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Why Science Does Not Disprove God
- By: Amir Aczel
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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The renowned science writer, mathematician, and bestselling author of Fermat's Last Theorem masterfully refutes the overreaching claims the "New Atheists," providing millions of educated believers with a clear, engaging explanation of what science really says, how there's still much space for...
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Why Science Does Not Disprove God
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 15-04-2014
- Language: English
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Is God a Mathematician?
- By: Mario Livio
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Nobel Laureate Eugene Wigner once wondered about "the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics" in the formulation of the laws of nature. Is God a Mathematician? investigates why mathematics is as powerful as it is. From ancient times to the present, scientists and philosophers have marveled at how such a seemingly abstract discipline could so perfectly explain the natural world. More than that - mathematics has often made predictions, for example, about subatomic particles or cosmic phenomena that were unknown at the time, but later were proven to be true.
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great but a little hard to understand at times.
- By Abs on 02-07-2022
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Is God a Mathematician?
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 10-04-2018
- Language: English
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Mind Thief
- The Story of Alzheimer's
- By: Han Yu
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Alzheimer’s disease, a haunting and harrowing ailment, is one of the world’s most common causes of death. Alzheimer’s lingers for years, with patients’ outward appearance unaffected while their cognitive functions fade away. Patients lose the ability to work and live independently, to remember and recognize. There is still no proven way to treat Alzheimer’s because its causes remain unknown. Mind Thief is a comprehensive and engaging history of Alzheimer’s that demystifies efforts to understand the disease.
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Mind Thief
- The Story of Alzheimer's
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 13-04-2021
- Language: English
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The Social Distance Between Us
- How Remote Politics Wrecked Britain
- By: Darren McGarvey
- Narrated by: Darren McGarvey
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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From poverty and policing, homelessness and overrun prisons to Grenfell and hostile environments, Britain has long been failing those who need our help the most. There is arguably one unifying theme that links all these afflictions: proximity. Proximity is how close we are to the action and how that affects how we assess, relate to and address whatever that action happens to be. Almost every job requires a level of experience and training with the notable exception of the most powerful people in the country—our political class.
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Loved this book
- By luke rushton on 06-01-2023
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The Social Distance Between Us
- How Remote Politics Wrecked Britain
- Narrated by: Darren McGarvey
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 16-06-2022
- Language: English
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Freedom Evolves
- By: Daniel C. Dennett
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Can there be freedom and free will in a deterministic world? Renowned philosopher Daniel Dennett emphatically answers "yes!" Using an array of provocative formulations, Dennett sets out to show how we alone among the animals have evolved minds that give us free will and morality. Weaving a richly detailed narrative, Dennett explains in a series of strikingly original arguments - drawing upon evolutionary biology, cognitive neuroscience, economics, and philosophy - that far from being an enemy of traditional explorations of freedom, morality, and meaning, the evolutionary perspective can be an indispensable ally.
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Curing Konrad
- By droy on 30-03-2017
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Freedom Evolves
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 08-10-2013
- Language: English
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This View of Life
- Completing the Darwinian Revolution
- By: David Sloan Wilson
- Narrated by: René Ruiz
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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It is widely understood that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution completely revolutionized the study of biology. Yet, according to David Sloan Wilson, the Darwinian revolution won’t be truly complete until it is applied more broadly—to everything associated with the words “human,”...
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This View of Life
- Completing the Darwinian Revolution
- Narrated by: René Ruiz
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 26-02-2019
- Language: English
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Death by Shakespeare
- Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts
- By: Kathryn Harkup
- Narrated by: Nicky Diss
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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William Shakespeare found dozens of different ways to kill off his characters, and audiences today still enjoy the same reactions - shock, sadness, fear - that they did more than 400 years ago when these plays were first performed. But how realistic are these deaths, and did Shakespeare have the knowledge to back them up? Kathryn Harkup turns her discerning scientific eye to the Bard and the varied and creative ways his characters die.
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Death by Shakespeare
- Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts
- Narrated by: Nicky Diss
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 05-03-2020
- Language: English
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The Scientist in the Early Roman Empire
- By: Richard Carrier
- Narrated by: Richard Carrier
- Length: 18 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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In this extensive sequel to Science Education in the Early Roman Empire, Dr. Richard Carrier explores the social history of scientists in the Roman era. Was science in decline or experiencing a revival under the Romans? What was an ancient scientist thought to be and do? Who were they, and who funded their research? And how did pagans differ from their Christian peers in their views toward science and scientists?
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The Scientist in the Early Roman Empire
- Narrated by: Richard Carrier
- Length: 18 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 14-04-2018
- Language: English
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13.8: The Quest to Find the True Age of the Universe and the Theory of Everything
- By: John Gribbin
- Narrated by: Sam Devereaux
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The 20th century gave us two great theories of physics. The general theory of relativity describes the behavior of very large things, and quantum theory the behavior of very small things. In this landmark audiobook, John Gribbin - one of the best-known science writers of the past 30 years - presents his own version of the Holy Grail of physics, the search that has been going on for decades to find a unified "Theory of Everything" that combines these ideas into one mathematical package.
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Astonishing
- By Mark Harris on 08-07-2023
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13.8: The Quest to Find the True Age of the Universe and the Theory of Everything
- Narrated by: Sam Devereaux
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 24-01-2018
- Language: English
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This Idea is Brilliant
- Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know
- By: John Brockman
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Charles Constant
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The latest volume in the bestselling series from Edge.org—dubbed “the world’s smartest website” by The Guardian—brings together 206 of the world’s most innovative thinkers to discuss the scientific concepts that everyone should know. As science informs public policy, decision making...
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This Idea is Brilliant
- Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Charles Constant
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 16-01-2018
- Language: English
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Life at the Speed of Light
- From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life
- By: J. Craig Venter
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2010, scientists led by J. Craig Venter became the first to successfully create "synthetic life" - putting humankind at the threshold of the most important and exciting phase of biological research, one that will enable us to actually write the genetic code for designing new species to help us adapt and evolve for long-term survival. The science of synthetic genomics will have a profound impact on human existence, including chemical and energy generation, health, clean water and food production, environmental control, and possibly even our evolution.
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Facinati ng book .
- By Mark on 14-09-2019
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Life at the Speed of Light
- From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 17-10-2013
- Language: English
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It's Not Rocket Science
- By: Ben Miller
- Narrated by: Ben Miller
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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The Top Ten Bestseller Black holes. DNA. The Large Hadron Collider. Ever had that sneaking feeling that you are missing out on some truly spectacular science? You do? Well, fear not, for help is at hand. Ben Miller was working on his Physics PhD at Cambridge when he accidentally became a...
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Great easy book, fun and approachable.
- By M. Goldman on 26-06-2015
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It's Not Rocket Science
- Narrated by: Ben Miller
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 12-07-2012
- Language: English
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Gene Machine
- The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome
- By: Venki Ramakrishnan
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone has heard of DNA. But by itself, DNA is just an inert blueprint for life. It is the ribosome - an enormous molecular machine made up of a million atoms - that makes DNA come to life, turning our genetic code into proteins and therefore into us. Gene Machine is an insider account of the race for the structure of the ribosome, a fundamental discovery that both advances our knowledge of all life and could lead to the development of better antibiotics against life-threatening diseases.
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Gene Machine
- The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 06-11-2018
- Language: English
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The Rationalist's Guide to the Galaxy
- Superintelligent AI and the Geeks Who Are Trying to Save Humanity's Future
- 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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Mind opening
- By Ben Hosken on 12-04-2023
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The Rationalist's Guide to the Galaxy
- Superintelligent AI and the Geeks Who Are Trying to Save Humanity's Future
- Narrated by: Tom Chivers
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 13-06-2019
- Language: English
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Extra Life
- A Short History of Living Longer
- By: Steven Johnson
- Narrated by: Steven Johnson
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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“Offers a useful reminder of the role of modern science in fundamentally transforming all of our lives.” —President Barack Obama (on Twitter) “An important book.” —Steven Pinker, The New York Times Book Review The surprising and important story of how humans gained what amounts to an...
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Compelling and interesting
- By Cnielsen on 30-08-2022
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Extra Life
- A Short History of Living Longer
- Narrated by: Steven Johnson
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 11-05-2021
- Language: English
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Skeptic
- Viewing the World with a Rational Eye
- By: Michael Shermer
- Narrated by: Michael Shermer
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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From the author's monthly Scientific American columns. An eclectic, inspiring collection exploring a broad range of scientific thought from best-selling author and celebrated skeptic Michael Shermer.
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Skeptic
- Viewing the World with a Rational Eye
- Narrated by: Michael Shermer
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 13-01-2016
- Language: English
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Toms River
- A Story of Science and Salvation
- By: Dan Fagin
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 18 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE Winner of The New York Public Library’s Helen Bernstein Book Award “A new classic of science reporting.”—The New York Times The riveting true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, Toms River melds hard-hitting investigative...
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Great listen
- By CQ on 16-06-2023
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Toms River
- A Story of Science and Salvation
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 18 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 19-03-2013
- Language: English
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Beneath the Night
- How the Stars Have Shaped the History of Humankind
- By: Stuart Clark
- Narrated by: Stuart Clark
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
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Beneath the Night is a history of humanity, told through our relationship with the night sky. From prehistoric cave art and Ancient Egyptian zodiacs to the modern era of satellites and space exploration, Stuart Clark explores a fascination shared across the world and throughout millennia. It is one that has shaped our scientific understanding; helped us navigate the terrestrial world; provided inspiration for our poets, artists and philosophers; and it has given us a place to project our hopes and fears. In the stars, we can see our past - and ultimately, our fate.
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Beneath the Night
- How the Stars Have Shaped the History of Humankind
- Narrated by: Stuart Clark
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 13-10-2020
- Language: English
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Time Machine Tales
- The Science Fiction Adventures and Philosophical Puzzles of Time Travel
- By: Paul J. Nahin
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook contains a broad overview of time travel in science fiction, along with a detailed examination of the philosophical implications of time travel. The emphasis of this book is now on the philosophical and on science fiction, rather than on physics, as in the author’s earlier books on the subject. In that spirit there are, for example, no tech notes filled with algebra, integrals, and differential equations, as there are in the first and second editions of Time Machines.
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Robotic Narration
- By S.Attenborough on 21-01-2023
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Time Machine Tales
- The Science Fiction Adventures and Philosophical Puzzles of Time Travel
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Series: The Science and Fiction Series
- Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 27-07-2021
- Language: English
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Ignorance
- How It Drives Science
- By: Stuart Firestein
- Narrated by: David Copelin
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Knowledge is a big subject, says Stuart Firestein, but ignorance is a bigger one. And it is ignorance - not knowledge - that is the true engine of science. Most of us have a false impression of science as a surefire, deliberate, step-by-step method for finding things out and getting things done. In fact, says Firestein, more often than not, science is like looking for a black cat in a dark room, and there may not be a cat in the room.
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Excellent overview of how science works
- By Laszlo Olah on 25-04-2018
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Ignorance
- How It Drives Science
- Narrated by: David Copelin
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 18-10-2013
- Language: English
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