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E. H. Gombrich's world history, an international best seller now available in English for the first time, is a text dominated not by dates and facts but by the sweep of experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements, and an acute witness to its frailties.
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5 out of 5 stars
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an enlightening book; very well read
- De A.B.Oxford en 06-03-06
De: E. H. Gombrich
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Know This
- Today's Most Interesting and Important Scientific Ideas, Discoveries, and Developments
- De: John Brockman
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman, Dan John Miller
- Duración: 14 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 230
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 199
Scientific developments radically alter our understanding of the world. Whether it's technology, climate change, health research, or the latest revelations of neuroscience, physics, or psychology, science has, as Edge editor John Brockman says, "become a big story, if not the big story". In that spirit this new addition to Edge.org's fascinating series asks a powerful and provocative question: What do you consider the most interesting and important recent scientific news?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Pete and Repeat and Re-repeat
- De Daniel L en 02-25-18
De: John Brockman
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Creation
- How Science Is Reinventing Life Itself
- De: Adam Rutherford
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
- Duración: 6 h y 53 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 42
What is life? Humans have been asking this question for thousands of years. But as technology has advanced and our understanding of biology has deepened, the answer has evolved. For decades, scientists have been exploring the limits of nature by modifying and manipulating DNA, cells, and whole organisms to create new ones that could never have previously existed on their own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Goldilocks book on what is life
- De Gary en 07-11-13
De: Adam Rutherford
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The Gene
- An Intimate History
- De: Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Narrado por: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Duración: 19 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,861
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,146
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,099
The extraordinary Siddhartha Mukherjee has written a biography of the gene as deft, brilliant, and illuminating as his extraordinarily successful biography of cancer. Weaving science, social history, and personal narrative to tell us the story of one of the most important conceptual breakthroughs of modern times, Mukherjee animates the quest to understand human heredity and its surprising influence on our lives, personalities, identities, fates, and choices.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's a Wonderful Book
- De JKC en 06-02-16
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The Compatibility Gene
- How Our Bodies Fight Disease, Attract Others, and Define Our Selves
- De: Daniel M. Davis
- Narrado por: Christopher Grove
- Duración: 7 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41
Most of the 25,000 genes we possess are the same for all of us. Compatibility genes are those that vary most from person to person and give each of us a unique molecular signature. These genes determine both the extent to which we are susceptible to a vast range of illnesses and the different ways each of us fights disease.
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5 out of 5 stars
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If interested in medicine, got to read
- De Howard Sterling en 06-29-16
De: Daniel M. Davis
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The Lives of a Cell
- Notes of a Biology Watcher
- De: Lewis Thomas
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 4 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 94
In The Lives of a Cell, Dr. Lewis Thomas opens up to the listener a universe of knowledge and perception that is perhaps not wholly unfamiliar to the research scientist; but the world he explores is also one of men and women, of complex interrelationships, old ironies, peculiar powers, and intricate languages that give identity to the alienated and direction to the dependent. This remarkable work offers a subtle, bold vision of humankind and the world around us - a sense of what gives life - from a writer who seems to draw grace and strength from the very substance of his subject.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So enlightening and enjoyable!
- De Flora en 03-15-18
De: Lewis Thomas
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The Science of Discworld
- A Novel
- De: Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen
- Narrado por: Michael Fenton Stevens, Stephen Briggs
- Duración: 13 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 719
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 638
Not just another science audiobook and not just another Discworld novella, The Science of Discworld is a creative, mind-bending mash-up of fiction and fact, that offers a wizard’s-eye view of our world that will forever change how you look at the universe.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not the best Pratchett, but gets there in the end
- De Rachel en 07-30-14
De: Terry Pratchett, y otros
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The Science of Rick and Morty
- The Unofficial Guide to Earth's Stupidest Show
- De: Matt Brady
- Narrado por: Joe Hempel
- Duración: 10 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 89
Blending biology, chemistry, and physics basics with accessible - and witty-prose, The Science of Rick and Morty equips you with the scientific foundation to thoroughly understand Rick's experiments from the show, such as how we can use dark matter and energy, just what is intelligence hacking, and whether or not you can really control a cockroach's nervous system with your tongue. Perfect for longtime and new fans of the show, this is the ultimate segue into discovering more about our complicated and fascinating universe.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Some good science in here?
- De Darin Harbert en 02-06-20
De: Matt Brady
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The Upright Thinkers
- The Human Journey From Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos
- De: Leonard Mlodinow
- Narrado por: Leonard Mlodinow
- Duración: 12 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 201
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 178
In this fascinating and illuminating work, Leonard Mlodinow guides us through the critical eras and events in the development of science, all of which, he demonstrates, were propelled forward by humankind's collective struggle to know. From the birth of reasoning and culture to the formation of the studies of physics, chemistry, biology, and modern-day quantum physics, we come to see that much of our progress can be attributed to simple questions - why? how? - bravely asked.
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5 out of 5 stars
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10/10 Got What I Wanted.
- De Austin en 09-22-15
De: Leonard Mlodinow
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The Blind Watchmaker
- Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
- De: Richard Dawkins
- Narrado por: Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward
- Duración: 14 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,791
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,415
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,386
The Blind Watchmaker, knowledgably narrated by author Richard Dawkins, is as prescient and timely a book as ever. The watchmaker belongs to the 18th-century theologian William Paley, who argued that just as a watch is too complicated and functional to have sprung into existence by accident, so too must all living things, with their far greater complexity, be purposefully designed. Charles Darwin's brilliant discovery challenged the creationist arguments; but only Richard Dawkins could have written this elegant riposte.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Challenging textbook more than an enjoyable listen
- De Eric en 01-15-12
De: Richard Dawkins
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p53: The Gene That Cracked the Cancer Code
- De: Sue Armstrong
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Jasicki
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 106
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 104
p53: The Gene That Cracked the Cancer Code reveals the tale of the search for this gene, as well as the excitement of the hunt for new cures - the hype, the lost opportunities, the blind alleys, and the thrilling breakthroughs. As the long-anticipated revolution in cancer treatment tailored to each individual patient's symptoms starts to take off at last, p53 is still at the forefront of the game. This is a timely tale of scientific discovery and advances in our understanding of a disease that still affects more than one in three of us at some point in our lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent story! Unfortunate narration at start
- De Adriana en 12-25-14
De: Sue Armstrong
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Life on the Edge
- The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology
- De: Johnjoe McFadden, Jim Al-Khalili
- Narrado por: Pete Cross
- Duración: 12 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 393
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 340
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 338
Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how did it come to be? Even in an age of cloning and artificial biology, the remarkable truth remains: Nobody has ever made anything living entirely out of dead material. Life remains the only way to make life. Are we still missing a vital ingredient in its creation?
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3 out of 5 stars
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More woo than new
- De Gary en 09-09-15
De: Johnjoe McFadden, y otros
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Sync
- How Order Emerges from Chaos in the Universe, Nature, and Daily Life
- De: Steven Strogatz
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins
- Duración: 13 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 553
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 422
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 425
At once elegant and riveting, Sync tells the story of the dawn of a new science. Steven Strogatz, a leading mathematician in the fields of chaos and complexity theory, explains how enormous systems can synchronize themselves, from the electrons in a superconductor to the pacemaker cells in our hearts. He shows that although these phenomena might seem unrelated on the surface, at a deeper level there is a connection, forged by the unifying power of mathematics.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Engaging, but maybe better suited for non-audio
- De Ryan en 05-26-12
De: Steven Strogatz
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Herding Hemingway's Cats
- Understanding How Our Genes Work
- De: Kat Arney
- Narrado por: Kat Arney
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 46
The language of genes has become common parlance. We know they make your eyes blue, your hair curly or your nose straight. The media tells us that our genes control the risk of cancer, heart disease, alcoholism or Alzheimer's. The cost of DNA sequencing has plummeted from billions of pounds to a few hundred, and gene-based advances in medicine hold huge promise. So we've all heard of genes, but how do they actually work?
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2 out of 5 stars
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A non-scientists misguided interpretation
- De AraSevera en 05-15-16
De: Kat Arney
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Beyond Biocentrism
- Rethinking Time, Space, Consciousness, and the Illusion of Death
- De: Robert Lanza, Bob Berman
- Narrado por: Peter Ganim
- Duración: 7 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 676
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 589
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 579
In Beyond Biocentrism, acclaimed biologist Robert Lanza and astronomer Bob Berman take the listener on an intellectual thrill ride as they reexamine everything we thought we knew about life, death, the universe, and the nature of reality itself. The first step is acknowledging that our existing model of reality is looking increasingly creaky in the face of recent scientific discoveries.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Here's the thing
- De Mikal en 11-09-18
De: Robert Lanza, y otros
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101 Theory Drive
- A Neuroscientist's Quest for Memory
- De: Terry McDermott
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 8 h y 55 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 167
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 63
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 65
It's not fiction: Gary Lynch is the real thing, the epitome of the rebel scientist - malnourished, contentious, inspiring, explosive, remarkably ambitious, consistently brilliant. He is one of the foremost figures of contemporary neuroscience, and his decades-long quest to understand the inner workings of the brain's memory machine has begun to pay off.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pretty Dang Funny
- De Will en 05-14-10
De: Terry McDermott