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The Science of James Smithson
- Discoveries from The Smithsonian Founder
- By: Steven Turner
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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James Smithson is best known as the founder of the Smithsonian Institution, but few people know his full and fascinating story. He was a widely respected chemist and mineralogist and a member of the Royal Society, but in 1865, his letters, collection of 10,000 minerals, and more than 200 unpublished papers were lost to a fire in the Smithsonian Castle. His scientific legacy was further written off as insignificant in an 1879 essay published through the Smithsonian 50 years after his death - a claim that author Steven Turner demonstrates is far from the truth.
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The Science of James Smithson
- Discoveries from The Smithsonian Founder
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 12-11-2020
- Language: English
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Sky Girls
- The True Story of the First Women's Cross-Country Air Race
- By: Gene Nora Jessen
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The inspiring true story of the first female pilots taking their rightful place in the exciting world of aviation. In 1929, 19 gutsy women blazed out of the darkness by setting out from California in propeller-driven planes, each competing to be the winner of the first female cross-country air race. The hazards were many, from disastrous weather to possible sabotage, but by facing the dangers with skill and determination, the racers thrilled the nation and pioneered a new future for female pilots and women's rights.
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Sky Girls
- The True Story of the First Women's Cross-Country Air Race
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 18-08-2018
- Language: English
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Dawn of Infamy
- A Sunken Ship, a Vanished Crew, and the Final Mystery of Pearl Harbor
- By: Stephen Harding
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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On December 7, 1941, even as Japanese carrier-launched aircraft flew toward Pearl Harbor, a small American cargo ship chartered by the army reported that it was under attack from a submarine halfway between Seattle and Honolulu. After that one cryptic message, the humble lumber carrier Cynthia Olson and her crew vanished without a trace, sparking one of the most enduring nautical mysteries of the war. What happened to the ill-fated ship? What happened to her crew?
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Dawn of Infamy
- A Sunken Ship, a Vanished Crew, and the Final Mystery of Pearl Harbor
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 22-11-2016
- Language: English
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The Science Delusion
- Asking the Big Questions in a Culture of Easy Answers
- By: Curtis White
- Narrated by: Jonathan Hogan
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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One of our most brilliant social critics - author of the best-selling The Middle Mind - presents a scathing critique of the "delusions" of science alongside a rousing defense of the tradition of Romanticism and the "big" questions. With the rise of religion critics such as Richard Dawkins, and of pseudo-science advocates such as Malcolm Gladwell and Jonah Lehrer, you' re likely to become a subject of ridicule if you wonder "Why is there something instead of nothing?" or "What is our purpose on Earth?"
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The Science Delusion
- Asking the Big Questions in a Culture of Easy Answers
- Narrated by: Jonathan Hogan
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 21-07-2014
- Language: English
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Summer
- By: Karl Ove Knausgaard, Ingvild Burkey - translator
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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The conclusion to one of the most extraordinary and original literary projects in recent years, Summer once again intersperses short, vividly descriptive essays with emotionally raw diary entries addressed directly to Knausgaard's newborn daughter. Writing more expansively and, if it is possible, even more intimately and unguardedly than in the previous three volumes, he mines with new depth his difficult memories of his childhood and fraught relationship with his own father.
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Summer
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 21-08-2018
- Language: English
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The Modern Scholar
- The Building Blocks of Human Life: Understanding Mature Cells and Stem Cells
- By: Professor John K. Young
- Narrated by: John K. Young
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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In clear, concise language, Professor Young explains the basic categories of cells and tissues and then delves into their specialized functions, whether it be for muscle cells and nervous tissue or the cells of reproductive organs and the highly unusual entities known as "extreme" cells. Finally, Professor Young wraps up the lectures with a topic of universal interest-the death and aging of cells.
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The Modern Scholar
- The Building Blocks of Human Life: Understanding Mature Cells and Stem Cells
- Narrated by: John K. Young
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 27-10-2008
- Language: English
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The Modern Scholar
- Astronomy I: Earth, Sky and Planets
- By: Prof. James Kaler
- Narrated by: George K. Wilson
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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The heart of this course examines the planets themselves, and reveals how they are constructed and how they differ from one another. By studying the physical astronomy of all the planets in the Solar System, we can attempt to understand their true nature. Ultimately, these lectures will bring us to a greater understanding of the Solar System's creation, which brings us again back to the beginning and what it means to us as we look outward from our rotating Earth.
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The Modern Scholar
- Astronomy I: Earth, Sky and Planets
- Narrated by: George K. Wilson
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 16-01-2009
- Language: English
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The Modern Scholar: The Biology of Birds
- By: Professor John Kricher
- Narrated by: Professor John Kricher
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
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An esteemed professor of biology at Wheaton College, John Kricher leads a fascinating discussion of the approximately 10,000 species of birds that share our world. In these engaging lectures, Kricher expands on such topics as bird anatomy, the mechanics of flight, migration, reproduction, and song. The professor's lively presentation demonstrates how understanding the traits, life cycle, and evolution of birds is critical for an understanding of the origins and evolution of life on earth - and why conservation plays a vital role in the environment's delicate balance.
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The Modern Scholar: The Biology of Birds
- Narrated by: Professor John Kricher
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 12-12-2012
- Language: English
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The Origin of the Universe
- By: John D. Barrow
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
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There is no more profound, enduring, or fascinating question in all of science than that of how time, space, and matter began. Now John Barrow, who has been at the cutting edge of research in this area and has written extensively about it, guides us on a journey to the beginning of time, into a world of temperatures and densities so high that we cannot recreate them in a laboratory.
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The Origin of the Universe
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 09-07-2018
- Language: English
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The Modern Scholar
- Unseen Diversity: The World of Bacteria
- By: Professor Betsey Dexter Dyer
- Narrated by: Professor Betsey Dexter Dyer
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
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Professor Betsey Dexter Dyer of Wheaton College examines the role of bacteria as major players in Earth's biodiversity. In the course of these fascinating lectures, Professor Dyer delves into the history of microbiology, the four billion year history of bacteria and archaea as the dominant organisms on Earth, and the place of pathogens in the greater context of the bacterial world. This course serves as both a field guide for curious naturalists and a friendly introduction to the world of bacteria and archaea.
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The Modern Scholar
- Unseen Diversity: The World of Bacteria
- Narrated by: Professor Betsey Dexter Dyer
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 31-10-2008
- Language: English
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DNA USA
- A Genetic Portrait of America
- By: Bryan Sykes
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Having worked on numerous high-profile genetic investigations, including one focused on the famed Iceman of the Italian Alps, Bryan Sykes has become a premier authority on human genetics. In DNA USA, Sykes examines the unique fabric of the population of the United States - one of the world’s most genetically variegated countries. His fascinating discoveries offer new insights into the biological profile of the great melting pot.
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Brilliant in every way
- By Sharon Bianchini on 23-06-2025
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DNA USA
- A Genetic Portrait of America
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 14-05-2012
- Language: English
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Arrowsmith
- By: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 20 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Martin Arrowsmith is fascinated by science and medicine. As a boy, he immerses himself in Gray’s Anatomy. In medical school, he soaks up knowledge from his mentor, a renowned bacteriologist. But soon he is urged to focus on politics and promotions rather than his research. Even as Martin progresses from doctor to public health official and noted pathologist, he still yearns to devote his time to pure science.
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Arrowsmith
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 20 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 23-01-2012
- Language: English
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Immortality, Inc.
- Renegade Science, Silicon Valley Billions, and the Quest to Live Forever
- By: Chip Walter
- Narrated by: Graham Winton
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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This gripping narrative explores today's scientific pursuit of immortality, with exclusive visits inside Silicon Valley labs and interviews with the visionaries who believe we will soon crack into the aging process and cure death. We live in an age when billionaires are betting their fortunes on laboratory advances to prove aging unnecessary and death a disease that can be cured.
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Surprisingly engaging history about longevity
- By Richard Morton on 26-04-2020
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Immortality, Inc.
- Renegade Science, Silicon Valley Billions, and the Quest to Live Forever
- Narrated by: Graham Winton
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 07-01-2020
- Language: English
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When the Uncertainty Principle Goes to 11
- Or How to Explain Quantum Physics with Heavy Metal
- By: Philip Moriarty
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
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In When the Uncertainty Principle Goes to 11, physicist Philip Moriarty explains the mysteries of the universe's inner workings via drum beats and feedback: You'll discover how the Heisenberg uncertainty principle comes into play with every chugging guitar riff, what wave interference has to do with Iron Maiden, and why metalheads in mosh pits behave just like molecules in a gas.
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When the Uncertainty Principle Goes to 11
- Or How to Explain Quantum Physics with Heavy Metal
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 02-08-2018
- Language: English
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Anthony Fokker
- The Flying Dutchman Who Shaped American Aviation
- By: Marc Dierikx
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Anthony Fokker: The Flying Dutchman Who Shaped American Aviation tells the larger-than-life true story of maverick pilot and aircraft manufacturer Anthony Fokker. Fokker came from an affluent Dutch family. Despite not receiving a traditional education, he stumbled his way into aviation as a young stunt pilot in Germany in 1910. He survived a series of spectacular crashes and rose to fame. A combination of industrial espionage, luck, and deception then propelled him to become Germany's leading WWI aircraft manufacturer. When the German Revolution swept the country, Fokker made a spectacular escape to the US.
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great listen
- By Anonymous on 21-11-2023
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Anthony Fokker
- The Flying Dutchman Who Shaped American Aviation
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 03-04-2018
- Language: English
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The Wreck of the Mentor
- A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
- By: Eric Jay Dolin
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
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From the best–selling author of Black Flags, Blue Waters comes the story of the American whaleship Mentor, wrecked in 1832 on a remote reef in the western Pacific. With supplies dwindling, the eleven surviving crewmen face not only the miseries of shipwreck in unfamiliar territory but also the profound uncertainty of contact with the Indigenous people of the Micronesian archipelago of Palau, who within days approach the deserted men brandishing axes, clubs, and spears.
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The Wreck of the Mentor
- A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 02-06-2026
- Language: English
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Science Denial
- Why It Happens and What to Do About It
- By: Gale Sinatra, Barbara Hofer
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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How do individuals decide whether to accept human causes of climate change, vaccinate their children against childhood diseases, or practice social distancing during a pandemic? Democracies depend on educated citizens who can make informed decisions for the benefit of their health and wellbeing, as well as their communities, nations, and planet.
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Science Denial
- Why It Happens and What to Do About It
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 12-10-2021
- Language: English
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The Modern Scholar
- Global Warming, Global Threat
- By: Michael B. McElroy
- Narrated by: Professor Michael B. McElroy
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
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The Modern Scholar series offers you college-level courses taught by the world's most respected professors. As these expert teachers guide you through the course material, you become more knowledgeable and better versed in the subject. Learning has never been easier or more enjoyable!
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The Modern Scholar
- Global Warming, Global Threat
- Narrated by: Professor Michael B. McElroy
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 29-07-2004
- Language: English
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Broadsides from the Other Orders
- A Book of Bugs
- By: Sue Hubbell
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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Most of us think of bugs as pesky creatures we squish under our shoes or bat away with our hands. Under the microscope of Sue Hubbell’s keen eye emerges an exciting world we rarely take the time to see. Author of A Country Year, Hubbell writes regularly for The New Yorker, Smithsonian, and Discover magazines, bringing to her delightful essays the practical veracity of a gentlewoman farmer, and the style and élan of an eccentric who has found her bliss.
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Broadsides from the Other Orders
- A Book of Bugs
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 28-09-2011
- Language: English
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The Age of Living Machines
- How the Convergence of Biology and Engineering Will Build the Next Technology Revolution
- By: Susan Hockfield
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
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The Age of Living Machines describes some of the most exciting new developments and the scientists and engineers who helped create them. Virus-built batteries. Protein-based water filters. Cancer-detecting nanoparticles. Mind-reading bionic limbs. Computer-engineered crops. Together they highlight the promise of the technology revolution of the 21st century to overcome some of the greatest humanitarian, medical, and environmental challenges of our time.
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The Age of Living Machines
- How the Convergence of Biology and Engineering Will Build the Next Technology Revolution
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 07-05-2019
- Language: English
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