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- Narrado por: Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward
- Duración: 16 h y 12 m
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Richard Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of natural selection has the rare distinction of having provoked as much excitement and interest outside the scientific community as within it. His theories have helped change the whole nature of the study of social biology, and have forced thousands to rethink their beliefs about life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Better than print!
- De J. D. May en 07-31-12
De: Richard Dawkins
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The Theory of Everything: The Quest to Explain All Reality
- De: Don Lincoln, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Don Lincoln
- Duración: 12 h y 21 m
- Grabación Original
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At the end of his career, Albert Einstein was pursuing a dream far more ambitious than the theory of relativity. He was trying to find an equation that explained all physical reality - a theory of everything. Experimental physicist and award-winning educator Dr. Don Lincoln takes you on this exciting journey in The Theory of Everything: The Quest to Explain All Reality. Suitable for the intellectually curious at all levels and assuming no background beyond basic high-school math, these 24 half-hour lectures cover recent developments at the forefront of particle physics and cosmology.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Audible’s Best Science Offering, A Gem
- De MikeB en 12-08-18
De: Don Lincoln, y otros
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Welcome to the Universe
- An Astrophysical Tour
- De: Michael A. Strauss, J. Richard Gott, Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrado por: Michael Butler Murray
- Duración: 17 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,344
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,192
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Welcome to the Universe is a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three of today's leading astrophysicists. Inspired by the enormously popular introductory astronomy course that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught together at Princeton, this book covers it all - from planets, stars, and galaxies to black holes, wormholes, and time travel.
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3 out of 5 stars
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All About What We Know About the Universe - ALL
- De J.B. en 02-17-17
De: Michael A. Strauss, y otros
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Letters from an Astrophysicist
- De: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrado por: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Vikas Adam, Piper Goodeve, y otros
- Duración: 5 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,055
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,781
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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has attracted one of the world’s largest online followings with his fascinating, widely accessible insights into science and our universe. Now, Tyson invites us to go behind the scenes of his public fame by unveiling his candid correspondence with people across the globe who have sought him out in search of answers. In this hand-picked collection of 100 letters, Tyson draws upon cosmic perspectives to address a vast array of questions about science, faith, philosophy, life, and of course, Pluto.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Dear Neil...
- De Tina G. en 10-14-19
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Zombified: Real-World Lessons from Fictional Apocalypses
- De: Athena Aktipis, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Athena Aktipis
- Duración: 2 h y 33 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 307
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Athena Aktipis of Arizona State University is a self-professed apocalypse enthusiast, and as the host of the podcast Zombified, she knows the undead inside and out. With Zombified: Real-World Lessons from Fictional Apocalypses, she’s compiled her research and insights into a fascinating Audible Original that will have you thinking deeper about all those shambling, brain-hungry corpses in pop culture—not to mention our everyday lives. Drawing on years of research on zombies and zombification, these six lessons offer a fun way to explore and understand the many forces that influence us.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good attempt, lackluster execution
- De R. MCRACKAN en 10-14-23
De: Athena Aktipis, y otros
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The Quantum Universe
- (And Why Anything That Can Happen, Does)
- De: Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw
- Narrado por: Samuel West
- Duración: 8 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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In The Quantum Universe, Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw approach the world of quantum mechanics in the same way they did in Why Does E=mc2? and make fundamental scientific principles accessible - and fascinating - to everyone.The subatomic realm has a reputation for weirdness, spawning any number of profound misunderstandings, journeys into Eastern mysticism, and woolly pronouncements on the interconnectedness of all things. Cox and Forshaw's contention? There is no need for quantum mechanics to be viewed this way.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not suitable as an audio book
- De SPN en 03-29-22
De: Brian Cox, y otros
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The Last Season
- De: Eric Blehm
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 12 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,162
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,827
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,828
Destined to become a classic of adventure literature, The Last Season examines the extraordinary life of legendary backcountry ranger Randy Morgenson and his mysterious disappearance in California's unforgiving Sierra Nevada - mountains as perilous as they are beautiful. Eric Blehm's masterful work is a gripping detective story interwoven with the riveting biography of a complicated, original, and wholly fascinating man.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Well Written Character Study of an NPS Ranger
- De Kathy in CA en 06-23-16
De: Eric Blehm
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Breaking the Spell
- Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
- De: Daniel C. Dennett
- Narrado por: Dennis Holland
- Duración: 12 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 749
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 655
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 642
For all the thousands of books that have been written about religion, few until this one have attempted to examine it scientifically: to ask why - and how - it has shaped so many lives so strongly. Is religion a product of blind evolutionary instinct or rational choice? Is it truly the best way to live a moral life? Ranging through biology, history, and psychology, Daniel C. Dennett charts religion’s evolution from “wild” folk belief to “domesticated” dogma.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Reader Actually Enhances A Great Book!
- De Don Caliente en 07-14-14
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worm
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- Burt C. Humburg
- 07-24-12
An enjoyable read for select tastes...
If you could sum up Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms in three words, what would they be?
I'm a fan of SJ Gould and I like his work. This was a good reading of his work.
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- Kestrel
- 03-15-06
Thoughtful and entertaining
Written by the brilliant and entertaining Stephen Jay Gould, and narrated by Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., it's hard to go wrong. This book delivers Gould's insightful commentaries on evolutionary biology, begining with a discussion of art, science, and the real reasons why Leonardo daVinci wrote extensively on marine fossils found in montane regions. An essay on the Diet of Worms leads into the defenestration (that is, "chucking out the window") of religious leaders, and on to why it's a pity that Columbus didn't drop a few snails in his pocket, that we might know with more certainty where he actually landed (and, incidentally, instigated the genocidal campaign that wiped out the friendly natives who greeted him). A look into the minds of sloths and vultures and the early naturalists who held them in contempt comes near the end, and the book concludes with an essay on science itself.
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