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Surfaces and Essences
- Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
- By: Douglas Hofstadter, Emmanuel Sander
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 33 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Analogy is the core of all thinking. This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas Hofstadter and French psychologist Emmanuel Sander defend in their new work. Hofstadter has been grappling with the mysteries of human thought for over 30 years. Now, with his trademark wit and special talent for making complex ideas vivid, he has partnered with Sander to put forth a highly novel perspective on cognition.
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An interesting topic ruined
- By Deet on 08-07-2015
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Surfaces and Essences
- Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 33 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 25-04-2013
- Language: English
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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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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.
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Inspiring
- By Dirk Bertels on 21-03-2017
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The Beginning of Infinity
- Explanations That Transform the World
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 20 hrs
- Release date: 18-08-2011
- Language: English
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The Half-life of Facts
- Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date
- By: Samuel Arbesman
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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New insights from the science of science Facts change all the time. Smoking has gone from doctor recommended to deadly. We used to think the Earth was the center of the universe and that Pluto was a planet. For decades, we were convinced that the brontosaurus was a real dinosaur. In short, what we know about the world is constantly changing. But it turns out there’s an order to the state of knowledge, an explanation for how we know what we know.
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Evergreen book on the nature of knowledge
- By Ben Buchanan on 12-11-2023
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The Half-life of Facts
- Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 27-09-2012
- Language: English
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Calculating the Cosmos
- How Mathematics Unveils the Universe
- By: Ian Stewart
- Narrated by: Dana Hickox
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In Calculating the Cosmos, Ian Stewart presents an exhilarating guide to the cosmos, from our solar system to the entire universe. He describes the architecture of space and time, dark matter and dark energy, how galaxies form, why stars implode, how everything began, and how it's all going to end. He considers parallel universes, the fine-tuning of the cosmos for life, what forms extraterrestrial life might take, and the likelihood of life on Earth being snuffed out by an asteroid.
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Calculating the Cosmos
- How Mathematics Unveils the Universe
- Narrated by: Dana Hickox
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 18-10-2016
- Language: English
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Touching a Nerve
- The Self as Brain
- By: Patricia S. Churchland
- Narrated by: Karen Saltus
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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What happens when we accept that everything we feel and think stems not from an immaterial spirit but from electrical and chemical activity in our brains? In this thought-provoking narrative - drawn from professional expertise as well as personal life experiences - trailblazing neurophilosopher Patricia S. Churchland grounds the philosophy of mind in the essential ingredients of biology. She reflects with humor on how she came to harmonize science and philosophy, the mind and the brain, abstract ideals and daily life.
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Touching a Nerve
- The Self as Brain
- Narrated by: Karen Saltus
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 22-07-2013
- Language: English
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Absolutely Small
- How Quantum Theory Explains Our Everyday World
- By: Michael D. Fayer
- Narrated by: Scott Peterson
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Our intuition about how things should behave is usually right in the everyday world. We see the baseball soar in the air, arc, drop, and lie stationary on the ground. Through data gathered by our senses and basic knowledge of the laws of classical mechanics, the motion of a ball makes perfect sense. But enter the world of the tiniest particles on earth—the motion of electrons, the shapes of molecules—and everything we think we know about the world radically changes.
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Absolutely Small
- How Quantum Theory Explains Our Everyday World
- Narrated by: Scott Peterson
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 23-11-2010
- Language: English
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The Compass of Pleasure
- How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good
- By: David J. Linden
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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A leading brain scientist's look at the neurobiology of pleasure-and how pleasures can become addictions. Whether eating, taking drugs, engaging in sex, or doing good deeds, the pursuit of pleasure is a central drive of the human animal. In The Compass of Pleasure Johns Hopkins neuroscientist David J. Linden explains how pleasure affects us at the most fundamental level: in our brain.
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Excellent.
- By Anonymous on 13-04-2023
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The Compass of Pleasure
- How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 31-05-2011
- Language: English
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Fewer, Richer, Greener
- Prospects for Humanity in an Age of Abundance
- By: Laurence B. Siegel
- Narrated by: Steve Menasche
- Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Our world seems to be experiencing stagnant economic growth, climatic deterioration, dwindling natural resources, and an unsustainable level of population growth. The world is doomed, they argue, and there are just too many problems to overcome. But is this really the case? In Fewer, Richer, Greener, author Laurence B. Siegel reveals that the world has improved - and will continue to improve - in almost every dimension imaginable.
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Fewer, Richer, Greener
- Prospects for Humanity in an Age of Abundance
- Narrated by: Steve Menasche
- Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 21-01-2020
- Language: English
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The Chemistry Between Us
- Love, Sex, and the Science of Attraction
- By: Larry Young, Brian Alexander
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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How much control do we have over love? Much less than we like to think. All that mystery, all that poetry, all those complex behaviors surrounding human bonding leading to the most life-changing decisions we’ll ever make, are unconsciously driven by a few molecules in our brains.
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The Chemistry Between Us
- Love, Sex, and the Science of Attraction
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 24-10-2012
- Language: English
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50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True
- By: Guy P. Harrison
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Maybe you know someone who swears by the reliability of psychics or who is in regular contact with angels. Or perhaps you're trying to find a nice way of dissuading someone from wasting money on a homeopathy cure. How do you find a gently persuasive way of steering people away from unfounded beliefs, bogus cures, conspiracy theories, and the like? Longtime skeptic Guy P. Harrison shows you how in this down-to-earth, entertaining exploration of commonly held extraordinary claims.
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50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 28-09-2012
- Language: English
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The Biological Mind
- How Brain, Body, and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are
- By: Alan Jasanoff
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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To many, the brain is the seat of personal identity and autonomy. But the way we talk about the brain is often rooted more in mystical conceptions of the soul than in scientific fact.
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The Biological Mind
- How Brain, Body, and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 24-07-2018
- Language: English
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What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite
- By: David DiSalvo
- Narrated by: David DiSalvo
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Science writer David DiSalvo reveals a remarkable paradox: what your brain wants is frequently not what your brain needs. In fact, much of what makes our brains "happy" leads to errors, biases, and distortions, which make getting out of our own way extremely difficult. DiSalvo's search includes forays into evolutionary and social psychology, cognitive science, neurology, and even marketing and economics - as well as interviews with many of the top thinkers in psychology and neuroscience today.
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What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite
- Narrated by: David DiSalvo
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 17-07-2012
- Language: English
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The Majesty of Calmness
- By: William George Jordan
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Norris
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Calmness is the rarest quality in human life. It is the poise of a great nature, in harmony with itself and its ideals. It is the moral atmosphere of a life self-centred, self-reliant, and self-controlled. Calmness is singleness of purpose, absolute confidence, and conscious power, ready to be focused in an instant to meet any crisis.
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The Majesty of Calmness
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Norris
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Release date: 03-05-2010
- Language: English
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50 Great Myths of Human Evolution
- Understanding Misconceptions About Our Origins
- By: John H. Relethford
- Narrated by: Steven Menasche
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
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50 Great Myths of Human Evolution uses common misconceptions to explore basic theory and research in human evolution and strengthen critical thinking skills for lay audiences, listeners, and students. Includes myths such as: "Humans lived at the same time as dinosaurs"; "Lucy was so small because she was a child"; "Our ancestors have always made fire"; and "There is a strong relationship between brain size and intelligence."
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Excellent Introduction to Paleo-Anthropology
- By Sarah on 29-01-2018
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50 Great Myths of Human Evolution
- Understanding Misconceptions About Our Origins
- Narrated by: Steven Menasche
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 02-10-2017
- Language: English
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The Day We Found the Universe
- By: Marcia Bartusiak
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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From one of our most acclaimed science writers: a dramatic narrative of the discovery of the true nature and startling size of the universe, delving back past the moment of revelation to trace the decades of work--by a select group of scientists--that made it possible.
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The Day We Found the Universe
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 29-04-2009
- Language: English
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The Rational Animal
- How Evolution Made Us Smarter Than We Think
- By: Douglas T. Kenrick, Vladas Griskevicius
- Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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Why do three out of four professional football players go bankrupt? How can illiterate jungle dwellers pass a test that tricks Harvard philosophers? And why do billionaires work so hard - only to give their hard-earned money away? When it comes to making decisions, the classic view is that humans are eminently rational. But growing evidence suggests instead that our choices are often irrational, biased, and occasionally even moronic. Which view is right - or is there another possibility?
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The Rational Animal
- How Evolution Made Us Smarter Than We Think
- Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 20-09-2013
- Language: English
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The Stem Cell Hope
- How Stem Cell Medicine Can Change Our Lives
- By: Alice Park
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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Few people know much about stem cell research beyond the ethical questions raised by using embryos. But in the last decade, stem cell research has made huge advances toward eliminating some of our most intractable diseases. Now this sweeping and accessible book introduces us to this cutting-edge science, which will revolutionize medicine and change the way we think about and treat disease.
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The Stem Cell Hope
- How Stem Cell Medicine Can Change Our Lives
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 06-06-2011
- Language: English
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The End of Night
- Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light
- By: Paul Bogard
- Narrated by: Paul Bogard
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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A deeply panoramic tour of the night, from its brightest spots to the darkest skies we have left. A starry night is one of nature's most magical wonders. Yet in our artificially lit world, three-quarters of Americans' eyes never switch to night vision and most of us no longer experience true darkness. In The End of Night, Paul Bogard restores our awareness of the spectacularly primal, wildly dark night sky and how it has influenced the human experience across everything from science to art.
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Boring
- By KB on 24-07-2017
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The End of Night
- Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light
- Narrated by: Paul Bogard
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 03-04-2014
- Language: English
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System
- The Shaping of Modern Knowledge (Infrastructures)
- By: Clifford Siskin
- Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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A system can describe what we see (the solar system), operate a computer (Windows 10), or be made on a page (the 14 engineered lines of a sonnet). In this book, Clifford Siskin shows that system is best understood as a genre - a form that works physically in the world to mediate our efforts to understand it. Indeed, many Enlightenment authors published works they called "system" to compete with the essay and the treatise.
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System
- The Shaping of Modern Knowledge (Infrastructures)
- Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 28-10-2016
- Language: English
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A Field Philosopher's Guide to Fracking
- How One Texas Town Stood Up to Big Oil and Gas
- By: Adam Briggle
- Narrated by: Steven Menasche
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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When philosophy professor Adam Briggle moved to Denton, Texas, he had never heard of fracking. Only five years later, he would successfully lead a citizens' initiative to ban hydraulic fracturing in Denton - the first Texas town to challenge the oil and gas industry. On his journey to learn about fracking and its effects, he leaped from the ivory tower into the fray. In beautifully narrated chapters, Briggle brings us to town hall debates and neighborhood meetings where citizens wrestle with issues few fully understand.
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A Field Philosopher's Guide to Fracking
- How One Texas Town Stood Up to Big Oil and Gas
- Narrated by: Steven Menasche
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 11-11-2015
- Language: English
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