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American Prometheus
- The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
- By: Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 26 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,345
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,475
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,487
J. Robert Oppenheimer, an iconic figure of the 20th century, was a brilliant physicist who led efforts to build an atomic bomb but later confronted the moral consequences of scientific progress....
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5 out of 5 stars
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An American Tragedy
- By Edith on 12-13-07
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1. American Prometheus
- The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 26 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 03-28-07
- Language: English
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Midnight in Chernobyl
- By: Adam Higginbotham
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,542
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,599
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6,560
This is the definitive story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research. Through two decades of reporting, new archival information, and firsthand interviews with witnesses, Adam Higginbotham tells the full dramatic story....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Midnight in Chernobyl is the book to listen to.
- By NH on 03-21-19
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2. Midnight in Chernobyl
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 02-12-19
- Language: English
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The Many Hidden Worlds of Quantum Mechanics
- By: Sean Carroll, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Sean Carroll
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story5 out of 5 stars 27
In a field known for startling ideas, the Many-Worlds Interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics may take the prize. It holds that parallel to our own world are a large number of other universes, almost identical to ours but with small variations....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great read on the topics covered
- By Hunt on 12-13-23
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3. The Many Hidden Worlds of Quantum Mechanics
- Narrated by: Sean Carroll
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 11-24-23
- Language: English
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The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
- The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
- By: Richard P. Feynman
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,788
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,540
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,532
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. Feynman....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting, but material is covered in better book.
- By Erlend on 04-06-16
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4. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
- The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 04-15-13
- Language: English
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Your Brain Is a Time Machine
- The Neuroscience and Physics of Time
- By: Dean Buonomano
- Narrated by: Aaron Abano
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 549
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 445
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 445
Brain researcher and best-selling author Dean Buonomano draws on evolutionary biology, physics, and philosophy to present his theory of how we tell and perceive time....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book on an underrated subject
- By Neuron on 05-09-17
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5. Your Brain Is a Time Machine
- The Neuroscience and Physics of Time
- Narrated by: Aaron Abano
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 04-04-17
- Language: English
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
- By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37,717
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 33,106
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32,823
How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these questions than astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing - not much physics
- By Rob Hahn on 07-15-17
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6. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 05-02-17
- Language: English
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Einstein
- His Life and Universe
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 21 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15,210
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,772
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11,796
Based on the newly released personal letters of Albert Einstein, Walter Isaacson explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Surprise: Two books in one!
- By Henrik on 04-20-07
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7. Einstein
- His Life and Universe
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 21 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 03-28-07
- Language: English
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Cosmic Queries
- StarTalk’s Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going
- By: James Trefil, Lindsey N. Walker - editor, Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 881
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 752
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 745
For science geeks, space and physics nerds, and all who want to understand their place in the universe, this enlightening new book from Neil deGrasse Tyson offers a unique take on the mysteries and curiosities of the cosmos....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rigorous, Informative, Riveting — a great listen!
- By Simon M on 03-03-21
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8. Cosmic Queries
- StarTalk’s Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 03-02-21
- Language: English
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Cosmos
- A Personal Voyage
- By: Carl Sagan
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton, Seth MacFarlane, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,310
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,332
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,293
Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time. In clear-eyed prose, Sagan reveals a jewel-like blue world inhabited by a life form that is just beginning to discover its own identity and to venture into the vast ocean of space....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Over-acting voice actors
- By Seph on 11-09-17
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9. Cosmos
- A Personal Voyage
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton, Seth MacFarlane, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ann Druyan
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 05-30-17
- Language: English
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Thinking in Systems
- A Primer
- By: Donella H. Meadows
- Narrated by: Tia Rider Sorensen
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,081
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,691
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,670
Thinking in Systems is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem-solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. This essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Skip to the Middle
- By John Chambers on 06-20-20
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10. Thinking in Systems
- A Primer
- Narrated by: Tia Rider Sorensen
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 07-26-18
- Language: English
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Starry Messenger
- Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
- By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3,633
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,208
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,181
Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time—war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, and race—in a way that stimulates a deeper sense of unity for us all....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Optimistic
- By Anonymous on 09-23-22
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11. Starry Messenger
- Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 09-20-22
- Language: English
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Time Travel
- A History
- By: James Gleick
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 498
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 440
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Story4 out of 5 stars 433
From James Gleick, a mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolution in literature and science, and its influence on our understanding of time itself....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fiction gives us Truth by connecting the dots
- By Gary on 04-21-17
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12. Time Travel
- A History
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 09-27-16
- Language: English
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Chemistry and Our Universe
- How It All Works
- By: Ron B. Davis, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Ron B. Davis
- Length: 30 hrs and 6 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 503
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 398
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 394
Chemistry and Our Universe: How It All Works is your in-depth introduction to this vital field, taught through 60 engaging half-hour lectures that are suitable for any background or none at all....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Professor, Hard to Follow.
- By Jen on 05-14-19
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13. Chemistry and Our Universe
- How It All Works
- Narrated by: Ron B. Davis
- Length: 30 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 04-03-19
- Language: English
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The Biggest Ideas in the Universe
- Space, Time, and Motion
- By: Sean Carroll
- Narrated by: Sean Carroll
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Story4 out of 5 stars 85
The most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts pulls back the veil of mystery that has too long cloaked the most valuable building blocks of modern science....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Accompanying PDF is Included
- By Barton on 11-21-22
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14. The Biggest Ideas in the Universe
- Space, Time, and Motion
- Narrated by: Sean Carroll
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 09-20-22
- Language: English
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A Brief History of Time
- By: Stephen Hawking
- Narrated by: Michael Jackson
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,733
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,030
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,993
This landmark book is for those of us who prefer words to equations; this is the story of the ultimate quest for knowledge, the ongoing search for the secrets at the heart of time and space....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Easily Digestible Presentation of Complex Topics
- By James on 05-19-04
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15. A Brief History of Time
- Narrated by: Michael Jackson
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 05-01-12
- Language: English
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The Holographic Universe
- The Revolutionary Theory of Reality
- By: Michael Talbot
- Narrated by: Nick Mondelli
- Length: 13 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 377
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 335
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 331
University of London physicist David Bohm, one of the world's most respected quantum physicists, and Stanford neurophysiologist Karl Pribram, an architect of our modern understanding of the brain, have developed a remarkable new way of looking at the universe....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Fail
- By Vadim Tarnovsky on 05-16-21
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16. The Holographic Universe
- The Revolutionary Theory of Reality
- Narrated by: Nick Mondelli
- Length: 13 hrs
- Release date: 04-15-21
- Language: English
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Quantum Physics for Beginners, Into the Light
- The 4 Bizarre Discoveries You Must Know to Master Quantum Mechanics Fast, Revealed Step-By-Step (In Plain English)
- By: John Stoddard
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 113
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 109
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Story5 out of 5 stars 109
In this book, we will break through the confusion and reveal to you the most important ideas of quantum physics, told through the amazing true story of just four bizarre discoveries–many of which were made completely by accident....
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1 out of 5 stars
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The audio book even has a commercial in it...
- By AjM on 11-26-23
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17. Quantum Physics for Beginners, Into the Light
- The 4 Bizarre Discoveries You Must Know to Master Quantum Mechanics Fast, Revealed Step-By-Step (In Plain English)
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 03-27-23
- Language: English
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
- 25th Anniversary Edition
- By: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 37 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,971
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,557
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,535
Here for the first time, in rich human, political, and scientific detail, is the complete story of how the bomb was developed....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Beware limitations of the reader
- By JFanson on 01-01-19
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18. The Making of the Atomic Bomb
- 25th Anniversary Edition
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Series: Richard Rhodes' Nuclear Histories
- Length: 37 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 02-09-16
- Language: English
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The Order of Time
- By: Carlo Rovelli
- Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,897
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,277
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,236
A concise, elegant exploration of time from the author of the international best seller, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rovelli is a Genius
- By Mike on 05-11-18
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19. The Order of Time
- Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 05-08-18
- Language: English
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Einstein's Relativity and the Quantum Revolution: Modern Physics for Non-Scientists, 2nd Edition
- By: Richard Wolfson, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Richard Wolfson
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,677
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,991
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,898
"It doesn't take an Einstein to understand modern physics," says Professor Wolfson at the outset of these twenty-four lectures....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great primer for hard SF fans and physics laymen
- By David on 01-05-15
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20. Einstein's Relativity and the Quantum Revolution: Modern Physics for Non-Scientists, 2nd Edition
- Narrated by: Richard Wolfson
- Series: The Great Courses: Physics
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 07-08-13
- Language: English
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