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how did it come to be? Even in an age of cloning and artificial biology, the remarkable truth remains: Nobody has ever made anything living entirely out of dead material. Life remains the only way to make life. Are we still missing a vital ingredient in its creation?
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3 out of 5 stars
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More woo than new
- De Gary en 09-09-15
De: Johnjoe McFadden, y otros
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Creation
- How Science Is Reinventing Life Itself
- De: Adam Rutherford
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
- Duración: 6 h y 53 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 43
What is life? Humans have been asking this question for thousands of years. But as technology has advanced and our understanding of biology has deepened, the answer has evolved. For decades, scientists have been exploring the limits of nature by modifying and manipulating DNA, cells, and whole organisms to create new ones that could never have previously existed on their own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Goldilocks book on what is life
- De Gary en 07-11-13
De: Adam Rutherford
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Life's Engines
- How Microbes Made Earth Habitable
- De: Paul G. Falkowski
- Narrado por: Nick Sullivan
- Duración: 7 h y 22 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 329
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 289
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 288
Paul Falkowski looks "under the hood" of microbes to find the engines of life, the actual working parts that do the biochemical heavy lifting for every living organism on Earth. With insight and humor, he explains how these miniature engines are built - and how they have been appropriated by and assembled like Lego sets within every creature that walks, swims, or flies. Falkowski shows how evolution works to maintain this core machinery of life, and how we and other animals are veritable conglomerations of microbes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Science Book Ever Written. Period.
- De serine en 07-28-15
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The Vital Question
- Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
- De: Nick Lane
- Narrado por: Kevin Pariseau
- Duración: 11 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,184
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,047
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,036
The Earth teems with life: in its oceans, forests, skies, and cities. Yet there's a black hole at the heart of biology. We do not know why complex life is the way it is, or, for that matter, how life first began. In The Vital Question, award-winning author and biochemist Nick Lane radically reframes evolutionary history, putting forward a solution to conundrums that have puzzled generations of scientists.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Ouch!
- De Mark en 06-24-16
De: Nick Lane
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Life’s Ratchet
- How Molecular Machines Extract Order from Chaos
- De: Peter M. Hoffman
- Narrado por: Paul Hodgson
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 451
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 389
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 384
The cells in our bodies consist of molecules, made up of the same carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms found in air and rocks. But molecules, such as water and sugar, are not alive. So how do our cells - assemblies of otherwise "dead" molecules - come to life, and together constitute a living being? In Life’s Ratchet, physicist Peter M. Hoffmann locates the answer to this age-old question at the nanoscale.
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5 out of 5 stars
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For biologists to learn single molecule biophysics
- De A Synthetic Biologist en 09-04-14
De: Peter M. Hoffman
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13 Things That Don't Make Sense
- The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time
- De: Michael Brooks
- Narrado por: James Adams
- Duración: 8 h y 58 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,565
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,560
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,564
Science starts to get interesting when things don't make sense. Science's best-kept secret is that there are experimental results and reliable data that the most brilliant scientists can neither explain nor dismiss. If history is any precedent, we should look to today's inexplicable results to forecast the future of science. Michael Brooks heads to the scientific frontier to meet 13 modern-day anomalies and discover tomorrow's breakthroughs.
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4 out of 5 stars
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10 interesting chapters-read epiloge first
- De Stephen en 06-10-09
De: Michael Brooks
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Arrival of the Fittest
- Solving Evolution's Greatest Puzzle
- De: Andreas Wagner
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 8 h y 29 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 355
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 299
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 300
In Arrival of the Fittest, renowned evolutionary biologist Andreas Wagner draws on over 15 years of research to present the missing piece in Darwin's theory. Using experimental and computational technologies that were heretofore unimagined, he has found that adaptations are not just driven by chance, but by a set of laws that allow nature to discover new molecules and mechanisms in a fraction of the time that random variation would take.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Robustness makes for an interesting life and book
- De Gary en 11-29-14
De: Andreas Wagner
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A Little History of the World
- De: E. H. Gombrich
- Narrado por: Ralph Cosham
- Duración: 9 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,082
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,428
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,414
E. H. Gombrich's world history, an international best seller now available in English for the first time, is a text dominated not by dates and facts but by the sweep of experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements, and an acute witness to its frailties.
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5 out of 5 stars
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an enlightening book; very well read
- De A.B.Oxford en 06-03-06
De: E. H. Gombrich
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The Science of Rick and Morty
- The Unofficial Guide to Earth's Stupidest Show
- De: Matt Brady
- Narrado por: Joe Hempel
- Duración: 10 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 93
Blending biology, chemistry, and physics basics with accessible - and witty-prose, The Science of Rick and Morty equips you with the scientific foundation to thoroughly understand Rick's experiments from the show, such as how we can use dark matter and energy, just what is intelligence hacking, and whether or not you can really control a cockroach's nervous system with your tongue. Perfect for longtime and new fans of the show, this is the ultimate segue into discovering more about our complicated and fascinating universe.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Some good science in here?
- De Darin Harbert en 02-06-20
De: Matt Brady
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At the Edge of Uncertainty
- 11 Discoveries Taking Science by Surprise
- De: Michael Brooks
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 9 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,200
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,084
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,083
The atom, the big bang, DNA, natural selection - all are ideas that have revolutionized science; and all were dismissed out of hand when they first appeared. The surprises haven't stopped in recent years, and in At the Edge of Uncertainty, best-selling author Michael Brooks investigates the new wave of radical insights that are shaping the future of scientific discovery.
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1 out of 5 stars
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All smoke, no fire
- De Kenton en 07-25-15
De: Michael Brooks
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Science and the Akashic Field
- An Integral Theory of Everything
- De: Ervin Laszlo
- Narrado por: Tom Pile
- Duración: 6 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 318
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 268
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 266
Mystics and sages have long maintained that there exists an interconnecting cosmic field at the roots of reality that conserves and conveys information, a field known as the Akashic record. Recent discoveries in vacuum physics show that this Akashic field is real and has its equivalent in science's zero-point field that underlies space itself. This field consists of a subtle sea of fluctuating energies from which all things arise: atoms and galaxies, stars and planets, living beings, and even consciousness.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A must-read about ultimate nature of reality
- De Alexandra Hopkins en 04-15-18
De: Ervin Laszlo
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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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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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Welcome to the Microbiome
- Getting to Know the Trillions of Bacteria and Other Microbes In, On, and Around You
- De: Rob DeSalle, Susan L. Perkins
- Narrado por: Stephen McLaughlin
- Duración: 7 h y 25 m
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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 34
Suddenly, research findings require a paradigm shift in our view of the microbial world. The Human Microbiome Project at the National Institutes of Health is well under way, and unprecedented scientific technology now allows the censusing of trillions of microbes inside and on our bodies as well as in the places where we live, work, and play. This intriguing, up-to-the-minute book for scientists and nonscientists alike explains what researchers are discovering about the microbe world and what the implications are for modern science and medicine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I learned so much from this book. I am happy.
- De Jonathan Miller en 09-08-18
De: Rob DeSalle, y otros
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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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The Deeper Genome
- Why There Is More to the Human Genome than Meets the Eye
- De: John Parrington
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 9 h
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General4 out of 5 stars 106
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 91
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 92
Over a decade ago, as the Human Genome Project completed its mapping of the entire human genome, hopes ran high that we would rapidly be able to use our knowledge of human genes to tackle many inherited diseases, and understand what makes us unique among animals. But things didn't turn out that way.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great Scientific Writing/ Wrong Narrator
- De Richard en 11-24-15
De: John Parrington
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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