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Science Stories
- The Complete BBC Radio 4 Popular Science Series
- By: Naomi Alderman, Kevin Fong, Tracey Logan, and others
- Narrated by: Naomi Alderman, Philip Ball, Various
- Length: 22 hrs and 32 mins
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In these ten absorbing series, award-winning authors Naomi Alderman and Philip Ball and guest presenters take a look at the many amazing events and characters from science's long history. Among the topics explored are feuding dinosaur hunters, jumping genes, the engine that nearly ran out of steam, the day the Earth stopped standing still, how laughing gas was discovered, the first female professional scientist in Britain, and how an eel sparked our interest in electricity.
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Science Stories
- The Complete BBC Radio 4 Popular Science Series
- Narrated by: Naomi Alderman, Philip Ball, Various
- Length: 22 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 09-03-23
- Language: English
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A Long Journey Travelled
- By: Jimmy Scott
- Narrated by: Sarah Pyle
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
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Thirty years after my family was told that I would not survive, following an accident; I felt it was time to record the story of my life. This includes a life-changing event that I do not remember, which caused upset to my family and friends, the community of Elphin, and further afield. Much to the astonishment of the medical staff, I did not die and have lived a fulfilling life since, traveling to every continent in the world, getting married, and becoming a father.
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Amazing story
- By David on 11-10-24
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A Long Journey Travelled
- Narrated by: Sarah Pyle
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 03-10-24
- Language: English
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Zucked
- Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe
- By: Roger McNamee
- Narrated by: Roger McNamee
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
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If you had told Roger McNamee three years ago that he would soon be devoting himself to stopping Facebook from destroying democracy, he would have howled with laughter. He had mentored many tech leaders in his illustrious career as an investor, but few things had made him prouder, or been better for his fund's bottom line, than his early service to Mark Zuckerberg. Still a large shareholder in Facebook, he had every good reason to stay on the bright side. Until he simply couldn't.
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Everyone should read or listen to this book.
- By Martin Koss on 09-02-19
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Zucked
- Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe
- Narrated by: Roger McNamee
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 07-02-19
- Language: English
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Valley of Genius
- By: Adam Fisher
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
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A candid, colorful, and comprehensive oral history that reveals the secrets of Silicon Valley - from the origins of Apple and Atari to the present day clashes of Google and Facebook, and all the start-ups and disruptions that happened along the way. Drawing on over 200 in-depth interviews, Valley of Genius takes listeners from the dawn of the personal computer and the Internet, through the heyday of the web, up to the very moment when our current technological reality was invented.
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Unusual format but works well
- By Rob Sedgwick on 03-11-18
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Valley of Genius
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 10-07-18
- Language: English
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Einstein
- Sein Leben Seine Forschung Sein Vermächtnis
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Christian Baumann
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
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Albert Einstein ist der Inbegriff des Genies. Kein Wissenschaftler des 20. Jahrhundert hat unser Verständnis vom Universum so revolutioniert wie er. Neben den teils verschlungenen Wegen zu seinen Theorien, widmet sich das Hörbuch auch dem Menschen, der diese Wege beschritt. Es beschreibt, wie Einsteins Kindheit in Deutschland, seine Arbeit im Schweizer Patentamt, aber auch sein komplexer Charakter und die daraus folgenden familiären Begebenheiten den großen Wissenschaftler formten.
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Einstein
- Sein Leben Seine Forschung Sein Vermächtnis
- Narrated by: Christian Baumann
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 10-01-20
- Language: German
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Counting
- Humans, History and the Infinite Lives of Numbers
- By: Benjamin Wardhaugh
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
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What has counting meant to different cultures and different individuals? In this book, historian and mathematician Benjamin Wardhaugh explores stories from all over the world and from every period of human history, from the African Stone Age to cyberspace; from Assyrian kings to Chinese peasants. Weaving these histories together, Wardhaugh shows the ways in which counting has been continually reinvented over time, through language, writing, counters and machines.
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Counting
- Humans, History and the Infinite Lives of Numbers
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 18-07-24
- Language: English
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Out of the Shadow of a Giant
- Hooke, Halley and the Birth of British Science
- By: John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
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What if Isaac Newton had never lived? Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their own right and instrumental in establishing the Royal Society. Whilst Newton is widely regarded as one of the greatest scientists of all time and the father of the English scientific revolution, John and Mary Gribbin uncover the fascinating story of Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley....
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A great tribute to two Great men
- By Peter on 23-02-19
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Out of the Shadow of a Giant
- Hooke, Halley and the Birth of British Science
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 18-05-17
- Language: English
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In Our Time: 25 Pioneers in the History of Science
- A BBC Radio 4 Collection
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg, Various
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 25 scientific pioneers who have shaped the development of science over 500 years.
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In Our Time: 25 Pioneers in the History of Science
- A BBC Radio 4 Collection
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg, Various
- Series: In Our Time
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 16-03-23
- Language: English
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SpaceX
- Elon Musk and the Final Frontier
- By: Brad Bergan
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
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The private space industry’s consensus leader, SpaceX, headed by controversial billionaire Elon Musk, was worth an estimated $187 billion in 2023 while taking on more roles—flying cargo, supplies, and astronauts to outer space, and even playing a central role as rocket supplier to NASA’s Artemis moon mission. In SpaceX: Elon Musk and the Final Frontier, science journalist and editor Brad Bergan tells the story of SpaceX. Bergan examines every detail surrounding SpaceX’s efforts to accelerate humankind’s exploration and understanding of outer space.
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SpaceX
- Elon Musk and the Final Frontier
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 27-08-24
- Language: English
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Eureka Man
- The Life and Legacy of Archimedes
- By: Alan Hirshfeld
- Narrated by: Ken Kliban
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
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Many of us know little about Archimedes other than his "Eureka" exclamation upon discovering that he could immerse an object in a full tub of water and measure the spillage to determine the object's weight. That seemingly simple observation not only proved to King Hieron II of Syracuse that a certain amount of silver had been used in what was supposed to be his solid-gold crown, it established the key principles of buoyancy that govern the flotation of hot-air balloons, ships, and denizens of the sea.
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Great book
- By C M Pihl on 26-06-19
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Eureka Man
- The Life and Legacy of Archimedes
- Narrated by: Ken Kliban
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 01-03-13
- Language: English
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Bushmaster
- Raymond Ditmars and the Hunt for the World's Biggest Viper
- By: Dan Eatherley
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
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Raymond Ditmars (1876-1942), the first curator of reptiles at New York's famous Bronx Zoo, brought cold-blooded animals to public attention as never before. Through wildly successful books and movies, he inspired a generation of zoologists with his fascination for snakes, insects, and other misunderstood creatures. Ditmars was among the most celebrated naturalists in America. His reptile-collecting trips for the zoo spawned newspaper headlines across the world.
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Bushmaster
- Raymond Ditmars and the Hunt for the World's Biggest Viper
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 04-09-15
- Language: English
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The Perfect Gentleman: The Remarkable Life of Dr. James Miranda Barry
- Biographies, Book 2
- By: June Rose
- Narrated by: Siobhan Dowd
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
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James Barry was one of the most outstanding doctors of the 19th century – a brilliant surgeon, a tireless campaigner for medical reform, and a compassionate Inspector-General of the Army. But throughout a long and distinguished career an air of secrecy, even of scandal, always clung to Barry. The shrill voice, the diminutive build, the almost ostentatious humanity – all struck a discordant note in the stiff, conventional world of the officers’ mess. Only after the doctor’s death in 1865 did the incredible truth come to light: Dr. James Barry was a woman.
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excellent
- By Mr C on 10-07-21
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The Perfect Gentleman: The Remarkable Life of Dr. James Miranda Barry
- Biographies, Book 2
- Narrated by: Siobhan Dowd
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 17-12-20
- Language: English
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John Dee
- The Life and Legacy of the English Occultist, Alchemist, and Philosopher Who Became Queen Elizabeth I's Spiritual Advisor
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Delaine Daniels
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
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John Dee was one of the greatest scientific minds of his time, but also one of the most controversial. He was a learned man in fields as varied as mathematics and astronomy, centuries before they became formalized fields of study, but he is better remembered for performing magic and alchemy. Instead of astronomy, he became renowned across England for astrology, and he was one of the country’s most notorious occult writers during his life.
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Very weak narration undermines content
- By DippersNest on 01-11-24
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John Dee
- The Life and Legacy of the English Occultist, Alchemist, and Philosopher Who Became Queen Elizabeth I's Spiritual Advisor
- Narrated by: Delaine Daniels
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
- Release date: 18-12-19
- Language: English
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Pieces of the Action
- By: Vannevar Bush
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
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Over a 60-year career in public affairs, Vannevar Bush—engineer, inventor, educator, and public face of government-funded science—sought to eliminate roadblocks to innovation in science and technology. In Pieces of the Action, a collection of memoir-essays, he reflects on his role in shaping the policies and organizations that powered American research and development in the mid-20th century.
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Pieces of the Action
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 15-07-22
- Language: English
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Wilhelm Reich and the Function of the Orgasm
- Short Bio, Quotes, and Comments (Great Minds Series, Book 11)
- By: Peter Fritz Walter
- Narrated by: Peter Fritz Walter
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
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Wilhelm Reich and the Function of the Orgasm; Great Minds Series, Vol. 11 - the 2017 revised, updated and reformatted edition - is a study about one of the greatest authorities on the discovery of the bioenergy for modern science and medical science. The author understands his engagement for Reich as a contribution to the rehabilitation of one of the greatest but also one of the most misunderstood scientists of the 20th century.
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A mixed bag
- By LC on 28-07-21
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Wilhelm Reich and the Function of the Orgasm
- Short Bio, Quotes, and Comments (Great Minds Series, Book 11)
- Narrated by: Peter Fritz Walter
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 18-03-19
- Language: English
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The Gamesmaster
- My Life in the '80s Geek Culture Trenches with G.I. Joe, Dungeons & Dragons, and the Transformers
- By: Flint Dille
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
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The Gamesmaster is a narrative memoir chronicling the life and career of Flint Dille. And while he isn't exactly a household name, you almost certainly know his work - which includes credits from some of the most important and successful entertainment franchises throughout the world across the cartoon, film, video game, and comic book industries and beyond.
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Really interesting but the delivery was so off putting
- By Steve Dempster on 11-04-24
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The Gamesmaster
- My Life in the '80s Geek Culture Trenches with G.I. Joe, Dungeons & Dragons, and the Transformers
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 09-06-20
- Language: English
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Mr and Mrs Gould
- The Extraordinary Adventurers Who Took the Beauty of Australian Wildlife to the World
- By: Grantlee Kieza
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Parisi
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
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John and Elizabeth Gould sailed into Australia on a cold spring day in 1838 prepared for the most astonishing adventure of their lives. They had crossed three oceans from their London home to find the treasures of Australia's birdlife and showcase them to the outside world. Elizabeth had fallen pregnant for the seventh time at just 34, and there would be little rest for her in illustrating her husband's exquisite books that had made him England's celebrated 'Bird Man', and a force of nature in both science and publishing.
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Mr and Mrs Gould
- The Extraordinary Adventurers Who Took the Beauty of Australian Wildlife to the World
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Parisi
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 01-11-24
- Language: English
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Six Great Scientists
- By: J.G. Crowther
- Narrated by: Patrick Cullen
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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All of the geniuses in Six Great Scientists - Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Darwin, Curie, and Einstein - had one thing in common: the determination to do scientific research whatever the obstacles. They all had the imagination to conceive great ideas and the force of will not to be defeated. Their stories renew our confidence in the human spirit. They remind us of the advancements that can result when men and women have the ability and courage to achieve great things.
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Six Great Scientists - Great
- By Andrew on 01-02-07
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Six Great Scientists
- Narrated by: Patrick Cullen
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 14-12-01
- Language: English
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The Monk in the Garden
- By: Robin Marantz Henig
- Narrated by: Fleet Cooper
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
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Most people know that Gregor Mendel, the Moravian monk who patiently grew his peas in a monastery garden, shaped our understanding of inheritance. But people might not know that Mendel's work was ignored in his own lifetime, even though it contained answers to the most pressing questions raised by Charles Darwin's revolutionary book, On Origrin of the Species, published only a few years earlier. Mendel's single chance of recognition failed utterly, and he died a lonely and disappointed man.
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The Monk in the Garden
- Narrated by: Fleet Cooper
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 26-02-13
- Language: English
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Hybrid Humans
- Dispatches from the Frontiers of Man and Machine
- By: Harry Parker
- Narrated by: Harry Parker
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
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Harry Parker's life changed overnight when he lost his legs to an IED in Afghanistan. That took him into an often surprising landscape of a very human kind of hacking, and he wondered, are all humans hybrids? Whether it's putting on contact lenses every day or DIY biohackers tinkering in garages, Parker introduces us to the exhilarating breadth of human invention - and intervention. Grappling with his own new identity and disability, he discovers the latest robotics, tech and implants that might lead us to powerful, liberating possibilities for what a body can be.
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A thought provoking book on the current and future blurring of the boundaries between humans and machines
- By Amazon Customer on 13-03-22
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Hybrid Humans
- Dispatches from the Frontiers of Man and Machine
- Narrated by: Harry Parker
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 17-02-22
- Language: English
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