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Like Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name - a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the 16th century, Galileo contributed to the era's great rebirth of knowledge. He invented a telescope to observe the heavens. From there, not even the sky was the limit! He turned long-held notions about the universe topsy turvy with his support of a sun-centric solar system. Patricia Brennan Demuth offers a sympathetic portrait of a brilliant man who lived in a time when speaking scientific truth to those in power was still a dangerous proposition.
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Why didn't the Chinese discover America? Why were people so slow to learn the earth goes around the sun? How and why did we begin to think of "species" of plants and animals? How, when, and why did people begin digging in the earth to learn about the past? How did the study of economics begin? These are but a few of the fascinating questions answered by Dr. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress Emeritus.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of my Top 10 Fav. Books!
- De shannonnn en 05-09-05
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The Rise and Fall of Alexandria
- Birthplace of the Modern Mind
- De: Justin Pollard, Howard Reid
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 11 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,033
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Founded by Alexander the Great and built by self-styled Greek pharaohs, the city of Alexandria at its height dwarfed both Athens and Rome. It was the marvel of its age, legendary for its vast palaces, safe harbors, and magnificent lighthouse. But it was most famous for the astonishing intellectual efflorescence it fostered and the library it produced. If the European Renaissance was the "rebirth" of Western culture, then Alexandria, Egypt, was its birthplace.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A good listen
- De Jeffrey en 10-02-08
De: Justin Pollard, y otros
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The Renaissance
- A Captivating Guide to a Remarkable Period in European History, Including Stories of People Such as Galileo Galilei, Michelangelo, Copernicus, Shakespeare, and Leonardo da Vinci
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Richard L. Walton
- Duración: 3 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
If you want to discover the captivating history of the Renaissance, then pay attention.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Monotone reader
- De Harry R. Martin en 08-07-19
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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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The Age of Wonder
- How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
- De: Richard Holmes
- Narrado por: Gildart Jackson
- Duración: 21 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 363
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 312
When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain, the botanist had sailed with Captain Cook in search of new worlds. Other voyages of discovery—astronomical, chemical, poetical, philosophical—swiftly follow in Richard Holmes's thrilling evocation of the second scientific revolution.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Misleading title
- De Diane en 08-04-11
De: Richard Holmes
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Stealing God's Thunder
- Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America
- De: Philip Dray
- Narrado por: David Chandler
- Duración: 9 h y 27 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 78
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
Award-winning author Philip Dray delves into the lesser-known side of an American icon in Stealing God's Thunder. Benjamin Franklin, more often viewed as a statesman and founding father than as a man of science, challenged religion, science, and reason with his inventions. But in a time when everything was blamed on sin, it was the lightning rod, Franklin's attempt to control the heavens, that caused the greatest controversy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating
- De Abigail en 05-26-11
De: Philip Dray
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Isaac the Alchemist
- Secrets of Isaac Newton, Reveal'd
- De: Mary Losure
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 2 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Before Isaac Newton became the father of physics, an accomplished mathematician, or a leader of the scientific revolution, he was a boy living in an apothecary's house, observing and experimenting, recording his observations of the world in a tiny notebook. As a young genius living in a time before science as we know it existed, Isaac studied the few books he could get his hands on, built handmade machines, and experimented with alchemy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent! Very informative and fun!
- De Puppy en 07-08-17
De: Mary Losure
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The Most Productive People in History: 18 Extraordinarily Prolific Inventors, Artists, and Entrepreneurs, from Archimedes to Elon Musk
- De: Michael Rank
- Narrado por: Kevin Meyer
- Duración: 5 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 101
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 81
They never knew how he did it. Few composers write more than one or two symphonies in their lifetimes. Beethoven spent a year on his shorter symphonies but more than six years on his 9th Symphony. The prodigy Mozart finished his last three symphonies (39, 40, and 41) in the span of a few weeks. His 25th Symphony took only two days.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extremely good. It can save you from burnout.
- De Peter en 02-14-21
De: Michael Rank
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American Eclipse
- A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World
- De: David Baron
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 8 h y 38 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 78
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 72
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 72
In the scorching summer of 1878, with the Gilded Age in its infancy, three tenacious and brilliant scientists raced to Wyoming and Colorado to observe a rare total solar eclipse. One sought to discover a new planet. Another - an adventuresome female astronomer - fought to prove that science was not anathema to femininity. And a young megalomaniacal inventor, with the tabloid press fast on his heels, sought to test his scientific bona fides and light the world through his revelations.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Just OK.
- De Melanie A Hwalek en 09-18-17
De: David Baron
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Expanded Universe, Vol. 2
- De: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot
- Duración: 9 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 94
Robert A. Heinlein has been hailed as one of the most forward-thinking science fiction writers of all time, and Expanded Universe (presented in two volumes) offers the perfect collection of his works to provide listeners with true insights into his uniquely creative mind.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I Nostradamus type warning for today
- De mort en 06-26-18
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Young Benjamin Franklin
- The Birth of Ingenuity
- De: Nick Bunker
- Narrado por: Dan Woren
- Duración: 17 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
From his early career as a printer and journalist to his scientific work and his role as a founder of a new republic, Benjamin Franklin has always seemed the inevitable embodiment of American ingenuity. But in his youth, he had to make his way through a harsh colonial world, where he fought many battles with his rivals, but also with his wayward emotions. Taking Franklin to the age of 41, when he made his first electrical discoveries, Bunker goes behind the legend to reveal the sources of his passion for knowledge.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good Book but LOTS of Names
- De Tim en 10-31-19
De: Nick Bunker
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The Day We Found the Universe
- De: Marcia Bartusiak
- Narrado por: Erik Synnestvedt
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 144
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 87
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 85
From one of our most acclaimed science writers: a dramatic narrative of the discovery of the true nature and startling size of the universe, delving back past the moment of revelation to trace the decades of work--by a select group of scientists--that made it possible.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Worth the Effort
- De Roy en 08-13-09
De: Marcia Bartusiak
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The Strangest Man
- The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom
- De: Graham Farmelo
- Narrado por: B. J. Harrison
- Duración: 19 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 644
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 449
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 456
Paul Dirac was among the great scientific geniuses of the modern age. One of the discoverers of quantum mechanics, the most revolutionary theory of the past century, his contributions had a unique insight, eloquence, clarity, and mathematical power. His prediction of antimatter was one of the greatest triumphs in the history of physics.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent biography of great physicist
- De Eileen en 05-09-13
De: Graham Farmelo
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Who Was Galileo?
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Total2 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución4 out of 5 stars
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Historia3 out of 5 stars
- John P Thomas
- 03-05-21
For children
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