Physics

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 41 mins)
• By Neil deGrasse Tyson
• Narrated By Neil deGrasse Tyson
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson. But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in digestible chapters consumable anytime and anywhere in your busy day.

Cosmos

• UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 31 mins)
• By Carl Sagan
• Narrated By LeVar Burton, Seth MacFarlane, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and others

Cosmos is one of the best-selling 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.

Why Does E=MC2 and Why Should We Care

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 3 mins)
• By Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw
• Narrated By Jeff Forshaw

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.

A Brief History of Time

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 50 mins)
• By Stephen Hawking
• Narrated By Michael Jackson

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.

A Brief History of Time: From Big Bang to Black Holes

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 57 mins)
• By Stephen Hawking
• Narrated By John Sackville
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Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite, or does it have boundaries? These are just some of the questions considered in an internationally acclaimed masterpiece by one of the world's greatest thinkers. It begins by reviewing the great theories of the cosmos, from Newton to Einstein, before delving into the secrets which still lie at the heart of space and time, from the big bang to black holes, via spiral galaxies and strong theory.

The Greatest Story Ever Told - So Far: Why Are We Here?

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 31 mins)
• By Lawrence M. Krauss
• Narrated By Lawrence Krauss

Internationally renowned, award-winning theoretical physicist, New York Times bestselling author of A Universe from Nothing, and passionate advocate for reason, Lawrence Krauss tells the dramatic story of the discovery of the hidden world of reality - a grand poetic vision of nature - and how we find our place within it.

A Short History of Nearly Everything

• ABRIDGED (5 hrs and 48 mins)
• By Bill Bryson
• Narrated By Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson’s quest to find out everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us. His challenge is to take subjects that normally bore the pants off most of us and see if there isn't some way to render them comprehensible to people who have never thought they could be interested in science. It's not so much about what we know, as about how we know what we know.

Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 22 mins)
• By Max Tegmark
• Narrated By Rob Shapiro

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 multiverse. In a dazzling combination of both popular and groundbreaking science, he not only helps us grasp his often mind-boggling theories, but he also shares with us some of the often surprising triumphs and disappointments that have shaped his life as a scientist.

Einstein's Relativity and the Quantum Revolution: Modern Physics for Non-Scientists, 2nd Edition

• ORIGINAL (12 hrs and 20 mins)
• By The Great Courses
• Narrated By Professor Richard Wolfson

"It doesn't take an Einstein to understand modern physics," says Professor Wolfson at the outset of these 24 lectures on what may be the most important subjects in the universe: relativity and quantum physics. Both have reputations for complexity. But the basic ideas behind them are, in fact, simple and comprehensible by anyone. These dynamic and illuminating lectures begin with a brief overview of theories of physical reality starting with Aristotle and culminating in Newtonian or "classical" physics.

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 35 mins)
• By Randall Munroe
• Narrated By Wil Wheaton
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd, What If? gives hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. Millions visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. Fans ask him a lot of strange questions. How fast can you hit a speed bump, driving, and live? When (if ever) did the sun go down on the British Empire? When will Facebook contain more profiles of dead people than living?

Discovery: My Big TOE, Book 2

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 44 mins)
• By Thomas W. Campbell
• Narrated By Thomas W. Campbell
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Section 3 develops the interface and interaction between we the people and our digital consciousness reality. It derives and explains the characteristics, origins, dynamics, and function of ego, love, and free will. It derives our larger purpose. Finally, Section 3 develops the psi uncertainty principle as it explains and interrelates psi phenomena, free will, love, consciousness evolution, reality, human purpose, entropy and physics.

My Big TOE: Awakening

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 11 mins)
• By Thomas W . Campbell
• Narrated By Thomas W. Campbell
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My Big TOE: Awakening, written by a nuclear physicist in the language of contemporary culture, unifies science and philosophy, physics and metaphysics, mind and matter, purpose and meaning, the normal and the paranormal. The entirety of human experience (mind, body, and spirit) including both our objective and subjective worlds is brought together under one seamless scientific understanding.

The Feynman Lectures on Physics: Volume 1, Quantum Mechanics

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 31 mins)
• By Richard P. Feynman
• Narrated By Richard P. Feynman

For more than 30 years, Richard P. Feynman's three-volume Lectures on Physics has been known worldwide as the classic resource for students and professionals alike. Ranging from the most basic principles of Newtonian physics through such formidable theories as Einstein's general relativity, superconductivity, and quantum mechanics, Feynman's lectures stand as a monument of clear exposition and deep insight.

Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos

• UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 54 mins)
• By Michio Kaku
• Narrated By Marc Vietor

In Parallel Worlds, world-renowned physicist and best-selling author Michio Kaku - an author who "has a knack for bringing the most ethereal ideas down to earth" (Wall Street Journal) - takes listeners on a fascinating tour of cosmology, M-theory, and its implications for the fate of the universe.

Mysteries of Modern Physics: Time

• ORIGINAL (12 hrs and 16 mins)
• By The Great Courses, Sean Carroll
• Narrated By Professor Sean Carroll

Time rules our lives, woven into the very fabric of the universe-from the rising and setting of the sun to the cycles of nature, the thought processes in our brains, and the biorhythms in our day. Nothing so pervades our existence and yet is so difficult to explain. But now, in a series of 24 riveting lectures, you can grasp exactly why - as you take a mind-expanding journey through the past, present, and future, guided by a noted author and scientist.

Time Travel, Tunneling, Tennis, and Tea

• UNABRIDGED (30 mins)
• By Richard Wolfson
• Narrated By Richard Wolfson

What are the two big ideas of modern physics? How can nonscientists gain a handle on these ideas and the radical changes they bring to our philosophical thinking about the physical world?

Pulp Physics: Astronomy: Humankind in Space and Time

• ORIGINAL (9 hrs and 35 mins)
• By Dr. Richard Berendzen
• Narrated By Richard Berendzen

In this unscripted recording, renowned astrophysicist Dr. Richard Berendzen takes you on a journey through space and time that is captivating from the moment he begins to speak. Enjoy the best of both worlds: an expert's knowledge in a user-friendly format!

The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World

• UNABRIDGED (20 hrs)
• By David Deutsch
• Narrated By Walter Dixon
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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 pioneer in the field of quantum computation, argues that explanations have a fundamental place in the universe.

Beyond Biocentrism: Rethinking Time, Space, Consciousness, and the Illusion of Death

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 16 mins)
• By Robert Lanza, Bob Berman
• Narrated By Peter Ganim
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

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.

Redefining Reality: The Intellectual Implications of Modern Science

• ORIGINAL (18 hrs and 6 mins)
• By The Great Courses
• Narrated By Professor Steven Gimbel

No subject is bigger than reality itself, and nothing is more challenging to understand, since what counts as reality is undergoing continual revision and has been for centuries. The quest to pin down what's real and what's illusory is both philosophical and scientific, a metaphysical search for ultimate reality that goes back to the ancient Greeks. For the last 400 years, this search has been increasingly guided by scientists, who create theories and test them in order to define and redefine reality.

Analysis of Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Antifragile

• UNABRIDGED (11 mins)
• By Milkyway Media
• Narrated By Susan Murphy

Antifragile (2012) by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, introduces and explains hormesis, or the way that some systems benefit from the chaos and stress that normally would destroy fragile things. Any cohesive system of cooperators or processes composed of smaller participating actors, from the human body to the stock market, can be fragile, robust, or antifragile.

History of Physics

• UNABRIDGED (30 mins)
• By IntroBooks
• Narrated By Andrea Giordani

IntroBooks delivers up-to-the-minute information covering everything on a topic. Our books are written to give essential information in a straight-to-the-point, easy-to-listen format. We have cut out technical jargon, waffle, and unnecessary filler to ensure you get the essential information you need to achieve your goals with confidence.

History of Quantum Physics

• UNABRIDGED (30 mins)
• By IntroBooks
• Narrated By Andrea Giordani

History of Quantum Physics delivers up-to-the-minute information covering everything on the topic. This book is written to give essential information in a straight-to-the-point, easy-to-read format. We have cut out technical jargon, waffle, and unnecessary filler to ensure you get the essential information you need to achieve your goals with confidence.

Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 16 mins)
• By Carl Sagan
• Narrated By Dion Graham

Carl Sagan, writer and scientist, returns from the frontier to tell us about how the world works. In his delightfully down-to-earth style, he explores and explains a mind-boggling future of intelligent robots, extraterrestrial life and its consequences, and other provocative, fascinating quandaries of the future that we want to see today.

Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 42 mins)
• By Carl Sagan
• Narrated By Adenrele Ojo, Ann Druyan

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. These luminous, entertaining essays travel both the vastness of the cosmos and the intimacy of the human mind, posing such fascinating questions as how did the universe originate and how will it end, and how can we meld science and compassion to meet the challenges of the coming century?

Theory of Gravity

• UNABRIDGED (44 mins)
• By IntroBooks
• Narrated By Andrea Giordani

IntroBooks delivers up-to-the-minute information covering everything on a topic in less than an hour. Our books are written to give essential information in a straight-to-the-point format. We have cut out technical jargon, waffle, and unnecessary filler to ensure you get the essential information you need to achieve your goals with confidence.

Quantum Gravity

• UNABRIDGED (43 mins)
• By IntroBooks
• Narrated By Andrea Giordani

IntroBooks delivers up-to-the-minute information covering everything on a topic in less than an hour. Our books are written to give essential information in a straight-to-the-point format. We have cut out technical jargon, waffle, and unnecessary filler to ensure you get the essential information you need to achieve your goals with confidence.

Geophysics

• UNABRIDGED (45 mins)
• By IntroBooks
• Narrated By Andrea Giordani

IntroBooks delivers up-to-the minute information covering everything on this topic in only 45 minutes of listening. Our books are written to give essential information in a straight-to-the-point, easy-to-absorb format. We have cut out technical jargon, waffle, and unnecessary filler to ensure you get the essential information you need to achieve your goals with confidence.