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The Idea of the Brain
- The Past and Future of Neuroscience
- Written by: Matthew Cobb
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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An "elegant", "engrossing" (Carol Tavris, Wall Street Journal) examination of what we think we know about the brain and why - despite technological advances - the workings of our most essential organ remain a mystery.
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Excellent Tour of Ideas of the Brain Through Time
- By Cal on 2021-05-27
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The Idea of the Brain
- The Past and Future of Neuroscience
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 2020-04-21
- Language: English
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Smell
- A Very Short Introduction
- Written by: Matthew Cobb
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Our sense of smell - or olfaction as it is technically known - is our most enigmatic sense. It can conjure up memories, taking us back to very specific places and emotions, whilst powerful smells can induce strong feelings of hunger or nausea. In the animal kingdom smell can be used to find food, a mate, or a home; to sense danger; and to send and receive complex messages with other members of a species. Yet despite its fundamental importance in our mental life and in the existence of all animals, our scientific understanding of how smell works is limited.
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Smell
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2020-07-31
- Language: English
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Life's Greatest Secret
- The Race to Crack the Genetic Code
- Written by: Matthew Cobb
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone has heard the story of DNA as the story of Watson, Crick, and Rosalind Franklin, but knowing the structure of DNA was only part of a greater struggle to understand life's secrets. Life's Greatest Secret is the story of the discovery and cracking of the genetic code, the thing that ultimately enables a spiraling molecule to give rise to the life that exists all around us. This great scientific breakthrough has had far-reaching consequences for how we understand ourselves and our place in the natural world.
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It Wasn't Just Watson, Crick, Wilkins and Franklin
- By Wandering on 2021-03-20
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Life's Greatest Secret
- The Race to Crack the Genetic Code
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 2015-08-11
- Language: English
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As Gods
- A Moral History of the Genetic Age
- Written by: Matthew Cobb
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
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In 2018, scientists manipulated the DNA of human babies for the first time. As biologist and historian Matthew Cobb shows in As Gods, this achievement was one many scientists have feared from the start of the genetic age. Four times in the last fifty years, geneticists, frightened by their own technology, have called a temporary halt to their experiments. They ought to be frightened.
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As Gods
- A Moral History of the Genetic Age
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 2022-11-15
- Language: English
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The Essential Kerner Commission Report
- The Landmark Study on Race, Inequality, and Police Violence
- Written by: Jelani Cobb - editor introduction, Matthew Guariglia
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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Recognizing that a historic study of American racism and police violence should become part of today's canon, Jelani Cobb contextualizes it for a new generation.
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The Essential Kerner Commission Report
- The Landmark Study on Race, Inequality, and Police Violence
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 2022-01-03
- Language: English
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