Physics of the Future

Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 43 mins)
• By Michio Kaku
• Narrated By Feodor Chin
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In Physics of the Future, Michio Kaku—the New York Times best-selling author of Physics of the Impossible—gives us a stunning, provocative, and exhilarating vision of the coming century based on interviews with over 300 of the world’s top scientists who are already inventing the future in their labs. The result is the most authoritative and scientifically accurate description of revolutionary developments taking place....

Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe

• UNABRIDGED (13 hrs)
• By Lee Smolin
• Narrated By Sean Pratt

Lee Smolin, author of the controversial bestseller The Trouble with Physics, argues that a limited notion of time is holding physics back. It's time for a major revolution in scientific thought. The reality of time could be the key to the next big breakthrough in theoretical physics.

What if the laws of physics themselves were not timeless? What if they could evolve? Time Reborn offers a radical new approach to cosmology that embraces the reality of time and opens up a whole new universe of possibilities.

Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 26 mins)
• By Richard A. Muller
• Narrated By Pete Larkin
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We live in complicated, dangerous times. They are also hyper-technical times. As citizens who will elect future presidents of the most powerful and influential world, we need to know - truly understand, not just rely on television's talking heads - if Iran's nascent nuclear capability is a genuine threat to the West, if biochemical weapons are likely to be developed by terrorists, if there are viable alternatives to fossil fuels that should be nurtured and supported by the government, if nuclear power should be encouraged, and if global warming is actually happening.

Pricing the Future: Finance, Physics, and the 300-Year Journey to the Black-Scholes Equation

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 3 mins)
• By George Szpiro
• Narrated By Brian Troxell
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Financial economist George G. Szpiro here tells the fascinating stories of the pioneers of mathematical finance who conducted the search for the elusive options pricing formula. From the broker's assistant who published the first mathematical explanation of financial markets to Albert Einstein and other scientists, Pricing the Future retraces the historical and intellectual developments that ultimately led to the widespread use of mathematical models to drive investment strategies on Wall Street.

To the Best of Our Knowledge: Future Physics

• NONE (52 mins)
• By Jim Fleming

In this hour, the physics feud: why some scientists say string theory is a brain drain that isn't even provable. First, radio astronomer and author Marcus Chown (The Quantum Zoo). Next, author Lee Smolin (The Trouble with Physics). Then, musician Jason Soares. Also, author Len Fisher (How to Dunk a Doughnut: The Science of Everyday Life). Finally, physics professor and author Russell Stannard (The Curious History of God).

The Future of Spacetime

• ABRIDGED (3 hrs and 16 mins)
• By Richard Price, Editor
• Narrated By Jonathan Davis

Here are five accessible essays by those who walk the fine line between science and science fiction, moving ever further out in discovering the patterns of nature, aimed at listeners who share their fascination with the deepest mysteries of the universe. Includes essays by Stephen Hawking, Timothy Ferris, Alan Lightman, and more.

Primary Inversion: A Novel of the Skolian Empire

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 59 mins)
• By Catherine Asaro
• Narrated By Anna Fields

The Skolian Empire rules a third of the civilized galaxy through its mastery of faster-than-light communication. But war with the rival empire of the Traders seems imminent, a war that can only lead to slavery for the Skolians or the destruction of both sides. Destructive skirmishes have already occurred. A desperate attempt must be made to avert total disaster.