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They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. But what about relativity?
Physics professor Chad Orzel and his inquisitive canine companion, Emmy, tackle the concepts of general relativity in this irresistible introduction to Einstein's physics. Through armchair- and sometimes passenger-seat-conversations with Emmy about the relative speeds of dog and cat motion or the logistics of squirrel-chasing, Orzel translates complex Einsteinian ideas - the slowing of time for a moving observer, the shrinking of moving objects, the effects of gravity on light and time, black holes, the Big Bang, and of course, E=mc2 - into examples simple enough for a dog to understand.
A lively romp through one of the great theories of modern physics, How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog will teach you everything you ever wanted to know about space, time, and anything else you might have slept through in high school physics class.
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"Dogs are a practical species. They aren't interested in speculation and conjecture; they like food, walks, and proven physics like Einstein's relativity. If you really want to further your dog's education (and learn something yourself in the process), Chad Orzel's book is the first place you should turn." (Sean Carroll, author of The Big Picture)
"For the price of a book, Orzel delivers the heady, joyful experience of taking a small college class with a brilliant and funny professor who really knows how to teach. A thoroughly winning romp through a rock-solid presentation of a beautiful subject." (Louisa Gilder, author of The Age of Entanglement)
"Everyone's favorite physics-loving canine is back, this time giving us a dog's eye view of Einstein and relativity. Physics professor Chad Orzel leads Emmy (and us) through an engaging tour of light speed, time dilation, and amazing shrinking bunnies (length contraction) - not to mention what all this means for the search for the elusive 'bacon boson.'" (Jennifer Ouellette, author of The Calculus Diaries)
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great audio preformance, the info i needed
great and pro performance, enjoyable listening experience :)
although packed with information, it's still understandable with a few rewinding. exactly what i needed as a base to the concept. the textbooks now are easier to read somehow, thank you.
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annoying
the thing I remember the most is the damn dog who keeps interrupting to chase bunnies it didn't help
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The Universe in the Rearview Mirror
- How Hidden Symmetries Shape Reality
- By: Dave Goldberg
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4 out of 5 stars 57
A physicist speeds across space, time, and everything in between showing that our elegant universe from the Higgs boson to antimatter to the most massive group of galaxies is shaped by hidden symmetries that have driven all our recent discoveries about the universe and all the ones to come. Why is the sky dark at night? Is it possible to build a shrink-ray gun? If there is antimatter, can there be antipeople? Why are past, present, and future our only options? Are time and space like a butterfly's wings? No one but Dave Goldberg, the coolest nerd physicist on the planet, could give a hyper-drive tour of the universe like this one.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good, but for whom?
- By Michael on 08-31-13
By: Dave Goldberg
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Why Does E=MC2 and Why Should We Care
- By: Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw
- Narrated by: Jeff Forshaw
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 352
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 297
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 291
In one of the most exciting and accessible explanations of The Theory of Relativity in recent years, Professors Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw go on a journey to the frontier of 21st century science to consider the real meaning behind the iconic sequence of symbols that make up Einstein's most famous equation, exploring the principles of physics through everyday life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Needs a few Diagrams
- By Roy on 06-13-11
By: Brian Cox, and others
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The End of Everything
- (Astrophysically Speaking)
- By: Katie Mack
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman, Katie Mack
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 857
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 731
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 727
We know the universe had a beginning. With the Big Bang, it expanded from a state of unimaginable density to an all-encompassing cosmic fireball to a simmering fluid of matter and energy, laying down the seeds for everything from black holes to one rocky planet orbiting a star near the edge of a spiral galaxy that happened to develop life as we know it. But what happens to the universe at the end of the story? And what does it mean for us now?
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5 out of 5 stars
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My New Favorite!
- By Hannah Crazyhawk on 08-16-20
By: Katie Mack
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The Biggest Ideas in the Universe
- Space, Time, and Motion
- By: Sean Carroll
- Narrated by: Sean Carroll
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4 out of 5 stars 64
The most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts pulls back the veil of mystery that has too long cloaked the most valuable building blocks of modern science. Sean Carroll, with his genius for making complex notions entertaining, presents in his uniquely lucid voice the fundamental ideas informing the modern physics of reality. In the tradition of the legendary Richard Feynman lectures presented sixty years ago, this book is an inspiring, dazzling introduction to a way of seeing that will resonate across cultural and generational boundaries for many years to come.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Accompanying PDF is Included
- By Barton on 11-21-22
By: Sean Carroll
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We Have No Idea
- A Guide to the Unknown Universe
- By: Jorge Cham, Daniel Whiteson
- Narrated by: Daniel Whiteson
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 294
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 250
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 250
Prepare to learn everything we still don’t know about our strange and mysterious Universe. Humanity's understanding of the physical world is full of gaps. Not tiny little gaps you can safely ignore - there are huge yawning voids in our basic notions of how the world works. PHD Comics creator Jorge Cham and particle physicist Daniel Whiteson have teamed up to explore everything we don't know about the Universe: The enormous holes in our knowledge of the cosmos. Armed with entertaining and lucid explanations of science, they give us the best answers currently available.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A good primer for those interested in cosmology
- By J. Ritt on 01-25-18
By: Jorge Cham, and others
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From Eternity to Here
- The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time
- By: Sean Carroll
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 16 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 462
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 346
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 341
Time moves forward, not backward---everyone knows you can't unscramble an egg. In the hands of one of today's hottest young physicists, that simple fact of breakfast becomes a doorway to understanding the Big Bang, the universe, and other universes, too. In From Eternity to Here, Sean Carroll argues that the arrow of time, pointing resolutely from the past to the future, owes its existence to conditions before the Big Bang itself---a period of modern cosmology of which Einstein never dreamed.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Book For Cosmology Lovers
- By Mardon on 10-24-11
By: Sean Carroll
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The Quantum Universe
- (And Why Anything That Can Happen, Does)
- By: Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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
- By SPN on 03-29-22
By: Brian Cox, and others
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The Little Book of Black Holes
- Science Essentials
- By: Steven S. Gubser, Frans Pretorius
- Narrated by: Andrew Eiden
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 39
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Story5 out of 5 stars 40
Black holes, predicted by Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity more than a century ago, have long intrigued scientists and the public with their bizarre and fantastical properties. Although Einstein understood that black holes were mathematical solutions to his equations, he never accepted their physical reality - a viewpoint many shared. After introducing the basics of the special and general theories of relativity, this book describes black holes both as astrophysical objects and theoretical "laboratories".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great read/listen
- By william on 01-24-18
By: Steven S. Gubser, and others
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A Briefer History of Time
- By: Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow
- Narrated by: Erik Davies
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,158
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 591
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 588
Stephen Hawking’s worldwide best seller A Brief History of Time remains a landmark volume in scientific writing. But for those who have asked for a more accessible formulation of its key concepts - the nature of space and time, the role of God in creation, and the history and future of the universe - A Briefer History of Time is Professor Hawking’s response.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Stick with the original: A brief history of time
- By David Parks on 07-08-08
By: Stephen Hawking, and others
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The Black Hole War
- My Battle to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics
- By: Leonard Susskind
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,054
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 712
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 707
What happens when something is sucked into a black hole? Does it disappear? Three decades ago, a young physicist named Stephen Hawking claimed that it did - and in doing so, put at risk everything we know about the fundamental laws of the universe. Leonard Susskind and Gerard 't Hooft realized the threat and responded with a counterattack that changed the course of physics.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good, yet disappointing
- By Dixon on 07-22-08
By: Leonard Susskind
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Six Not-So-Easy Pieces
- Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time
- By: Richard P. Feynman
- Narrated by: Richard P. Feynman
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 225
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 127
No 20th-century American scientist is better known to a wider spectrum of people than Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988), physicist, teacher, author, and cultural icon. His autobiographies and biographies have been read and enjoyed by millions of readers around the world, while his wit and eccentricities have made him the subject of TV specials and even a theatrical film.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very Interesting, but ...
- By Doug on 01-01-06
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A Brief History of Time
- By: Stephen Hawking
- Narrated by: Michael Jackson
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,568
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,904
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,867
This landmark book is for those of us who prefer words to equations; this is the story of the ultimate quest for knowledge, the ongoing search for the secrets at the heart of time and space. Its author, Stephen W. Hawking, is arguably the greatest mind since Einstein. From the vantage point of the wheelchair, where he has spent the last 20 years trapped by Lou Gehrig's disease, Professor Hawking has transformed our view of the universe. A Brief History of Time is Hawking's classic introduction to today's most important scientific ideas.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Easily Digestible Presentation of Complex Topics
- By James on 05-19-04
By: Stephen Hawking
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Welcome to the Universe
- An Astrophysical Tour
- By: Michael A. Strauss, J. Richard Gott, Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,322
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,175
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,170
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
- By J.B. on 02-17-17
By: Michael A. Strauss, and others
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The World According to Physics
- By: Jim Al-Khalili
- Narrated by: Jim Al-Khalili
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 87
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 87
Shining a light on the most profound insights revealed by modern physics, Jim Al-Khalili invites us all to understand what this crucially important science tells us about the universe and the nature of reality itself. Al-Khalili begins by introducing the fundamental concepts of space, time, energy, and matter, and then describes the three pillars of modern physics - quantum theory, relativity, and thermodynamics - showing how all three must come together if we are ever to have a full understanding of reality.
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5 out of 5 stars
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excellent book
- By Anonymous User on 05-10-21
By: Jim Al-Khalili
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Fear of Physics
- By: Lawrence M. Krauss
- Narrated by: David Smalley, Lawrence M. Krauss
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 437
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 388
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Story4 out of 5 stars 387
Fear of Physics is a lively, irreverent, and informative look at everything from the physics of boiling water to cutting-edge research at the observable limits of the universe. Rich with anecdotes and accessible examples, it nimbly ranges over the tools and thought behind the world of modern physics, taking the mystery out of what is essentially a very human intellectual endeavor.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A nobility and a beauty to the search
- By Darwin8u on 08-16-16
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A Fortunate Universe
- Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos
- By: Geraint F. Lewis, Luke A. Barnes
- Narrated by: Geraint F. Lewis, Luke A. Barnes
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Join us on a journey through how we understand the universe, from its most basic particles and forces to planets, stars, and galaxies, and back through cosmic history to the birth of the cosmos. Conflicting notions about our place in the universe are defined, defended, and critiqued from scientific, philosophical, and religious viewpoints. The authors' engaging and witty style addresses what fine tuning might mean for the future of physics and the search for the ultimate laws of nature.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Dubious but Interesting
- By Michael on 02-13-18
By: Geraint F. Lewis, and others
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Now
- The Physics of Time - and the Ephemeral Moment That Einstein Could Not Explain
- By: Richard A. Muller
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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