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Figuring
- Written by: Maria Popova
- Narrated by: Natascha McElhone
- Length: 21 hrs and 27 mins
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Figuring explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of several historical figures across four centuries - beginning with the astronomer Johannes Kepler, who discovered the laws of planetary motion, and ending with the marine biologist and author Rachel Carson, who catalyzed the environmental movement.
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Really really long but beautifully told
- By Zita K. Ranics on 2023-02-04
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Figuring
- Narrated by: Natascha McElhone
- Length: 21 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 2019-02-05
- Language: English
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How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
- Written by: Mike Brown
- Narrated by: Ryan Gesell
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
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The solar system most of us grew up with included nine planets, with Mercury closest to the sun and Pluto at the outer edge. Then, in 2005, astronomer Mike Brown made the discovery of a lifetime: a tenth planet, Eris, slightly bigger than Pluto. But instead of its resulting in one more planet being added to our solar system, Brown’s find ignited a firestorm of controversy that riled the usually sedate world of astronomy and launched him into the public eye.
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One of my favourites
- By brandon on 2020-09-30
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How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
- Narrated by: Ryan Gesell
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 2010-12-07
- Language: English
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The Smallest Lights in the Universe
- A Memoir
- Written by: Sara Seager
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
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Sara Seager has always been in love with the stars: so many lights in the sky, so much possibility. Now a pioneering planetary scientist, she searches for exoplanets - especially that distant, elusive world that sustains life. But with the unexpected death of Seager’s husband, the purpose of her own life becomes hard for her to see. Suddenly, at 40, she is a widow and the single mother of two young boys. For the first time, she feels alone in the universe.
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So happy I listened to this!
- By Sarah Strehler on 2021-05-27
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The Smallest Lights in the Universe
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 2020-08-18
- Language: English
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Black Hole Survival Guide
- Written by: Janna Levin
- Narrated by: Janna Levin
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
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Janna Levin takes us on an evocative exploration of black holes, provoking us to imagine the visceral experience of a black hole encounter. She reveals the influence of black holes as they populate the universe, sculpt galaxies, and even infuse the whole expanse of reality that we inhabit. Lively, engaging, and utterly unique, Black Hole Survival Guide is not just informative - it is, as well, a wonderful listen from first to last.
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Black Hole Survival Guide
- Narrated by: Janna Levin
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 2020-11-10
- Language: English
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Space at the Speed of Light
- The History of 14 Billion Years for People Short on Time
- Written by: Dr. Becky Smethurst
- Narrated by: Dr. Becky Smethurst
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
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Oxford University astrophysicist and popular YouTube personality Dr. Becky Smethurst presents everything you need to know about the universe in 10 accessible and engaging lessons. In Space at the Speed of Light: The History of 14 Billion Years for People Short on Time, she guides you through fundamental questions, both answered and unanswered, posed by space scientists. Why does gravity matter? How do we know the big bang happened?
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Short but great
- By Geoff on 2021-06-03
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Space at the Speed of Light
- The History of 14 Billion Years for People Short on Time
- Narrated by: Dr. Becky Smethurst
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 2020-06-02
- Language: English
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The Universe Within
- Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People
- Written by: Neil Shubin
- Narrated by: Marc Cashman
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
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In his last book, Neil Shubin delved into the amazing connections between human anatomy—our hands, our jaws—and the structures in the fish that first took over land 375 million years ago. Now, with his trademark clarity and exuberance, he takes an even more expansive approach to the question of why we are the way we are.
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The Universe Within
- Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People
- Narrated by: Marc Cashman
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 2013-01-08
- Language: English
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Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
- Written by: Stephen Hawking
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
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In his phenomenal bestseller A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking literally transformed the way we think about physics, the universe, reality itself. In these thirteen essays and one remarkable extended interview, the man widely regarded as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein returns to reveal an amazing array of possibilities for understanding our universe.
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Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 1999-12-15
- Language: English
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Aliens
- The World's Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
- Written by: Jim Al-Khalili
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith, Bruce Mann, Katharine Lee McEwan, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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In these lively and fascinating essays, scientists from around the world weigh in on the latest advances in the search for intelligent life in the universe and discuss just what that might look like. Since 2000, science has seen a surge in data and interest on several fronts related to ET (extraterrestrials); AI (artificial intelligence); and SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence). The debate has intensified over whether life exists outside our solar system, what that life would look like, and whether we'll ever make contact.
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Best kind of book on Audible
- By CoreDev on 2020-07-08
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Aliens
- The World's Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith, Bruce Mann, Katharine Lee McEwan, Paul Michael, Kimberly Farr
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 2017-05-09
- Language: English
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Science Matters
- Achieving Scientific Literacy
- Written by: Robert M. Hazen, James Trefil
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
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Knowledge of the basic ideas and principles of science is fundamental to cultural literacy. But most books on science are often too obscure or too specialized to do the general listener much good.
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Science Matters
- Achieving Scientific Literacy
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 2009-06-02
- Language: English
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How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch
- In Search of the Recipe for Our Universe, from the Origins of Atoms to the Big Bang
- Written by: Harry Cliff
- Narrated by: Harry Cliff
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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Harry Cliff - a University of Cambridge particle physicist and researcher on the Large Hadron Collider - sets out in pursuit of answers. He ventures to the largest underground research facility in the world, deep beneath Italy's Gran Sasso mountains, where scientists gaze into the heart of the Sun using the most elusive of particles, the ghostly neutrino. He visits CERN in Switzerland to explore the "Antimatter Factory," where the stuff of science fiction is manufactured daily (and we're close to knowing whether it falls up).
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How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch
- In Search of the Recipe for Our Universe, from the Origins of Atoms to the Big Bang
- Narrated by: Harry Cliff
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 2021-08-10
- Language: English
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The Planets
- Written by: Dava Sobel
- Narrated by: Lorna Raver
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
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The sun's family of planets become a familiar place in this personal account of the lives of other worlds. Sobel explores the planets' origins and oddities through the lens of popular culture, from astrology, mythology, and science fiction to art, music, poetry, biography, and history. This intimate account is filled with fascination, beauty, and surprise.
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The Planets
- Narrated by: Lorna Raver
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 2005-09-29
- Language: English
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Empires of the Sky
- Zeppelins, Airplanes, and Two Men's Epic Duel to Rule the World
- Written by: Alexander Rose
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 22 hrs and 43 mins
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At the dawn of the 20th century, when human flight was still considered an impossibility, Germany’s Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin vied with the Wright Brothers to build the world’s first successful flying machine. As the Wrights labored to invent the airplane, Zeppelin fathered the remarkable airship, sparking a bitter rivalry between the two types of aircraft and their innovators that would last for decades, in the quest to control one of humanity’s most inspiring achievements. And it was the airship—not the airplane—that led the way.
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Empires of the Sky
- Zeppelins, Airplanes, and Two Men's Epic Duel to Rule the World
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 22 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 2020-04-28
- Language: English
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Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space
- Written by: Isaac Asimov
- Narrated by: Jon Lindstrom
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
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Are you puzzled by pulsars? Baffled by black holes? Bewildered by the big bang? If so, here are succinct, crystal-clear answers to more than 100 of the most significant questions about the essential nature of the universe - questions that have fired the imagination since the beginning of history. Over the course of this fantastic voyage, the origins, the discoveries, and the stunning achievements of astronomy will unfold before your eyes
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Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space
- Narrated by: Jon Lindstrom
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 2020-12-15
- Language: English
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The Fabric of the Cosmos
- Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
- Written by: Brian Greene
- Narrated by: Erik Davies
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
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Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does time have a direction? Could the universe exist without space and time? Can we travel to the past? Greene uses these questions to guide us toward modern science’s new and deeper understanding of the universe.
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The Fabric of the Cosmos
- Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
- Narrated by: Erik Davies
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2004-02-12
- Language: English
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Sex on the Moon
- The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History
- Written by: Ben Mezrich
- Narrated by: Casey Affleck
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
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Thad Roberts, a fellow in a prestigious NASA program had an idea - a romantic, albeit crazy, idea. He wanted to give his girlfriend the moon. Literally. Thad convinced his girlfriend and another female accomplice, both NASA interns, to break into an impregnable laboratory at NASA - past security checkpoints, an electronically locked door with cipher security codes, and camera-lined hallways - and help him steal the most precious objects in the world: the moon rocks. But what does one do with an item so valuable that it’s illegal even to own?
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Great story
- By Josie F. on 2020-11-05
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Sex on the Moon
- The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History
- Narrated by: Casey Affleck
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 2011-07-12
- Language: English
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Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial?
- .... and Other Questions from the Astronomers' In-box at the Vatican Observatory
- Written by: Guy Consolmagno SJ, Paul Mueller
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman, Rob Shapiro
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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"Imagine if a Martian showed up, all big ears and big nose like a child’s drawing, and he asked to be baptized. How would you react?" Pope Francis posed that question - without insisting on an answer! - to provoke deeper reflection about inclusiveness and diversity in the Church. But it's not the first time that question has been asked.
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Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial?
- .... and Other Questions from the Astronomers' In-box at the Vatican Observatory
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman, Rob Shapiro
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2014-10-07
- Language: English
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Now
- The Physics of Time - and the Ephemeral Moment That Einstein Could Not Explain
- Written by: Richard A. Muller
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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You are reading the word now right now. But what does that mean? What makes the ephemeral moment "now" so special? Its enigmatic character has bedeviled philosophers, priests, and modern-day physicists from Augustine to Einstein and beyond. Einstein showed that the flow of time is affected by both velocity and gravity, yet he despaired at his failure to explain the meaning of now. Equally puzzling: Why does time flow? Some physicists have given up trying to understand and call the flow of time an illusion.
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- The Physics of Time - and the Ephemeral Moment That Einstein Could Not Explain
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 2016-09-20
- Language: English
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The Sirens of Mars
- Searching for Life on Another World
- Written by: Sarah Stewart Johnson
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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Mars was once similar to Earth, but today there are no rivers, no lakes, no oceans. Coated in red dust, the terrain is bewilderingly empty. And yet multiple spacecraft are circling Mars, on the brink, perhaps, of a staggering find, one that would inspire humankind as much as any discovery in the history of modern science. In this beautifully observed, deeply personal book, Georgetown scientist Sarah Stewart Johnson tells the story of how she and other researchers have scoured Mars for signs of life, transforming the planet from a distant point of light into a world of its own.
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The Sirens of Mars
- Searching for Life on Another World
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2020-07-07
- Language: English
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Lost Discoveries
- The Ancient Roots of Modern Science from the Babylonians to the Mayans
- Written by: Dick Teresi
- Narrated by: Peter Johnson
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
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In the tradition of Daniel Boorstin, the co-founder of Omni delivers an original work of history that demonstrates why modern science rests on a foundation built by ancient and medieval non-European societies. "If you think that modern science is rooted in the golden age of Greece, you owe it to yourself to [hear this] book," says Library Journal.
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Lost Discoveries
- The Ancient Roots of Modern Science from the Babylonians to the Mayans
- Narrated by: Peter Johnson
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 2002-11-15
- Language: English
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War of the Worldviews
- Science Vs. Spirituality
- Written by: Leonard Mlodinow, Deepak Chopra
- Narrated by: Deepak Chopra MD, Leonard Mlodinow
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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Two bestselling authors first met in a televised Caltech debate on “the future of God,” one an articulate advocate for spirituality, the other a prominent physicist. This remarkable book is the product of that serendipitous encounter and the contentious - but respectful - clash of worldviews that grew along with their friendship.
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War of the Worldviews
- Science Vs. Spirituality
- Narrated by: Deepak Chopra MD, Leonard Mlodinow
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 2011-10-04
- Language: English
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