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Patient Zero
- A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases
- By: Lydia Kang MD, Nate Pedersen
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
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From the masters of storytelling-meets-science, Patient Zero tells the long and fascinating history of disease outbreaks—how they start, how they spread, the science that lets us understand them, and how we race to destroy them before they destroy us....
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Can’t listen to the reader
- By Doug Clyde on 07-21-22
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21. Patient Zero
- A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 07-15-22
- Language: English
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Frostbite
- How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves
- By: Nicola Twilley
- Narrated by: Nicola Twilley
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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An engaging and far-reaching exploration of refrigeration, tracing its evolution from scientific mystery to globe-spanning infrastructure, and an essential investigation into how it has remade our entire relationship with food—for better and for worse....
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22. Frostbite
- How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves
- Narrated by: Nicola Twilley
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 06-25-24
- Language: English
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Chaos
- Making a New Science
- By: James Gleick
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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James Gleick explains the theories behind the fascinating new science called chaos. Alongside relativity and quantum mechanics, it is being hailed as the 20th century's third revolution....
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Best AudioBook on Math/Physics yet
- By Ryanman on 03-02-11
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23. Chaos
- Making a New Science
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 02-01-11
- Language: English
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The Great Influenza
- The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
- By: John M. Barry
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
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In the winter of 1918, at the height of World War I, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide....
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Great book but very disturbing...
- By Tim on 01-15-09
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24. The Great Influenza
- The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 01-01-06
- Language: English
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The Code Book
- The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
- By: Simon Singh
- Narrated by: Patty Nieman
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
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In his first book since the best-selling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives....
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Great overview of the history of cryptography and code breaking
- By Oliver J. Siodmak on 02-15-24
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25. The Code Book
- The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
- Narrated by: Patty Nieman
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 10-10-23
- Language: English
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What Is Real?
- The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics
- By: Adam Becker
- Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
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The untold story of the heretical thinkers who dared to question the nature of our quantum universe....
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Good, "light" "read"... potential caveat below...
- By James S. on 03-31-18
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26. What Is Real?
- The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics
- Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 03-20-18
- Language: English
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Energy
- A Human History
- By: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
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Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes reveals the fascinating history behind energy transitions over time - wood to coal to oil to electricity and beyond....
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No more accents, please!
- By Ned Gulley on 08-30-18
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27. Energy
- A Human History
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 05-29-18
- Language: English
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An Elegant Defense
- The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives
- By: Matt Richtel
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
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A magnificently reported and soulfully crafted exploration of the human immune system - the key to health and wellness, life and death. An epic, first-of-its-kind audiobook, entwining leading-edge scientific discovery with the intimate stories of four individual lives....
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Weak foundation, good conclusion
- By David on 03-24-19
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28. An Elegant Defense
- The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 03-12-19
- Language: English
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American Sherlock
- Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI
- By: Kate Winkler Dawson
- Narrated by: Kate Winkler Dawson
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
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From the acclaimed author of Death in the Air comes the riveting story of the birth of criminal investigation in the 20th century....
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Always use a professional Editor and Reader
- By Steven F. Schroeder on 02-19-20
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29. American Sherlock
- Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI
- Narrated by: Kate Winkler Dawson
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 02-11-20
- Language: English
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The Map That Changed the World
- William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
- By: Simon Winchester
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
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In 1793 William Smith, a canal digger, made a startling discovery that was to turn the fledgling science of the history of the earth - and a central plank of established Christian religion - on its head....
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Who knew rocks could be so deceptive?
- By Jody R. Nathan on 11-09-04
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30. The Map That Changed the World
- William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 01-22-04
- Language: English
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Ravenous
- Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection
- By: Sam Apple
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
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The extraordinary story of the Nazi-era scientific genius who discovered how cancer cells eat - and what it means for how we should....
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Highly recommended, a must read.
- By Joerg on 06-10-21
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31. Ravenous
- Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 05-25-21
- Language: English
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Mapping the Darkness
- The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep
- By: Kenneth Miller
- Narrated by: James Fouhey
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
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Award-winning journalist Kenneth Miller weaves together science and history to tell the story of four outsider scientists who took sleep science from fringe discipline to mainstream obsession through spectacular experiments, technological innovation, and single-minded commitment....
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Very detailed and interesting
- By Darcy on 01-24-24
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32. Mapping the Darkness
- The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep
- Narrated by: James Fouhey
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 10-03-23
- Language: English
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The Icepick Surgeon
- Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
- By: Sam Kean
- Narrated by: Ben Sullivan
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
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Science is a force for good in the world—at least usually. But sometimes, when obsession gets the better of scientists, they twist a noble pursuit into something sinister. Under this spell, knowledge isn’t everything, it’s the only thing—no matter the cost....
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FANTASTIC! & What’s up with all these naysayers (negative reviewers)?!
- By H. Zophie Leslea on 08-19-21
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33. The Icepick Surgeon
- Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
- Narrated by: Ben Sullivan
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 07-13-21
- Language: English
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Is This Wi-Fi Organic?
- A Guide to Spotting Misleading Science Online
- By: Dave Farina
- Narrated by: Dave Farina
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
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Learn how to separate internet fact from fiction. In Is This Wi-Fi Organic? Dave Farina, author and science expert from the YouTube channel Professor Dave Explains, is here to help you fight confirmation bias and logical fallacies....
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Requires Nonexistant Supplemental Material
- By Jordan Cline on 11-16-21
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34. Is This Wi-Fi Organic?
- A Guide to Spotting Misleading Science Online
- Narrated by: Dave Farina
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 03-30-21
- Language: English
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The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
- The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
- By: Sam Kean
- Narrated by: Henry Leyva
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
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The author of the best seller The Disappearing Spoon reveals the secret inner workings of the brain through strange but true stories....
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Detailed but not overly Technical
- By Michael on 05-06-15
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35. The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
- The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
- Narrated by: Henry Leyva
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 05-27-14
- Language: English
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Anaximander
- And the Birth of Science
- By: Carlo Rovelli
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
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The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics illuminates the nature of science through the revolutionary ideas of the Greek philosopher Anaximander....
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Wide ranging case for a Critical Figure in the Evolution of Science
- By Tom on 03-20-23
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36. Anaximander
- And the Birth of Science
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 02-28-23
- Language: English
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Tripping on Utopia
- Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science
- By: Benjamin Breen
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
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A bold and brilliant revisionist take on the history of psychedelics in the twentieth century, illuminating how a culture of experimental drugs shaped the Cold War and the birth of Silicon Valley....
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Interesting cast of characters
- By Jeffrey D on 03-04-24
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37. Tripping on Utopia
- Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 01-16-24
- Language: English
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Liftoff
- Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days that Launched SpaceX
- By: Eric Berger
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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The dramatic inside story of the first four historic flights that launched SpaceX - and Elon Musk - from a shaky startup into the world's leading-edge rocket company....
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Excellent. Would make a good movie.
- By Andrew Dodson on 03-04-21
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38. Liftoff
- Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days that Launched SpaceX
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 03-02-21
- Language: English
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The Birth of the Pill
- How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution
- By: Jonathan Eig
- Narrated by: Gayle Hendrix
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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The fascinating story of one of the most important scientific discoveries of the twentieth century....
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Overall Excellent Read
- By Rachel on 04-02-22
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39. The Birth of the Pill
- How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution
- Narrated by: Gayle Hendrix
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 12-30-14
- Language: English
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Where Good Ideas Come From
- The Natural History of Innovation
- By: Steven Johnson
- Narrated by: Eric Singer
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
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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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Ambitious
- By Roy on 12-08-10
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40. Where Good Ideas Come From
- The Natural History of Innovation
- Narrated by: Eric Singer
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 10-05-10
- Language: English
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