Most Popular
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Cosmos
- A Personal Voyage
- By: Carl Sagan
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton, Seth MacFarlane, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall590
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Performance518
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Story517
Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time. In clear-eyed prose, Sagan reveals a jewel-like blue world inhabited by a life form that is just beginning to discover its own identity and to venture into the vast ocean of space....
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incredible book doesn't translate well into audio
- By Anonymous on 24-08-2018
By: Carl Sagan
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The Beginning of Infinity
- Explanations That Transform the World
- By: David Deutsch
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 20 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall138
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Performance119
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Story117
A bold and all-embracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of today's great thinkers. Throughout history, mankind has struggled to understand life's mysteries, from the mundane to the seemingly miraculous. In this important new book, David Deutsch, an award-winning...
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Inspiring
- By Dirk Bertels on 21-03-2017
By: David Deutsch
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The Planets
- By: Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall212
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Performance190
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Story189
‘So staggering you go “whoa!” every few seconds’ Guardian ‘Really impressive’ Eamonn Holmes, ITV This MorningA companion book to the critically acclaimed BBC series. The bestselling authors of Wonders of the Universe are back with another blockbuster, a groundbreaking exploration of...
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Great listen
- By Christopher Pooley on 03-12-2025
By: Professor Brian Cox, and others
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Our Cosmic Origin
- By: Ismael Perez
- Narrated by: Benjamin Powell
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance6
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Story6
Unearth the hidden past of Earth and its intricate connection with our galaxy's undisclosed history in this engaging new volume....
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activating
- By Anonymous on 02-08-2023
By: Ismael Perez
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Parallel Worlds
- A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
- By: Michio Kaku
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall80
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Performance70
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Story70
Is our universe dying? Could there be other universes? In Parallel Worlds, world-renowned physicist and bestselling author Michio Kaku—an author who “has a knack for bringing the most ethereal ideas down to earth” (Wall Street Journal)—takes readers on a fascinating tour of cosmology...
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Brilliant understandable summary of universes
- By David on 17-03-2018
By: Michio Kaku
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Seven Days that Divide the World, 10th Anniversary Edition
- The Beginning According to Genesis and Science
- By: John C. Lennox
- Narrated by: Justin Brierly
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance12
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Story12
Now revised and updated--John Lennox's acclaimed method of reading and interpreting the first chapters of Genesis without discounting either science or Scripture. What did the writer of Genesis mean by "the first day?" Are the seven days in Genesis 1 a literal week or a series of time periods?...
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Another helpful and updated contribution
- By Steven Davis on 15-01-2022
By: John C. Lennox
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Cosmos
- A Personal Voyage
- By: Carl Sagan
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton, Seth MacFarlane, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall590
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Performance518
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Story517
Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time. In clear-eyed prose, Sagan reveals a jewel-like blue world inhabited by a life form that is just beginning to discover its own identity and to venture into the vast ocean of space....
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incredible book doesn't translate well into audio
- By Anonymous on 24-08-2018
By: Carl Sagan
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The Beginning of Infinity
- Explanations That Transform the World
- By: David Deutsch
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 20 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall138
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Performance119
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Story117
A bold and all-embracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of today's great thinkers. Throughout history, mankind has struggled to understand life's mysteries, from the mundane to the seemingly miraculous. In this important new book, David Deutsch, an award-winning...
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Inspiring
- By Dirk Bertels on 21-03-2017
By: David Deutsch
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The Planets
- By: Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall212
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Performance190
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Story189
‘So staggering you go “whoa!” every few seconds’ Guardian ‘Really impressive’ Eamonn Holmes, ITV This MorningA companion book to the critically acclaimed BBC series. The bestselling authors of Wonders of the Universe are back with another blockbuster, a groundbreaking exploration of...
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Great listen
- By Christopher Pooley on 03-12-2025
By: Professor Brian Cox, and others
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Our Cosmic Origin
- By: Ismael Perez
- Narrated by: Benjamin Powell
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance6
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Story6
Unearth the hidden past of Earth and its intricate connection with our galaxy's undisclosed history in this engaging new volume....
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activating
- By Anonymous on 02-08-2023
By: Ismael Perez
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Parallel Worlds
- A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
- By: Michio Kaku
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall80
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Performance70
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Story70
Is our universe dying? Could there be other universes? In Parallel Worlds, world-renowned physicist and bestselling author Michio Kaku—an author who “has a knack for bringing the most ethereal ideas down to earth” (Wall Street Journal)—takes readers on a fascinating tour of cosmology...
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Brilliant understandable summary of universes
- By David on 17-03-2018
By: Michio Kaku
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Seven Days that Divide the World, 10th Anniversary Edition
- The Beginning According to Genesis and Science
- By: John C. Lennox
- Narrated by: Justin Brierly
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance12
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Story12
Now revised and updated--John Lennox's acclaimed method of reading and interpreting the first chapters of Genesis without discounting either science or Scripture. What did the writer of Genesis mean by "the first day?" Are the seven days in Genesis 1 a literal week or a series of time periods?...
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Another helpful and updated contribution
- By Steven Davis on 15-01-2022
By: John C. Lennox
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Forces of Nature
- By: Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall200
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Performance170
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Story170
Sunday Times Bestseller A breathtaking and beautiful exploration of our planet, this groundbreaking book accompanies the BBC One TV series, providing the deepest answers to the simplest questions. How did life on Earth begin? What is the nature of space and time? What are the chances that we...
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Engaging and compelling discussion of nature
- By Ben on 27-08-2019
By: Professor Brian Cox, and others
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Human Universe
- By: Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
Top ten Sunday Times Bestseller ‘Engaging, ambitious and creative’ Guardian Where are we? Are we alone? Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future? Human Universe tackles some of the greatest questions that humans have asked to try and understand the very nature of ourselves and the...
By: Professor Brian Cox, and others
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StarTalk
- Everything You Ever Need to Know About Space Travel, Sci-Fi, the Human Race, the Universe, and Beyond
- By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Luzma Ortiz, Kevin R. Free, Lauren Fortgang, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance11
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Story11
For decades, beloved astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has interpreted science with a combination of brainpower and charm that resonates with fans everywhere. This pioneering, provocative audiobook brings together the best of StarTalk....
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Disappointed
- By S K KERR on 03-06-2025
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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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Overall64
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Performance54
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Story53
Welcome to the Universe is a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three of today's leading astrophysicists....
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Informative, horrible narration.
- By Steve on 12-10-2019
By: Michael A. Strauss, and others
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A Brief Tour of Higher Consciousness
- A Cosmic Book on the Mechanics of Creation
- By: Itzhak Bentov
- Narrated by: D. Cash Keahey
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
A lighthearted yet profound guide to the realms of higher consciousness and the ultimate nature of reality. Explains some of the most difficult concepts of physics and heightened consciousness in ways that are easily understood. Presents a model for the interaction of the universe and...
By: Itzhak Bentov
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Hyperspace
- A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension
- By: Michio Kaku
- Narrated by: Tim Lounibos
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Story4
Are there other dimensions beyond our own? Is time travel possible? Can we change the past? Are there gateways to parallel universes? All of us have pondered such questions, but there was a time when scientists dismissed these notions as outlandish speculations. Not any more. Today, they are the...
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worth a credit
- By Anonymous on 01-08-2023
By: Michio Kaku
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Time Reborn
- From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe
- By: Lee Smolin
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance9
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Story9
What is time? This deceptively simple question is the single most important problem facing science as we probe more deeply into the fundamentals of the universe. All of the mysteries physicists and cosmologists face - from the Big Bang to the future of the universe, from the puzzles of quantum...
By: Lee Smolin
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Pale Blue Dot
- A Vision of the Human Future in Space
- By: Carl Sagan
- Narrated by: Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall144
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Performance127
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Story125
In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people....
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Great story, average narration
- By Luke Hicks on 28-05-2018
By: Carl Sagan
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The Big Picture
- On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
- By: Sean Carroll
- Narrated by: Sean Carroll
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall91
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Performance78
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Story78
*An instant New York Times Bestseller* *Publishers Weekly #1 Most Anticipated Science Book of Spring 2016* "You will be enthralled." — Wall Street Journal "A tour de force." — Salon.com Already internationally acclaimed for his elegant, lucid writing on the most challenging notions in modern...
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Sean's done it again 😁
- By Kindle Customer on 07-07-2020
By: Sean Carroll
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Cosmos: Possible Worlds
- By: Ann Druyan
- Narrated by: Ann Druyan, Jennice Ontiveros
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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Story5
This new and long-awaited sequel to Carl Sagan's international best seller continues the electrifying journey through space and time, linking worlds within and worlds billions of miles away and envisioning a future of science tempered with wisdom. Based on National Geographic's internationally...
By: Ann Druyan
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The Hidden Reality
- Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
- By: Brian Greene
- Narrated by: Brian Greene
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall30
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Performance28
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Story28
There was a time when “universe” meant all there is. Everything. Yet, in recent years discoveries in physics and cosmology have led a number of scientists to conclude that our universe may be one among many. With crystal-clear prose and inspired use of analogy, Brian Greene shows how a range...
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Great book but requires concentration.
- By Nikola on 20-05-2020
By: Brian Greene
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Believing Is Seeing
- A Physicist Explains How Science Shattered His Atheism and Revealed the Necessity of Faith
- By: Michael Guillen PhD
- Narrated by: Michael Guillen PhD
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
Dr. Michael Guillen, a best-selling author, Emmy award-winning journalist and former physics instructor at Harvard, used to be an atheist ― until science changed his mind....
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Michael Guillen PhD
- By Peter on 03-01-2023
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The Cosmic Revolutionary's Handbook
- (Or: How to Beat the Big Bang)
- By: Luke A. Barnes, Geraint F. Lewis
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
For all those who wonder about this bizarre universe and those who want to overthrow the big bang, this handbook gives you "just the facts": the observations that have shaped these ideas and theories....
By: Luke A. Barnes, and others
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How We Believe
- The Search for God in an Age of Science
- By: Michael Shermer
- Narrated by: Michael Shermer
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
- Abridged
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Overall5
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Performance4
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Story4
Recent polls report that 96-percent of Americans believe in God, and 73-percent believe that angels regularly visit Earth....
By: Michael Shermer
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The Dream Universe
- How Fundamental Physics Lost Its Way
- By: David Lindley
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
A vivid and captivating narrative about how modern science broke free of ancient philosophy, and how theoretical physics is returning to its unscientific roots In the early seventeenth century Galileo broke free from the hold of ancient Platonic and Aristotelian philosophy. He drastically...
By: David Lindley
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The Universal One
- By: Walter Russell
- Narrated by: Luke Erlenbuch
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
"The Universal One" by Walter Russell is an ambitious and comprehensive work that endeavors to blend the realms of science, philosophy, and spirituality into a singular, cohesive theory of the universe.
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Repetition is not evidence
- By Michael O'Brien on 02-10-2025
By: Walter Russell
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The Fabric of the Cosmos
- Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
- By: Brian Greene
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 22 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance14
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Story14
From Brian Greene, one of the world's leading physicists, comes a grand tour of the universe that makes us look at reality in a completely different way. Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does time...
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The Simpsons teach Physics
- By Darren on 14-08-2025
By: Brian Greene
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Universe In A Nutshell
- By: Stephen Hawking
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Abridged
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Overall20
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Performance16
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Story16
Essential listening for all those who want to understandthe universe in which we liveStephen Hawking is one of the most influential thinkers of our time, an intellectual icon, known not only for the adventurousness of his ideas but also for the clarity with which he expresses them. Seeking to...
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The Universe in a Nutshell
- By Cassiano Rodrigues on 24-09-2019
By: Stephen Hawking
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A Fool's Wisdom
- Science Conspiracies & the Secret Art of Alchemy
- By: Steven A. Young MSci PhD
- Narrated by: Steven A. Young
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
Attend to these words gentle soul, herein ye shall find a two-part alchemical discourse concerning the purity and veracity of scientific thought, separating the 'ugly truth' (science conspiracies) from the 'beautiful truth' (the secret art of Alchemy).
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Interesting
- By Helen on 10-07-2025
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The Varieties of Scientific Experience
- A Personal View of the Search for God
- By: Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan - editor
- Narrated by: Adrienne C. Moore, Ann Druyan
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance3
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Story3
The late great astronomer and astrophysicist describes his personal search to understand the nature of the sacred in the vastness of the cosmos....
By: Carl Sagan, and others
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Billions & Billions
- Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
- By: Carl Sagan
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo, Ann Druyan
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall29
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Performance25
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Story25
In the final book of his astonishing career, Carl Sagan brilliantly examines the burning questions of our lives, our world, and the universe around us....
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Clear and concise.
- By E. J. Lizier on 02-12-2018
By: Carl Sagan
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Our Mathematical Universe
- My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
- By: Max Tegmark
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall163
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Performance138
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Story139
Max Tegmark leads us on an astonishing journey through past, present and future, and through the physics, astronomy and mathematics that are the foundation of his work, most particularly his hypothesis that our physical reality is a mathematical structure and his theory of the ultimate...
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Stunning analysis from the biggest perspective
- By Gordon on 02-08-2016
By: Max Tegmark
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The Infinite Monkey Cage: Series 18-21 Plus Apollo Special
- By: Professor Brian Cox
- Narrated by: Professor Brian Cox, full cast, Robin Ince
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance0
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Story0
Four more series of Brian Cox and Robin Ince’s multi award-winning science/comedy show – including the 100th episode and The Infinite Moonkey Cage, a special hour-long episode celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo moon landings One of BBC Radio 4’s most popular programmes, The...
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The Last Three Minutes
- Conjectures About the Ultimate Fate of the Universe
- By: Paul Davies
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance5
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Story5
Ragnarok. Armageddon. Doomsday. Since the dawn of time, man has wondered how the world would end. In The Last Three Minutes, Paul Davies reveals the latest theories. It might end in a whimper, slowly scattering into the infinite void. Then again, it might be yanked back by its own gravity...
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Full of knowledge but considerably out of date. Narration tired.
- By Anonymous on 28-04-2024
By: Paul Davies
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De onde surgem as grandes ideias?
- Através do olhar da ciência
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- Unabridged
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Ao longo da história, encontramos grandes pensadores, cientistas e inventores que, num rompante criativo, desafiam nossos paradigmas e nos atiram sem piedade a uma nova realidade, que a princípio pode parecer desconfortável, incompreensível ou até questionável. Mas, afinal, de onde surgem as grandes ideias?
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Why Do We Exist?
- The Nine Realms of Universe that Make You Possible
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A boundary-breaking astrophysicist reimagines the universe—and our place within it—in this audacious journey through the Nine Realms of the cosmos. The universe gave rise to everything: stars and cells, minds and memories, purpose and pain. But it doesn’t care about us. It follows its own...
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This book challenges the centuries-old pursuit of a final theory in physics by revealing why reality resists scale-independent description. Drawing on developments in effective field theory, renormalization, and the philosophy of science, it argues that physical laws are not universal absolutes but layered tools adapted to context. With clarity and precision, it explores the limits of unification, the power of pragmatic models, and the intellectual maturity required to live with structural incompleteness.
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Why is the fine-structure constant approximately one over one hundred and thirty-seven? Why is the proton exactly 1836 times heavier than the electron? Why is gravity so absurdly weak compared to the other forces? For more than a century, physicists have measured the fundamental constants of nature with exquisite precision—yet no one can explain why they have the values they do. Three answers have been proposed. The constants are brute accidents with no deeper explanation. They will one day be derived from a final theory.
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Introduction to the New Old Cosmology
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For half a century, cosmology has relied on two invisible ingredients to explain the universe: dark matter, a substance that has never been detected despite decades of experimental search, and dark energy, a repulsive force whose physical nature remains entirely unknown. Together, they are said to constitute ninety-five percent of the cosmos. The remaining five percent—ordinary atoms, light, everything we have ever touched or measured—is treated as a minor addendum to a universe made mostly of darkness. This textbook presents a different cosmology. It is not speculative.
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