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Nature Is Never Silent
- How Animals and Plants Communicate with Each Other
- By: Madlen Ziege
- Narrated by: Tanya Schneider
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
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In forests, fields and even gardens, there is a constant exchange of information going on. Animals and plants must communicate with one another to survive, but they also tell lies, set traps, talk to themselves and speak to each other in a variety of unexpected ways. In Nature Is Never Silent, behavioural biologist Madlen Ziege reveals the fascinating world of nonhuman communication. In charming, humorous and accessible prose, she shows how nature’s language can help us to understand our own place in the natural world a little better.
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Nature Is Never Silent
- How Animals and Plants Communicate with Each Other
- Narrated by: Tanya Schneider
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 01-04-22
- Language: English
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Nose Dive
- By: Catherine Haley Epstein
- Narrated by: Catherine Haley Epstein
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
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Adventures for you in art, anthropology, and science, Nose Dive is a broad introduction to olfactory culture meant for artists or anyone curious about the power of scent. Something is in the air with respect to our most powerful and least regarded sense. This book demystifies the world of scent, provides springboards for further study, and presents exercises for shifting gears with your nose. A must-listen for anyone intrigued by the superpower right under our noses.
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Nose Dive
- Narrated by: Catherine Haley Epstein
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 10-06-21
- Language: English
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El ojo desnudo
- Si no lo ven, ¿cómo saben que está ahí? El fascinante viaje de la ciencia más allá de lo aparente
- By: Antonio Martínez Ron
- Narrated by: Javier Ruiz Taboada
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
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El ojo desnudo reconstruye una historia de nuestro conocimiento de la visión y de la luz y nos ofrece la explicación de por qué vemos como vemos y cómo hemos alcanzado a comprender fenómenos que van mucho más allá de lo que nuestros sentidos nos permiten detectar.
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El ojo desnudo
- Si no lo ven, ¿cómo saben que está ahí? El fascinante viaje de la ciencia más allá de lo aparente
- Narrated by: Javier Ruiz Taboada
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 03-06-20
- Language: Spanish
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On the Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection
- By: Charles Darwin
- Narrated by: Joel Allen
- Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
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On the Origin of Species (1859) by Charles Darwin is a work of scientific literature considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. The book introduced the theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection, backed by a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution. The evidence was gathered on the Beagle expedition in the 1830s and the author’s subsequent findings from research, correspondence, and experimentation.
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On the Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection
- Narrated by: Joel Allen
- Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 06-11-19
- Language: English
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The Germ Theory and Its Applications to Medicine and Surgery
- By: Louis Pasteur
- Narrated by: Leo McQueen
- Length: 15 mins
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The great scientists Louis Pasteur (1822-1893) and Joseph Lister (1827-1912) revolutionized medical practice in the 19th century. Pasteur's discovery of the cause of fermentation formed the basis of modern germ theory while Lister developed antiseptic surgical methods based on that. The book contains a description of the theory, and accounts of their work and experiments.
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The Germ Theory and Its Applications to Medicine and Surgery
- Narrated by: Leo McQueen
- Length: 15 mins
- Release date: 08-02-19
- Language: English
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Summary and Analysis of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- By: Start Publishing Notes
- Narrated by: Michael Gilboe
- Length: 38 mins
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In order to bring its origin to light, Rebecca Skloot weaves together several narrative threads. One is primarily focused on Henrietta Lacks, the woman who, without her knowledge, became central to 20th century biomedical research. Another is the birth of modern biomedical research itself, and its roots in the American eugenics movement. Finally, there is the impact of this research, both of the Lacks Family and on society at large. Skloot divides the book into 3 parts: Life, Death, and Immortality.
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Summary and Analysis of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- Narrated by: Michael Gilboe
- Length: 38 mins
- Release date: 02-08-17
- Language: English
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Before the Swarm
- By: Nicholas Griffin
- Narrated by: Nicholas Griffin
- Length: 47 mins
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Mark Moffett doesn't just study ants, he travels among them. Moffet holds a Harvard Ph.D. in entomology and is an accomplished scientist, an award-winning author and journalist, and one of the best nature photographers of his generation. Years ago, this free-spirited naturalist left academia behind to plunge into the deepest jungles and observe insect societies up close. Now author Nicholas Griffin takes us inside Moffett's own world, to explore his death-cheating quest for discovery.
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Before the Swarm
- Narrated by: Nicholas Griffin
- Length: 47 mins
- Release date: 05-10-12
- Language: English
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Superfoods, Silkworms, and Spandex
- Science and Pseudoscience in Everyday Life
- By: Dr. Joe Schwarcz
- Narrated by: Rich Miller
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
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In this new collection of bite-size pop science essays, bestselling author, chemistry professor, and radio broadcaster Dr. Joe Schwarcz shows that you can find science virtually anywhere you look. And the closer you look, the more fascinating it becomes.
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Superfoods, Silkworms, and Spandex
- Science and Pseudoscience in Everyday Life
- Narrated by: Rich Miller
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 21-05-24
- Language: English
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Gattaca Has Fallen
- How Population Genetics Failed the Populace
- By: Ian Myles
- Narrated by: Herrick Destin
- Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
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In GATTACA Has Fallen: how population genetics failed the populace, Dr. Ian Myles explains that the root of all of these issues is the belief that genetics meaningfully guide our fate. Using less controversial examples like eczema and allergic diseases, the book demonstrates how claiming there are genes for asthma is similar to claiming there are genes for intellect or favorite flavor of tea.
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Gattaca Has Fallen
- How Population Genetics Failed the Populace
- Narrated by: Herrick Destin
- Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 17-11-23
- Language: English
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Dark and Magical Places
- The Neuroscience of Navigation
- By: Christopher Kemp
- Narrated by: Neil Gardner
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
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Inside our heads we carry around an infinite and endlessly unfolding map of the world. Navigation is one of the most ancient neural abilities we have - older than language. In Dark and Magical Places, Christopher Kemp embarks on a journey to discover the remarkable extent of what our minds can do.
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Dark and Magical Places
- The Neuroscience of Navigation
- Narrated by: Neil Gardner
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 25-01-22
- Language: English
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Eye of the Beholder
- Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the Reinvention of Seeing
- By: Laura Snyder
- Narrated by: Tamara Marston
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
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"See for yourself!" was the clarion call of the 1600s. Natural philosophers threw off the yoke of ancient authority, peered at nature with microscopes and telescopes, and ignited the scientific revolution. Artists investigated nature with lenses and created paintings filled with realistic effects of light and shadow. The hub of this optical innovation was the small Dutch city of Delft.
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Eye of the Beholder
- Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the Reinvention of Seeing
- Narrated by: Tamara Marston
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 16-03-15
- Language: English
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Annoying
- The Science of What Bugs Us
- By: Joe Palca, Flora Lichtman
- Narrated by: Joe Palca, Flora Lichtman
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
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It happens everywhere: offices, schools, even your own backyard. And, seemingly, anything can trigger it: cell phones, sirens, bad music, constant distractions, your boss, or even your spouse. We all know certain things get under our skin. Can science explain why? NPR's Joe Palca and Flora Lichtman take you on a scientific quest through psychology, evolutionary biology, anthropology, and other disciplines to uncover the truth about being annoyed.
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Annoying
- The Science of What Bugs Us
- Narrated by: Joe Palca, Flora Lichtman
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 19-04-11
- Language: English
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Barron's EZ-101 Study Keys
- Biology, Second Edition
- By: Eli C. Minkoff Ph. D.
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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Barron's EZ-101 Study Keys give you a valuable overview of your college-level course. Classroom-style notes emphasize important facts, remind you what you need to remember for term papers and exams, and help guide you through the complexities of lectures and textbooks. Biology covers key topics, including the chemical basis of life, cells and tissues, bioenergetics, genetics, structure and function of body systems, ecology, evolution, and organic diversity.
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Barron's EZ-101 Study Keys
- Biology, Second Edition
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 02-07-09
- Language: English
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The Marsh Builders
- The Fight for Clean Water, Wetlands, and Wildlife
- By: Sharon Levy
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
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In The Marsh Builders, Sharon Levy delves into the intertwined histories of wetlands loss and water pollution. The book's springboard is the tale of a years-long citizen uprising in Humboldt County, California, which led to the creation of one of the first US wetlands designed to treat city sewage. The book explores the global roots of this local story: the cholera epidemics that plagued 19th-century Europe; the researchers who invented modern sewage treatment after bumbling across the insight that microbes break down pollutants in water; and more.
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The Marsh Builders
- The Fight for Clean Water, Wetlands, and Wildlife
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 25-09-18
- Language: English
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Slither
- How Nature's Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World
- By: Stephen S. Hall
- Length: 11 hrs
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In SLITHER, science writer Stephen S. Hall presents a naturalistic, cultural, ecological, and scientific meditation on these loathed yet magnetic creatures. In each chapter, he explores a biological aspect of The Snake, such as their cold blooded metabolism and venomous nature, alongside their mythology, artistic depictions, and cultural veneration.
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Slither
- How Nature's Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World
- Length: 11 hrs
- Release date: 22-04-25
- Language: English
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カラー版 裏山の奇人 野にたゆたう博物学
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 13-12-24
- Language: Japanese
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Being Human (German Edition)
- Wie unser Körper Weltgeschichte schrieb [How Our Biology Shaped World History]
- By: Lewis Dartnell
- Narrated by: Heiko Grauel
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
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Wir sind ohne Zweifel ein Wunder der Evolution. Unsere außergewöhnlichen körperlichen Eigenschaften und unsere Innovationen haben unsere Zivilisationen geschaffen. Aber wir sind auch zutiefst fehlerbehaftet. Unsere Körper brechen, ersticken und versagen, ob wir nun Könige oder Bauern sind. Krankheiten durchkreuzen unsere kühnsten Pläne, unsere Psyche ist die Ursache für schreckliche Entscheidungen in Krieg und Frieden. Diese faszinierende Widersprüchlichkeit ist die Essenz des Menschseins: die Summe unserer Schwächen und unserer Stärken, zwischen denen sich die Historie bewegt.
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Being Human (German Edition)
- Wie unser Körper Weltgeschichte schrieb [How Our Biology Shaped World History]
- Narrated by: Heiko Grauel
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 02-11-23
- Language: German
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Искусные адаптации
- Крот-Звездонос, электрический угорь и другие чудеса эволюции
- By: Кеннет Катания
- Narrated by: Максим Сергеев
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
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Многие животные обладают экстраординарными способностями: например, у крота-звездоноса на морде есть сверхчувствительные отростки, которые помогают мгновенно находить добычу, а электрический угорь парализует жертву ударом тока. Биолог Кеннет Катания рассказывает о некоторых из самых удивительных созданиях природы. Он проливает свет на загадочное и жутковатое поведение щупальценосных змей, крошечных землероек, изумрудных ос и других животных и показывает, как изучение самых странных существ дает понимание эволюции и как научные открытия могут сопровождаться приключениями и весельем.
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Искусные адаптации
- Крот-Звездонос, электрический угорь и другие чудеса эволюции
- Narrated by: Максим Сергеев
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 25-06-24
- Language: Russian
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Achtung, Hormone [The Power of Hormones]
- Alles über die Botenstoffe, die unser Leben lenken [The New Science of How Hormones Impact Every Aspect of Our Health]
- By: Dr. Max Nieuwdorp, Gerd Busse - translator
- Narrated by: Sebastian Waldemer
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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Warum schießt uns der Puls bei Aufregung blitzartig in die Höhe? Wieso spielt mein Sohn ganz anders als meine Tochter? Und wie kommt es eigentlich, dass sich Männer und Frauen mit zunehmendem Alter immer ähnlicher sehen? Kurzweilig und anhand zahlreicher Beispiele aus seiner Praxis schildert Max Nieuwdorp, wie unsere Hormone in allen Lebensphasen, vom Augenblick unserer Empfängnis bis zu unserem letzten Atemzug, eine entscheidende Rolle spielen. Zwischen Minipubertät, Schwangerschaft und Meno- bzw.
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Achtung, Hormone [The Power of Hormones]
- Alles über die Botenstoffe, die unser Leben lenken [The New Science of How Hormones Impact Every Aspect of Our Health]
- Narrated by: Sebastian Waldemer
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 25-07-24
- Language: German
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Охотники за микробами
- By: Поль де Крайф
- Narrated by: Александр Бордуков
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
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В этом международном бестселлере, бактериолог и патологоанатом Поль де Крайф в доступной и увлекательной форме рассказывает о первых ученых, исследовавших микроскопический мир. В их числе "отец микробиологии" Антони ван Левенгук, создавший линзы для изучения микроскопического мира, и Луи Пастер, чье открытие вакцины от бешенства спасло множество жизней. Наследие исследователей и ученых, о которых рассказано в этой книге, приносит свою пользу и по сей день, оказывая влияние на исследования в области борьбы со многими вирусами.FEAT DESC
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Охотники за микробами
- Narrated by: Александр Бордуков
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 01-07-24
- Language: Russian
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