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This new book by Spencer Wells, the internationally known geneticist, anthropologist, author, and director of the Genographic Project, focuses on the seminal event in human history: mankind's decision to become farmers rather than hunter-gatherers.
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Short and unfocused, but often quite interesting.
- De Alan en 06-23-10
De: Spencer Wells
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Transcendence
- How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time
- De: Gaia Vince
- Narrado por: Gaia Vince
- Duración: 11 h y 27 m
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How four tools enabled humanity to control its destiny What enabled us to go from simple stone tools to smartphones? How did bands of hunter-gatherers evolve into multinational empires? Listeners of Sapiens will say a cognitive revolution - a dramatic evolutionary change that altered our brains, turning primitive humans into modern ones - caused a cultural explosion. In Transcendence, Gaia Vince argues instead that modern humans are the product of a nuanced coevolution of our genes, environment, and culture that goes back into deep time.
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Far too much bias and unsupported conclusions
- De Kurt Leyendecker en 10-01-20
De: Gaia Vince
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Why Evolution Is True
- De: Jerry A. Coyne
- Narrado por: Victor Bevine
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
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Why evolution is more than just a theory: it is a fact. In all the current highly publicized debates about creationism and its descendant "intelligent design", there is an element of the controversy that is rarely mentioned: the evidence, the empirical truth of evolution by natural selection.
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As great as everyone says it is
- De Joseph en 12-01-10
De: Jerry A. Coyne
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A Series of Fortunate Events
- Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You
- De: Sean B. Carroll
- Narrado por: Sean B. Carroll
- Duración: 4 h y 48 m
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Why is the world the way it is? How did we get here? Does everything happen for a reason, or are some things left to chance? Philosophers and theologians have pondered these questions for millennia, but startling scientific discoveries over the past half century are revealing that we live in a world driven by chance. A Series of Fortunate Events tells the story of the awesome power of chance and how it is the surprising source of all the beauty and diversity in the living world.
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We are for a short time.
- De Anonymous User en 10-14-20
De: Sean B. Carroll
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When Life Nearly Died
- The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time
- De: Michael J. Benton
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 11 h y 33 m
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Today it is common knowledge that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a meteorite impact 65 million years ago that killed half of all species then living. It is far less widely understood that a much greater catastrophe took place at the end of the Permian period 251 million years ago: at least 90 percent of life on earth was destroyed. When Life Nearly Died documents not only what happened during this gigantic mass extinction, but also the recent renewal of the idea of catastrophism.
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Obscurity to Enlightenment - A Mystery Revealed
- De Dipam en 03-18-21
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Work
- A Deep History, from the Stone Age to the Age of Robots
- De: James Suzman
- Narrado por: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Duración: 13 h y 47 m
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Work defines who we are. It determines our status and dictates how, where, and with whom we spend most of our time. It mediates our self-worth and molds our values. But are we hardwired to work as hard as we do? Did our Stone Age ancestors also live to work and work to live? And what might a world where work plays a far less important role look like? To answer these questions, James Suzman charts a grand history of "work" from the origins of life on Earth to our ever more automated present, challenging some of our deepest assumptions about who we are.
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if you like Jared Diamond's work, you'll like this
- De Mark en 04-09-22
De: James Suzman
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Paleontology
- A Brief History of Life
- De: Ian Tattersall
- Narrado por: Brett Barry
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
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Ian Tattersall, a highly esteemed figure in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and paleontology, leads a fascinating tour of the history of life and the evolution of human beings. Starting at the very beginning, Tattersall examines patterns of change in the biosphere over time, and the correlations of biological events with physical changes in the Earth's environment.
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great summary of where we are with understanding
- De david en 06-25-11
De: Ian Tattersall
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Radical Abundance
- How a Revolution in Nanotechnology Will Change Civilization
- De: K. Eric Drexler
- Narrado por: Tim Pabon
- Duración: 11 h y 53 m
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K. Eric Drexler is the founding father of nanotechnology - the science of engineering on a molecular level. In Radical Abundance, he shows how rapid scientific progress is about to change our world. Thanks to atomically precise manufacturing, we will soon have the power to produce radically more of what people want, and at a lower cost. The result will shake the very foundations of our economy and environment.
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Drexler Rehashes the Past
- De David en 10-19-13
De: K. Eric Drexler
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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
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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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Challenging textbook more than an enjoyable listen
- De Eric en 01-15-12
De: Richard Dawkins
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On the Future
- Prospects for Humanity
- De: Martin Rees
- Narrado por: Martin Rees, Samuel West
- Duración: 5 h y 26 m
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Humanity has reached a critical moment. Our world is unsettled and rapidly changing, and we face existential risks over the next century. Various outcomes - good and bad - are possible. Yet our approach to the future is characterized by short-term thinking, polarizing debates, alarmist rhetoric, and pessimism. In this short, exhilarating book, renowned scientist and best-selling author Martin Rees argues that humanity’s prospects depend on our taking a very different approach to planning for tomorrow.
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Science, the future, and great wisdom
- De Philomath en 10-29-18
De: Martin Rees
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Unbound
- How Eight Technologies Made Us Human, Transformed Society, and Brought Our World to the Brink
- De: Richard L. Currier
- Narrado por: Noah Michael Levine
- Duración: 10 h y 36 m
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Although we usually think of technology as something unique to modern times, our ancestors began to create the first technologies millions of years ago in the form of prehistoric tools and weapons. Over time, eight key technologies gradually freed us from the limitations of our animal origins.
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Good facts, not much else
- De Joel B. Gordon en 10-30-16
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Ancient Bones
- Unearthing the Astonishing New Story of How We Became Human
- De: Madelaine Böhme
- Narrado por: Aimée Ayotte
- Duración: 7 h y 56 m
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Africa has long been considered the cradle of life - where life and humans evolved - but somewhere west of Munich, Germany, paleoclimatologist and paleontologist Madelaine Böhme and her team make a discovery that is beyond anything they ever imagined: the 12-million-year-old bones of an ancient ape - Danuvius guggenmos - which makes headlines around the world and defies prevailing theories of human history and where human life began.
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Brave Attempt
- De Bill Treat en 10-15-22
De: Madelaine Böhme
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The Story of the Human Body
- Evolution, Health, and Disease
- De: Daniel Lieberman
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 14 h y 54 m
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In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman - chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field - gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing disparity between the jumble of adaptations in our Stone Age bodies and advancements in the modern world is occasioning this paradox: greater longevity but increased chronic disease.
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Could Have Been Good, but...
- De Trebla en 04-08-18
De: Daniel Lieberman
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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
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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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Pete and Repeat and Re-repeat
- De Daniel L en 02-25-18
De: John Brockman
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The Shaping of Us
- How Everyday Spaces Structure Our Lives, Behaviour, and Well-Being
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What makes everyday spaces work, how do they shape us, and what do they say about us? The spaces we live in - whether public areas, housing, offices, hospitals or cities - mediate community, creativity and our very identity, making us who we are. Using insights from environmental psychology, design, and architecture, The Shaping of Us reveals the often imperceptible ways in which our surroundings influence our behaviour.
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Opened a new door
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Red Line
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In 2012, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was clinging to power in a vicious civil war. When intelligence revealed that the dictator might resort to using chemical weapons, Pres. Obama warned that doing so would cross “a red line”. Assad did it anyway, killing hundreds of civilians and forcing Obama to decide if he would mire America in another unpopular war. When Russia offered to broker the removal of Syria’s chemical weapons, Obama leapt at the out. So begins an electrifying race to find, remove, and destroy 1,300 tons of chemical weapons in the midst of a raging civil war.
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An excellent story for Three Quarters of the Book
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We the Scientists
- How a Daring Team of Parents and Doctors Forged a New Path for Medicine
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In this moving narrative of a group of patient advocates who are revolutionizing the way medical research is conducted, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Amy Dockser Marcus shows what happens when a community joins forces with doctors and researchers to try to save children’s lives. Their extraordinary social experiment reveals new pathways for treating disease and conducting research. Science may be forever changed.
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A scientist reviewer
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Bachelor Nation
- Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure
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For 15 years and 35 seasons, the Bachelor franchise has been a mainstay in American TV viewers' lives. Since it premiered in 2002, the show's popularity and relevance has only grown - more than eight million viewers tuned in to see the conclusion of the most recent season of The Bachelor. The iconic reality television show's reach and influence into the cultural zeitgeist is undeniable. Bachelor Nation is the first behind-the-scenes, unauthorized look into the reality television phenomenon.
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So disappointing!!!
- De Ashton T. en 03-15-18
De: Amy Kaufman
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New Yorkers
- A City and Its People in Our Time
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Over the last 20 years, New York City has been convulsed by enormous challenges: terrorist attack, blackout, hurricane, recession, pandemic. New Yorkers is a grand portrait of the irrepressible city and a hymn to the vitality and resilience of its people. Craig Taylor spent years meeting New Yorkers - rich and poor, old and young, native and immigrant - and getting them to share indelible true tales.
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Craig Taylor’s New yorkers
- De Matteo en 01-05-22
De: Craig Taylor
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The Cat's Meow
- How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa
- De: Jonathan B. Losos
- Narrado por: Jonathan B. Losos
- Duración: 11 h y 21 m
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The domestic cat—your cat—has, from its evolutionary origins in Africa, been transformed in comparatively little time into one of the most successful and diverse species on the planet. Jonathan Losos, writing as both a scientist and a cat lover, explores how researchers today are unraveling the secrets of the cat, past and present, using all the tools of modern technology, from GPS tracking (you’d be amazed where those backyard cats roam) and genomics (what is your so-called Siamese cat . . . really?) to forensic archaeology.
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A delight for cat lovers of all stripes
- De Stef en 06-25-23
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The Shaping of Us
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Opened a new door
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Red Line
- The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World
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- Narrado por: Barrett Leddy
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In 2012, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was clinging to power in a vicious civil war. When intelligence revealed that the dictator might resort to using chemical weapons, Pres. Obama warned that doing so would cross “a red line”. Assad did it anyway, killing hundreds of civilians and forcing Obama to decide if he would mire America in another unpopular war. When Russia offered to broker the removal of Syria’s chemical weapons, Obama leapt at the out. So begins an electrifying race to find, remove, and destroy 1,300 tons of chemical weapons in the midst of a raging civil war.
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An excellent story for Three Quarters of the Book
- De D. MacLean en 05-11-21
De: Joby Warrick
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We the Scientists
- How a Daring Team of Parents and Doctors Forged a New Path for Medicine
- De: Amy Dockser Marcus
- Narrado por: Kristen DiMercurio
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In this moving narrative of a group of patient advocates who are revolutionizing the way medical research is conducted, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Amy Dockser Marcus shows what happens when a community joins forces with doctors and researchers to try to save children’s lives. Their extraordinary social experiment reveals new pathways for treating disease and conducting research. Science may be forever changed.
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A scientist reviewer
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Bachelor Nation
- Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure
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- Narrado por: Amy Kaufman
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For 15 years and 35 seasons, the Bachelor franchise has been a mainstay in American TV viewers' lives. Since it premiered in 2002, the show's popularity and relevance has only grown - more than eight million viewers tuned in to see the conclusion of the most recent season of The Bachelor. The iconic reality television show's reach and influence into the cultural zeitgeist is undeniable. Bachelor Nation is the first behind-the-scenes, unauthorized look into the reality television phenomenon.
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So disappointing!!!
- De Ashton T. en 03-15-18
De: Amy Kaufman
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New Yorkers
- A City and Its People in Our Time
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Craig Taylor’s New yorkers
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The Cat's Meow
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A delight for cat lovers of all stripes
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An American Sickness
- How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
- De: Elisabeth Rosenthal
- Narrado por: Nancy Linari
- Duración: 13 h y 38 m
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It is well documented that our health-care system has grave problems, but how, in only a matter of decades, did things get this bad? Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal doesn't just explain the symptoms; she diagnoses and treats the disease itself. Rosenthal spells out in clear and practical terms exactly how to decode medical doublespeak, avoid the pitfalls of the pharmaceuticals racket, and get the care you and your family deserve. She takes you inside the doctor-patient relationship, explaining step by step the workings of a profession sorely lacking transparency.
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Not well balanced
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The Intimate City
- Walking New York
- De: Michael Kimmelman
- Narrado por: Michael Kimmelman, William DeMeritt, Karen Murray, y otros
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As New York came to a halt with COVID, Michael Kimmelman composed an email to a group of architects, historians, writers, and friends, inviting them to take a walk. Wherever they liked, he wrote—preferably someplace meaningful to them, someplace that illuminated the city and what they loved about it. At first, the goal was distraction. At a scary moment when everything seemed uncertain, walking around New York served as a reminder of all the ways the city was still a rock, joy, and inspiration.
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Excellent Book. Flawed audiobook presentation
- De Peter Frishauf en 01-04-23
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The Secret Token
- Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke
- De: Andrew Lawler
- Narrado por: David H. Lawrence XVII
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In 1587, 115 men, women, and children arrived at Roanoke Island on the coast of North Carolina to establish the first English settlement in the New World. But when the new colony's leader returned to Roanoke from a resupply mission, his settlers had vanished, leaving behind only a single clue - a "secret token" etched into a tree. What happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke? That question has consumed historians, archeologists, and amateur sleuths for 400 years. In The Secret Token, Andrew Lawler sets out on a quest to determine the fate of the settlers.
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trying to capitalize on race relations
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De: Andrew Lawler
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Inferior
- How Science Got Women Wrong - and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story
- De: Angela Saini
- Narrado por: Hannah Melbourn
- Duración: 7 h y 31 m
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Whether looking at intelligence or emotion, cognition or behavior, science has continued to tell us that men and women are fundamentally different. Biologists claim that women are better suited to raising families or are, more gently, uniquely empathetic. Men, on the other hand, continue to be described as excelling at tasks that require logic, spatial reasoning, and motor skills. But a huge wave of research is now revealing an alternative version of what we thought we knew.
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Amazing
- De natalie cannon en 01-23-18
De: Angela Saini
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Fantasyland
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- De: Kurt Andersen
- Narrado por: Kurt Andersen
- Duración: 19 h y 35 m
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A razor-sharp thinker offers a new understanding of our post-truth world and explains the American instinct to believe in make-believe, from the Pilgrims to P. T. Barnum to Disneyland to zealots of every stripe...to Donald Trump. In this sweeping, eloquent history of America, Kurt Andersen demonstrates that what's happening in our country today - this strange, post-factual, "fake news" moment we're all living through - is not something entirely new, but rather the ultimate expression of our national character and path.
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Bland Title For An Amazing Book!
- De David Larson en 09-07-17
De: Kurt Andersen
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Pure Invention
- How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World
- De: Matt Alt
- Narrado por: Matt Alt
- Duración: 11 h y 49 m
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Japan is the forge of the world’s fantasies: karaoke and the Walkman, manga and anime, Pac-Man and Pokémon, online imageboards and emojis. But as Japan media veteran Matt Alt proves in this brilliant investigation, these novelties did more than entertain. They paved the way for our perplexing modern lives.
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great book ruined by ending
- De Grant Holder en 06-07-22
De: Matt Alt
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The Crime Book
- Big Ideas Simply Explained
- De: DK, Peter James
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 13 h y 48 m
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From Jack the Ripper to the modern-day drug cartels, discover the most notorious crimes and criminals in history. With a foreword written and narrated by best-selling crime author Peter James, The Crime Book explores over 100 crimes and examines the science, psychology and sociology of criminal behavior. Hear the gory details of each crime and how they were solved, with renowned quotes and detailed criminal profiles letting you delve into the criminal mind.
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It covers a huge span of time. But what is covered is shallow rather than in depth.
- De DJ en 12-06-23
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The World in Six Songs
- How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature
- De: Daniel J. Levitin
- Narrado por: Daniel J. Levitin
- Duración: 10 h y 31 m
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Daniel J. Levitin's astounding debut best seller, This Is Your Brain on Music, enthralled and delighted audiences as it transformed our understanding of how music gets in our heads and stays there. Now in his second New York Times best seller, his genius for combining science and art reveals how music shaped humanity across cultures and throughout history.
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Scattershot Analysis, Hit or Miss
- De Dubi en 03-22-24
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Numbers Don't Lie
- 71 Stories to Help Us Understand the Modern World
- De: Vaclav Smil
- Narrado por: Ben Prendergast
- Duración: 6 h y 14 m
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Vaclav Smil's mission is to make facts matter. An environmental scientist, policy analyst, and a hugely prolific author, he is Bill Gates' go-to guy for making sense of our world. In Numbers Don't Lie, Smil answers questions such as: What's worse for the environment - your car or your phone? How much do the world's cows weigh (and what does it matter)? And what makes people happy?
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Strange book
- De Stephen en 05-25-21
De: Vaclav Smil
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DNA
- The Story of the Genetic Revolution
- De: James D. Watson, Andrew Berry, Kevin Davies
- Narrado por: Jonathan Cowley
- Duración: 19 h y 24 m
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James D. Watson, the Nobel laureate whose pioneering work helped unlock the mystery of DNA's structure, charts the greatest scientific journey of our time, from the discovery of the double helix to today's controversies to what the future may hold. Updated to include new findings in gene editing, epigenetics, and agricultural chemistry as well as two entirely new chapters on personal genomics and cancer research. This is the most comprehensive and authoritative exploration of DNA's impact on our society and our world.
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Excellent review of Genetics Research
- De Bill en 11-26-18
De: James D. Watson, y otros
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The Ends of the World
- Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions
- De: Peter Brannen
- Narrado por: Adam Verner
- Duración: 9 h y 57 m
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Our world has ended five times: It has been broiled, frozen, poison gassed, smothered, and pelted by asteroids. In The Ends of the World, Peter Brannen dives into deep time, exploring Earth's past dead ends, and in the process offers us a glimpse of our possible future. Many scientists now believe that the climate shifts of the 21st century have analogs in these five extinctions.
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A Kid's Science Book FOR ADULTS!!
- De aaron en 06-15-17
De: Peter Brannen
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The River of Consciousness
- De: Oliver Sacks
- Narrado por: Dan Woren, Kate Edgar
- Duración: 5 h y 51 m
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A collection of essays that displays Oliver Sacks' passionate engagement with the most compelling and seminal ideas of human endeavor: evolution, creativity, memory, time, consciousness, and experience. The River of Consciousness is one of two books Sacks was working on up to his death, and it reveals his ability to make unexpected connections, his sheer joy in knowledge, and his unceasing, timeless project to understand what makes us human.
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Important but Less Interesting
- De Michael en 11-16-17
De: Oliver Sacks
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- Shayne Rollins
- 02-10-24
Average
In other books Vaclav has opened my mind to unforseen consequences using thoroughly researched data. Although this is informative it isn't either Energy and Civilization or How the World Really Works.
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Historia
- Rurik McKaiser
- 05-21-23
Worth a read
Whilst I found the book quite stimulating, it is not really what I expected. I thought it would be as good as the previous book of his that I read... and sadly not.
AND let me be quick to add that it was stimulating.
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