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Best Sellers
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Bill Bryson's Appliance of Science
- By: Bill Bryson
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
Bill Bryson teams up with The Science Museum to celebrate the ideas and inventions of the incurably curious....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Review of Appliance of science
- By Anonymous User on 13-06-2019
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Dark Emu
- Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident?
- By: Bruce Pascoe
- Narrated by: Bruce Pascoe
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 576
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 527
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Story5 out of 5 stars 525
A completely accessible, compelling and riveting account of pre-invasion Aboriginal agricultural systems....
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5 out of 5 stars
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paradigm shifting
- By Alistair on 29-03-2017
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Brief Answers to the Big Questions
- By: Stephen Hawking, Professor Kip Thorne - foreword
- Narrated by: Ben Whishaw, Garrick Hagon - foreword, Lucy Hawking - afterword
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 182
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 158
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Story5 out of 5 stars 158
The final book from Professor Stephen Hawking, the best-selling author of A Brief History of Time and arguably the most famous scientist of our age....
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5 out of 5 stars
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interesting without being overwhelming
- By Anonymous User on 02-01-2019
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Unnatural Causes
- By: Dr Richard Shepherd
- Narrated by: Dr Richard Shepherd
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 48
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 48
As the country's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secrets of the dead....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Do you like Forensic Science?
- By Graeme Moore on 08-05-2019
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Bill Bryson's Appliance of Science
- By: Bill Bryson
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
Bill Bryson teams up with The Science Museum to celebrate the ideas and inventions of the incurably curious....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Review of Appliance of science
- By Anonymous User on 13-06-2019
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Dark Emu
- Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident?
- By: Bruce Pascoe
- Narrated by: Bruce Pascoe
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 576
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 527
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Story5 out of 5 stars 525
A completely accessible, compelling and riveting account of pre-invasion Aboriginal agricultural systems....
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5 out of 5 stars
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paradigm shifting
- By Alistair on 29-03-2017
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Brief Answers to the Big Questions
- By: Stephen Hawking, Professor Kip Thorne - foreword
- Narrated by: Ben Whishaw, Garrick Hagon - foreword, Lucy Hawking - afterword
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 182
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 158
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Story5 out of 5 stars 158
The final book from Professor Stephen Hawking, the best-selling author of A Brief History of Time and arguably the most famous scientist of our age....
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5 out of 5 stars
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interesting without being overwhelming
- By Anonymous User on 02-01-2019
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Unnatural Causes
- By: Dr Richard Shepherd
- Narrated by: Dr Richard Shepherd
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 48
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 48
As the country's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secrets of the dead....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Do you like Forensic Science?
- By Graeme Moore on 08-05-2019
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Being Mortal
- Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
- By: Atul Gawande
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possibility. It didn't matter whether you were five or fifty - every day was a roll of the dice....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eye opening
- By Emma on 08-06-2019
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How Not to Die
- Discover the foods scientifically proven to prevent and reverse disease
- By: Dr Michael Greger, Gene Stone
- Narrated by: Michael Greger
- Length: 17 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 237
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 223
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Story5 out of 5 stars 221
Why rely on drugs and surgery to cure you of life-threatening disease when the right decisions can prevent you from falling ill to begin with? Find out more....
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3 out of 5 stars
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food for thought
- By michelle Fischer on 19-02-2018
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The Order of Time
- By: Carlo Rovelli
- Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 63
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 62
Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A stimulating and accessible time!
- By Mark on 20-04-2019
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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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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Story5 out of 5 stars 78
A breathtaking and beautiful exploration of our planet, this groundbreaking audiobook accompanies the BBC One TV series, providing the deepest answers to the simplest questions....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best one so far
- By Shamal on 19-06-2017
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The Future of Humanity
- Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond
- By: Michio Kaku
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 76
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Future of Humanity by Michio Kaku, read by Feodor Chin....
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5 out of 5 stars
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womderful collection of wisdom
- By Anonymous User on 15-03-2018
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Shoot for the Moon
- By: Richard Wiseman
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6
In this remarkable audiobook, Professor Richard Wiseman presents a pioneering study of the mind-set that took humanity to the moon and shows how you can harness and use it to achieve the extraordinary in your everyday life....
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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
- How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake
- By: Steven Novella
- Narrated by: Steven Novella
- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 66
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story5 out of 5 stars 64
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is your guide through this maze of modern life. It covers essential critical thinking skills as well as giving insight into how your brain works and how to avoid common pitfalls in thinking....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thoughtful
- By John Trimble on 28-01-2019
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The Knowledge
- By: Lewis Dartnell
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Maybe it was a viral pandemic or an asteroid strike or perhaps nuclear war. Whatever the cause, the world as we know it has ended, and you and the other survivors must start again....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome book
- By Kym Angrave on 29-03-2019
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Behave
- By: Robert M Sapolsky
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom
- Length: 26 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story5 out of 5 stars 22
Why do human beings behave as they do? We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over the other? Find out...
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5 out of 5 stars
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highly recommend to everyone!
- By Anonymous User on 24-01-2019
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Moonwalking with Einstein
- The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
- By: Joshua Foer
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 108
The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything....
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5 out of 5 stars
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fantastic
- By Anonymous User on 12-05-2017
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All Creatures Great and Small
- The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet
- By: James Herriot
- Narrated by: Christopher Timothy
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 74
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 68
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Story5 out of 5 stars 67
Fresh out of Glasgow Veterinary College, to the young James Herriot 1930s Yorkshire seems to offer an idyllic pocket of rural life in a rapidly changing world....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beaut book but.....
- By Nola Coulthurst on 15-11-2018
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I Contain Multitudes
- The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
- By: Ed Yong
- Narrated by: Charlie Anson
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 20
Your body is teeming with tens of trillions of microbes. It's an entire world, a colony full of life. In other words, you contain multitudes....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable and very interesting
- By Miss Amy V on 22-01-2018
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How to Build a Universe
- An Infinite Monkey Cage Adventure
- By: Professor Brian Cox, Robin Ince, Alexandra Feachem
- Narrated by: Professor Brian Cox, Robin Ince, Alexandra Feachem, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Prof Brian Cox and Robin Ince take the musings of the great and the good of British science, producing an insight into the multifaceted subjects involved in building a universe....
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4 out of 5 stars
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interesting but quite short
- By Anonymous User on 23-09-2018
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The Gene
- An Intimate History
- By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 87
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 87
The Gene is the story of one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in our history, from best-selling, prize-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Genetics and its implications
- By Haris Mirza on 12-02-2019
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The River of Consciousness
- By: Oliver Sacks
- Narrated by: Dan Woren, Kate Edgar
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
In The River of Consciousness, Dr. Sacks takes on evolution, botany, chemistry, medicine, neuroscience and the arts and calls upon his great scientific and creative heroes....
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4 out of 5 stars
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A lot to take in
- By Anonymous User on 01-03-2018
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Other Minds
- The Octopus and The Evolution of Intelligent Life
- By: Peter Godfrey-Smith
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 54
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 55
A philosopher dons a wet suit and journeys into the depths of consciousness....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating, informative, and thought provoking.
- By Dominic on 12-03-2018
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River out of Eden
- A Darwinian View of Life
- By: Richard Dawkins
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6
The river of Dawkins' title is a river of DNA, flowing through time from the beginning of life on earth to the present - and onwards....
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Bad Pharma
- How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
- By: Ben Goldacre
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36
'Bad Science’ hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists use to distort science, becoming a 400,000 copy bestseller....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Information intensive
- By Brendan on 13-05-2015
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Scale
- The Universal Laws of Life and Death in Organisms, Cities and Companies
- By: Geoffrey West
- Narrated by: Bruce Mann
- Length: 19 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
Geoffrey West's research centres on a quest to find unifying principles and patterns connecting everything, from cells and ecosystems to cities, social networks and businesses....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Insightful, elegant and enthralling
- By David Elliott Johnson on 02-08-2018
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The Universe Speaks in Numbers
- How Modern Maths Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets
- By: Graham Farmelo
- Narrated by: Hugh Kermode
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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One of the great mysteries of science is that its fundamental laws are written in the language of mathematics....
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Touch
- The Science of Hand, Heart, and Mind
- By: David J. Linden
- Narrated by: Adrian Mulraney
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Why can't we tickle ourselves? Why do footballers who hug score more goals? Why does holding a hot coffee make us feel more positively about people? Find out....
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Alex's Adventures in Numberland
- Dispatches from the Wonderful World of Mathematics
- By: Alex Bellos
- Narrated by: Alex Bellos
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15
The world of maths can seem mind-boggling, irrelevant and, let's face it, boring. This groundbreaking book reclaims maths from the geeks....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can you count?
- By lindsay on 30-05-2019
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The Moral Landscape
- By: Sam Harris
- Narrated by: Sam Harris
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 277
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 245
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 239
Sam Harris has discovered that most people, from secular scientists to religious fundamentalists, agree on one point....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sam Harris is the tits.
- By Amazon Customer on 19-09-2016
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The Body
- A Guide for Occupants
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological make up....
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A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
- The Stories in Our Genes
- By: Adam Rutherford
- Narrated by: Adam Rutherford
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 75
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 75
This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to you, as it is for every one of the 100 billion modern humans who has ever drawn breath....
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5 out of 5 stars
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great book
- By Ryan on 10-02-2017
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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 106
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 91
In one of the most exciting and accessible explanations of The Theory of Relativity in recent years....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent way of explaining
- By zoostra on 19-03-2016
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Unravelling the Double Helix
- The Lost Heroes of DNA
- By: Gareth Williams
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
Unravelling the Double Helix covers the most colourful period in the history of DNA, from the discovery of 'nuclein' in the late 1860s to the publication of Watson's The Double Helix in 1968. This is a saga packed with awful mistakes as well as brilliant science....
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The Science of Fate
- Why Your Future Is More Predictable Than You Think
- By: Hannah Critchlow
- Narrated by: Hannah Critchlow
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Neuroscientist Hannah Critchlow shows how far our future is already hardwired in our brains. Like Sapiens and Thinking Fast and Slow, The Science of Fate revolutionises the way we understand our species and ourselves....
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Good to Go
- How to Eat, Sleep and Rest Like a Champion
- By: Christie Aschwanden
- Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Good to Go is the first decisive exploration of recovery science and the crucial role it plays in optimizing training performance, debunking myths and falsehoods along the way....
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Infinite Monkey Cage
- The Complete Series 1-5
- By: Brian Cox, Mr Robin Ince
- Narrated by: Brian Cox, full cast, Robin Ince
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15
The complete series 1-5 of the Sony Award Winning BBC Radio 4 show, The Infinite Monkey Cage, presented by physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince....
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She Has Her Mother's Laugh
- By: Carl Zimmer
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 20 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh presents a profoundly original perspective on what we pass along from generation to generation....
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4 out of 5 stars
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interesting and accessible
- By Anonymous User on 10-06-2019
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The Gendered Brain
- By: Gina Rippon
- Narrated by: Catherine Bailey
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2
Reading maps or reading emotions? Barbie or Lego? We live in a gendered world where we are bombarded with messages about sex and gender. But what does this constant gendering mean for our thoughts, decisions and behaviour? Find out....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it! Wish more people would read it!
- By Anonymous User on 03-04-2019
New Releases
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The AI Does Not Hate You
- The Rationalists and Their Quest to Save the World
- By: Tom Chivers
- Narrated by: Tom Chivers
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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This is an audiobook about AI and AI risk. But it's also more importantly about a community of people who are trying to think rationally about intelligence, and the places that these thoughts are taking them, and what insight they can and can't give us about the future of the human race over the next few years. It explains why these people are worried, why they might be right and why they might be wrong.
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Critical
- Science and Stories from the Brink of Human Life
- By: Dr Matt Morgan
- Narrated by: Dr Matt Morgan
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Following in the wake of hugely successful medical memoirs such as Do No Harm and Fragile Lives, Critical is an intelligent, compelling and profoundly insightful journey into the world of intensive care medicine and the lives of people who have forever been changed by it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nothing short of inspiring
- By Anonymous User on 14-06-2019
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How to Grow a Human
- Adventures in Who We Are and How We Are Made
- By: Philip Ball
- Narrated by: Philip Ball
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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After seeing his own cells used to grow clumps of new neurons - essentially mini-brains - Philip Ball begins to examine the concepts of identity and consciousness. Delving into humanity's deep evolutionary past to look at how complex creatures like us emerged from single-celled life, he offers a new perspective on how humans think about ourselves.
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Einstein's War
- How Relativity Conquered Nationalism and Shook the World
- By: Matthew Stanley
- Narrated by: Matthew Stanley
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1916, Arthur Eddington, a war-weary British astronomer, opened a letter written by an obscure German professor named Einstein. The neatly printed equations on the scrap of paper outlined his world-changing theory of general relativity. Until then Einstein's masterpiece of time and space had been trapped behind the physical and ideological lines of battle, unknown. Eddington realised the importance of the letter - perhaps Einstein's esoteric theory could not only change the future of science but also restore the world of cooperative international science in a time of brutal war.
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The Future Starts Here
- Adventures in the Twenty-First Century
- By: John Higgs
- Narrated by: John Higgs
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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At some point in the 1980s we gave up on the future. Before then, we imagined wonderful days to come, free from disease, work and want, in television series like Star Trek or events such as the 1939 Futurama World Fair. When we look ahead now, we tell dystopian stories of environmental collapse, zombie plagues and the end of civilisation. If it is true that we have to imagine the future before we build it, then this is deeply worrying.
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Chasing the Moon
- By: Robert Stone, Alan Andres
- Narrated by: Eric Meyers
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Chasing the Moon thoroughly reimagines the race to the moon, upending much of the conventional mythology. With newly revealed stories about the space race, from its earliest days to the monumental achievement of the lunar landing in 1969, the book features a diverse cast of characters who played key roles in these historic events.
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The AI Does Not Hate You
- The Rationalists and Their Quest to Save the World
- By: Tom Chivers
- Narrated by: Tom Chivers
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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This is an audiobook about AI and AI risk. But it's also more importantly about a community of people who are trying to think rationally about intelligence, and the places that these thoughts are taking them, and what insight they can and can't give us about the future of the human race over the next few years. It explains why these people are worried, why they might be right and why they might be wrong.
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Critical
- Science and Stories from the Brink of Human Life
- By: Dr Matt Morgan
- Narrated by: Dr Matt Morgan
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Following in the wake of hugely successful medical memoirs such as Do No Harm and Fragile Lives, Critical is an intelligent, compelling and profoundly insightful journey into the world of intensive care medicine and the lives of people who have forever been changed by it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nothing short of inspiring
- By Anonymous User on 14-06-2019
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How to Grow a Human
- Adventures in Who We Are and How We Are Made
- By: Philip Ball
- Narrated by: Philip Ball
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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After seeing his own cells used to grow clumps of new neurons - essentially mini-brains - Philip Ball begins to examine the concepts of identity and consciousness. Delving into humanity's deep evolutionary past to look at how complex creatures like us emerged from single-celled life, he offers a new perspective on how humans think about ourselves.
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Einstein's War
- How Relativity Conquered Nationalism and Shook the World
- By: Matthew Stanley
- Narrated by: Matthew Stanley
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1916, Arthur Eddington, a war-weary British astronomer, opened a letter written by an obscure German professor named Einstein. The neatly printed equations on the scrap of paper outlined his world-changing theory of general relativity. Until then Einstein's masterpiece of time and space had been trapped behind the physical and ideological lines of battle, unknown. Eddington realised the importance of the letter - perhaps Einstein's esoteric theory could not only change the future of science but also restore the world of cooperative international science in a time of brutal war.
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The Future Starts Here
- Adventures in the Twenty-First Century
- By: John Higgs
- Narrated by: John Higgs
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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At some point in the 1980s we gave up on the future. Before then, we imagined wonderful days to come, free from disease, work and want, in television series like Star Trek or events such as the 1939 Futurama World Fair. When we look ahead now, we tell dystopian stories of environmental collapse, zombie plagues and the end of civilisation. If it is true that we have to imagine the future before we build it, then this is deeply worrying.
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Chasing the Moon
- By: Robert Stone, Alan Andres
- Narrated by: Eric Meyers
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Chasing the Moon thoroughly reimagines the race to the moon, upending much of the conventional mythology. With newly revealed stories about the space race, from its earliest days to the monumental achievement of the lunar landing in 1969, the book features a diverse cast of characters who played key roles in these historic events.
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The Universe Speaks in Numbers
- How Modern Maths Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets
- By: Graham Farmelo
- Narrated by: Hugh Kermode
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the great mysteries of science is that its fundamental laws are written in the language of mathematics. Graham Farmelo's thrilling new book shows how modern maths has helped physicists to rethink gravity, space, and time. The Universe Speaks in Numbers takes us on an adventure from the Enlightenment to the present with a vibrant cast of characters, illuminating the most exciting and controversial developments in contemporary thought.
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Unravelling the Double Helix
- The Lost Heroes of DNA
- By: Gareth Williams
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Unravelling the Double Helix covers the most colourful period in the history of DNA, from the discovery of 'nuclein' in the late 1860s to the publication of Watson's The Double Helix in 1968. This is a saga packed with awful mistakes as well as brilliant science, with a wonderful cast of heroes and villains. Surprisingly, much of it is unfamiliar because the early history is largely neglected by books which focus on the episode of the double helix.
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The Science of Storytelling
- Why Stories Make Us Human, and How to Tell Them Better
- By: Will Storr
- Narrated by: Will Storr
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Stories mould who we are, from our character to our cultural identity. They drive us to act out our dreams and ambitions, and shape our politics and beliefs. We use them to construct our relationships, to keep order in our law courts, to interpret events in our newspapers and social media. Storytelling is an essential part of what makes us human.
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The Men on Magic Carpets: Searching for the Superhuman Sports Star
- The Quest for the Superhuman Sports Star
- By: Ed Hawkins
- Narrated by: Ciaran Saward
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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In the 1970s the US military believed they could create a ‘super soldier’ - one who could use psychic powers to walk through walls, disarm the enemy through telepathy or kill a goat by staring at it. The brain behind these techniques was Michael Murphy, one of the founders of New Age spiritualism in the hippy enclaves of San Francisco. But Murphy’s primary goal was to use these powers in sport to create a supreme athlete capable of extraordinary feats.
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The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer
- How to Feel Empowered and Take Control
- By: Dr Liz O’Riordan, Professor Trisha Greenhalgh, Dr Liz O'Riordan
- Narrated by: Professor Trisha Greenhalgh
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Professor Trisha Greenhalgh, an academic GP, and Dr Liz O’Riordan, a Consultant Breast Cancer Surgeon, are not only outstanding doctors but they have also experienced breast cancer firsthand. The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer brings together all the knowledge they have gathered as patients and as doctors to give you and your family a trusted, thorough and up-to-date source of information.
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The Science of Fate
- Why Your Future Is More Predictable Than You Think
- By: Hannah Critchlow
- Narrated by: Hannah Critchlow
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Leading neuroscientist Hannah Critchlow draws vividly from everyday life and other experts in their field to show the extraordinary potential as well as dangers which come with being able to predict our likely futures - and looking at how we can alter what's in store for us. Lucid, illuminating, awe-inspiring, The Science of Fate revolutionises our understanding of who we are - and empowers us to help shape a better future for ourselves and the wider world.