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13 Things That Don't Make Sense
- The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time
- By: Michael Brooks
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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In 13 Things That Don't Make Sense, Michael Brooks heads to the scientific frontier to meet thirteen modern-day anomalies and discover tomorrow's breakthroughs....
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10 interesting chapters-read epiloge first
- By Stephen on 06-10-09
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13 Things That Don't Make Sense
- The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 08-20-08
- Language: English
- In 13 Things That Don't Make Sense, Michael Brooks heads to the scientific frontier to meet thirteen modern-day anomalies and discover tomorrow's breakthroughs....
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A Crack in Creation
- Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
- By: Jennifer A. Doudna, Samuel H. Sternberg
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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The cheapest, simplest, most effective way of manipulating DNA ever known, CRISPR may well give us the cure to HIV, genetic diseases, and some cancers....
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In to the abyss we ascend, a scary future
- By Philomath on 06-17-17
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A Crack in Creation
- Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 06-13-17
- Language: English
- The cheapest, simplest, most effective way of manipulating DNA ever known, CRISPR may well give us the cure to HIV, genetic diseases, and some cancers....
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At the Edge of Uncertainty
- 11 Discoveries Taking Science by Surprise
- By: Michael Brooks
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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The best-selling author of Free Radicals takes listeners on a whirlwind tour of the most controversial areas of modern science....
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All smoke, no fire
- By Kenton on 07-25-15
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At the Edge of Uncertainty
- 11 Discoveries Taking Science by Surprise
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 02-12-15
- Language: English
- The best-selling author of Free Radicals takes listeners on a whirlwind tour of the most controversial areas of modern science....
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Behave
- The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
- By: Robert Sapolsky
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom
- Length: 26 hrs and 27 mins
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From the celebrated neurobiologist and primatologist, a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior, both good and bad, and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do? Sapolsky's storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic....
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Insightful
- By Doug Hay on 07-27-17
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Behave
- The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom
- Length: 26 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 05-02-17
- Language: English
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From the celebrated neurobiologist and primatologist, a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior, both good and bad, and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do? Sapolsky's storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic....
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Better
- A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
- By: Atul Gawande
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
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Atul Gawande explores how doctors strive for best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable - in Boston, India, Iraq, and in malpractice courtrooms....
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A MUST read . . .
- By Kathy in CA on 08-11-14
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Better
- A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 03-21-07
- Language: English
- Atul Gawande explores how doctors strive for best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable - in Boston, India, Iraq, and in malpractice courtrooms....
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Braiding Sweetgrass
- Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
- By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
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As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science....
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Finally, Words
- By Donovan P Malley on 06-30-19
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Braiding Sweetgrass
- Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
- Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 12-27-15
- Language: English
- As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science....
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Brain Maker
- The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain - for Life
- By: David Perlmutter, Kristin Loberg
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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The best-selling author of Grain Brain uncovers the powerful role of gut bacteria in determining your brain's destiny....
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If you buy one health book, this should be it
- By TiV on 06-08-15
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Brain Maker
- The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain - for Life
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 04-28-15
- Language: English
- The best-selling author of Grain Brain uncovers the powerful role of gut bacteria in determining your brain's destiny....
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Brave New Arctic
- The Untold Story of the Melting North
- By: Mark C. Serreze
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
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In the 1990s, researchers in the Arctic noticed that floating summer sea ice had begun receding. This was accompanied by shifts in ocean circulation and unexpected changes in weather patterns....
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Makes you wanna travel before it's all gone
- By Safjoe on 04-10-19
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Brave New Arctic
- The Untold Story of the Melting North
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 04-10-18
- Language: English
- In the 1990s, researchers in the Arctic noticed that floating summer sea ice had begun receding. This was accompanied by shifts in ocean circulation and unexpected changes in weather patterns....
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Buzz
- The Nature and Necessity of Bees
- By: Thor Hanson
- Narrated by: Brant Pope
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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From the award-winning author of The Triumph of Seeds and Feathers, a natural and cultural history of the buzzing wee beasties that make the world go round....
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Not just honeybees!
- By Joshua R. Jacobs on 11-28-18
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Buzz
- The Nature and Necessity of Bees
- Narrated by: Brant Pope
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 09-18-18
- Language: English
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From the award-winning author of The Triumph of Seeds and Feathers, a natural and cultural history of the buzzing wee beasties that make the world go round....
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Caesar's Last Breath
- Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
- By: Sam Kean
- Narrated by: Ben Sullivan
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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The fascinating science and history of the air we breathe. It's invisible. It's ever present. Without it, you would die in minutes. And it has an epic story to tell....
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Very enjoyable until the ridiculous conclusion
- By Grant M. on 10-01-17
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Caesar's Last Breath
- Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
- Narrated by: Ben Sullivan
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 07-18-17
- Language: English
- The fascinating science and history of the air we breathe. It's invisible. It's ever present. Without it, you would die in minutes. And it has an epic story to tell....
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Complications
- A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
- By: Atul Gawande
- Narrated by: William David Griffith
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
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Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate...
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It's about time...
- By T.K. on 05-31-03
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Complications
- A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
- Narrated by: William David Griffith
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 04-25-03
- Language: English
- Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate...
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Deadly Outbreaks
- How Medical Detectives Save Lives Threatened by Killer Pandemics, Exotic Viruses, and Drug-Resistant Parasites
- By: Alexandra Levitt
- Narrated by: Julie McKay
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
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Take a visit to the frontline as scientists fight to solve medical mysteries....
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Not the top of the class...
- By Carolyn on 08-14-14
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Deadly Outbreaks
- How Medical Detectives Save Lives Threatened by Killer Pandemics, Exotic Viruses, and Drug-Resistant Parasites
- Narrated by: Julie McKay
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 09-01-13
- Language: English
- Take a visit to the frontline as scientists fight to solve medical mysteries....
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Dreams of a Final Theory
- The Scientist's Search for the Ultimate Laws of Nature
- By: Steven Weinberg
- Narrated by: Stuart Langton
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
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Intellectually daring, rich in anecdote and aphorism, Dreams of a Final Theory launches us into a new cosmos and helps us make sense of what we find there....
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Informative
- By Roy on 08-03-09
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Dreams of a Final Theory
- The Scientist's Search for the Ultimate Laws of Nature
- Narrated by: Stuart Langton
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 04-23-09
- Language: English
- Intellectually daring, rich in anecdote and aphorism, Dreams of a Final Theory launches us into a new cosmos and helps us make sense of what we find there....
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Every Patient Tells a Story
- Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis
- By: Lisa Sanders
- Narrated by: Lisa Sanders
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
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A riveting exploration of the most difficult and important part of what doctors do, by Yale School of Medicine physician Dr. Lisa Sanders, author of the monthly New York Times Magazine column "Diagnosis", the inspiration for the hit Fox TV series House, M.D....
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Make sure this is what you think!
- By Ronda on 05-11-12
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Every Patient Tells a Story
- Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis
- Narrated by: Lisa Sanders
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 08-11-09
- Language: English
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A riveting exploration of the most difficult and important part of what doctors do, by Yale School of Medicine physician Dr. Lisa Sanders, author of the monthly New York Times Magazine column "Diagnosis", the inspiration for the hit Fox TV series House, M.D....
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Get Well Soon
- History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
- By: Jennifer Wright
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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Throughout time, humans have been terrified and fascinated by the diseases history and circumstance have dropped on them....
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Didn't know syphilis could be so fascinating.
- By Kindle Customer on 02-09-17
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Get Well Soon
- History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 02-07-17
- Language: English
- Throughout time, humans have been terrified and fascinated by the diseases history and circumstance have dropped on them....
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God's Hotel
- A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
- By: Victoria Sweet
- Narrated by: Victoria Sweet
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
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San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital is the last almshouse in the country, a descendant of the Hôtel-Dieu (God's hotel) that cared for the sick in the Middle Ages....
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Great read
- By kayla solomon on 04-08-17
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God's Hotel
- A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
- Narrated by: Victoria Sweet
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 04-29-13
- Language: English
- San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital is the last almshouse in the country, a descendant of the Hôtel-Dieu (God's hotel) that cared for the sick in the Middle Ages....
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Gulp
- Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
- By: Mary Roach
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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Best-selling author Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside. Roach takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour....
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Funtastic Voyage
- By Mel on 04-05-13
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Gulp
- Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 04-02-13
- Language: English
- Best-selling author Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside. Roach takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour....
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