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    • A Brief History of Hype and Failure
    • By: Vaclav Smil
    • Narrated by: Tim Fannon
    • Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 11-07-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • From the New York Times-bestselling author comes a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts....

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    • How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
    • By: Walter Isaacson
    • Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
    • Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 07-10-14
    • Language: English
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    • Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson’s revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet....

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    • Catapults, Pulsejets, Rail Guns, Flamethrowers, Tesla Coils, Air Cannons, and the Garage Warriors Who Love Them
    • By: William Gurstelle
    • Narrated by: Marc Cashman
    • Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 09-02-06
    • Language: English
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    • The technology underground is a thriving, humming subculture of inventors and scientific envelope-pushers....

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    • The Geniuses, Visionaries, Egomaniacs, and Scoundrels Who Built Our Electronic Age
    • By: Derek Cheung, Eric Brach
    • Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
    • Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 01-03-20
    • Language: English
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    • Conquering the Electron offers listeners a true and engaging history of the world of electronics, beginning with the discoveries of static electricity and magnetism and ending with the creation of the smartphone and the iPad....

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    • The One Who Changed the World: Great Biographies, Book 1
    • By: The History Hour
    • Narrated by: Jerry Beebe
    • Series: Great Biographies, Book 19
    • Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
    • Release date: 11-01-19
    • Language: English
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    • There is a lot more to the story than just the light bulb, and there is a lot more to the invention of the light bulb than just Thomas Edison. One thing is for sure - he is still remembered as one of the greatest inventors of all time....

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    • By: James May, Phil Dolling
    • Narrated by: James May
    • Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 20-08-07
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 209 ratings
    • Longlisted for the Audiobook Download of the Year, 2007.
      How much should you pay for a return trip to the moon? How are Winnie the Pooh and the artificial heart related....

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    • The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller
    • By: Alec Nevala-Lee
    • Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
    • Length: 18 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 02-08-22
    • Language: English
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    • During his lifetime, Buckminster Fuller was hailed as one of the greatest geniuses of the twentieth century....

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    • Guided Problem-Solving in Inventions, Nature, Uncommon Trivia, and Business Innovation: Invent and Discover, Book 1
    • By: Invent and Discover
    • Narrated by: Helpful Matthew
    • Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 07-01-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 48 ratings
    • Enjoy figuring out creative solutions to real-world problems that have led to important inventions, discoveries, and innovations throughout history....

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    • The Creative Power of Collaboration
    • By: Keith Sawyer
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz
    • Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 14-01-08
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • In this authoritative and fascinating new audiobook, Keith Sawyer tears down some of the most popular myths about creativity and erects new principles in their place....

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    • The True Story of a Genius, an Engine and Our Future
    • By: Phillip Hills
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 02-03-22
    • Language: English
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    • In May 2018, NASA called a press conference to announce the successful test-run of their tiny nuclear reactor KRUSTY (Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling Technology). This revolutionary technology, which runs on heat alone, may have profound consequences for the future of mankind....

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    • By: Adam Fisher
    • Narrated by: Pete Larkin
    • Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 10-07-18
    • Language: English
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    • 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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    • The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series
    • By: Paul E. Ceruzzi
    • Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon
    • Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 30-10-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • The history of computing could be told as the story of hardware and software or the story of the Internet or the story of "smart" handheld devices....

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    • The Natural History of Innovation
    • By: Steven Johnson
    • Narrated by: Eric Singer
    • Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 05-10-10
    • Language: English
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    • What sparks the flash of brilliance? One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on - in exhilarating style - one of our key questions....

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    • Inventor of the Electrical Age
    • By: W. Bernard Carlson
    • Narrated by: Allan Robertson
    • Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 16-01-14
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 43 ratings
    • Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the 20th century....

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