Bestsellers
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Life 3.0
- Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- De: Max Tegmark
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
- Duración: 13 h y 29 m
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How will artificial intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society, and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology....
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Irritating
- De Thomas Cotter en 10-25-17
De: Max Tegmark
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The Genius of Israel
- The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World
- De: Dan Senor, Saul Singer
- Narrado por: Dan Senor
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
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Why do Israelis have among the world’s highest life expectancies and lowest rates of “deaths of despair” from suicide and substance abuse? Why is Israel’s population young and growing while all other wealthy democracies are aging and shrinking?....
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An Optimistic Analysis of Success
- De So far so good en 11-09-23
De: Dan Senor, y otros
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The Wright Brothers
- De: David McCullough
- Narrado por: David McCullough
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
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Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story behind the story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly....
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Disappointing
- De Sara en 07-10-16
De: David McCullough
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Elon Musk
- Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
- De: Ashlee Vance
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 13 h y 23 m
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Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley's most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs....
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The best of competence porn
- De Tristan en 08-20-16
De: Ashlee Vance
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Nuts and Bolts
- Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World (in a Big Way)
- De: Roma Agrawal
- Narrado por: Roma Agrawal
- Duración: 8 h y 16 m
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A structural engineer examines the seven most basic building blocks of engineering that have shaped the modern world....
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An articulate view of stuff
- De R. LeBlanc en 02-21-24
De: Roma Agrawal
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Tesla
- Inventor of the Electrical Age
- De: W. Bernard Carlson
- Narrado por: Allan Robertson
- Duración: 16 h y 11 m
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Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the 20th century....
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A detailed examination of Tesla's work
- De Jean en 02-01-14
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Life 3.0
- Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- De: Max Tegmark
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
- Duración: 13 h y 29 m
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How will artificial intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society, and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology....
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Irritating
- De Thomas Cotter en 10-25-17
De: Max Tegmark
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The Genius of Israel
- The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World
- De: Dan Senor, Saul Singer
- Narrado por: Dan Senor
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
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Why do Israelis have among the world’s highest life expectancies and lowest rates of “deaths of despair” from suicide and substance abuse? Why is Israel’s population young and growing while all other wealthy democracies are aging and shrinking?....
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An Optimistic Analysis of Success
- De So far so good en 11-09-23
De: Dan Senor, y otros
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The Wright Brothers
- De: David McCullough
- Narrado por: David McCullough
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
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Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story behind the story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly....
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Disappointing
- De Sara en 07-10-16
De: David McCullough
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Elon Musk
- Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
- De: Ashlee Vance
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 13 h y 23 m
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Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley's most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs....
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The best of competence porn
- De Tristan en 08-20-16
De: Ashlee Vance
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Nuts and Bolts
- Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World (in a Big Way)
- De: Roma Agrawal
- Narrado por: Roma Agrawal
- Duración: 8 h y 16 m
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A structural engineer examines the seven most basic building blocks of engineering that have shaped the modern world....
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An articulate view of stuff
- De R. LeBlanc en 02-21-24
De: Roma Agrawal
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Tesla
- Inventor of the Electrical Age
- De: W. Bernard Carlson
- Narrado por: Allan Robertson
- Duración: 16 h y 11 m
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Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the 20th century....
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A detailed examination of Tesla's work
- De Jean en 02-01-14
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Longitude
- De: Dava Sobel
- Narrado por: Kate Reading, Neil Armstrong
- Duración: 4 h y 20 m
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An exciting scientific adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, Longitude is full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd....
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To hear Neil Armstongs Voice
- De Boots en 01-19-13
De: Dava Sobel
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Invention and Innovation
- A Brief History of Hype and Failure
- De: Vaclav Smil
- Narrado por: Tim Fannon
- Duración: 7 h y 56 m
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From the New York Times-bestselling author comes a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts....
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Not the best from Vaclav, but near the top
- De Tan en 07-19-23
De: Vaclav Smil
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The Perfectionists
- How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
- De: Simon Winchester
- Narrado por: Simon Winchester
- Duración: 11 h y 46 m
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The best-selling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement - precision - in a superb history....
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Somewhat less than perfect
- De enya keshet en 06-19-18
De: Simon Winchester
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When the Heavens Went on Sale
- The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach
- De: Ashlee Vance
- Narrado por: Ashlee Vance, Robert Petkoff
- Duración: 18 h y 20 m
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In When the Heavens Went on Sale, Ashlee Vance illuminates our future and unveils the next big technology story of our time: welcome to the Wild West of aerospace engineering and its unprecedented impact on our lives....
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Great Background for the New Rocket Startups
- De daniel kreigh en 05-27-23
De: Ashlee Vance
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How We Got to Now
- Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
- De: Steven Johnson
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 6 h y 11 m
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How We Got to Now investigates the secret history behind the everyday objects of contemporary life....
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cool title, unexceptional content
- De Andy en 10-10-14
De: Steven Johnson
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ChatGPT Made Simple
- How Anyone Can Harness AI to Streamline Their Work, Study, and Everyday Tasks to Boost Productivity and Maintain Competitive Edge by Mastering Prompt Engineering
- De: D. Nardo Publications
- Narrado por: Scott Gillis
- Duración: 3 h y 16 m
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This isn't a tech-babble narration or AI's self-portrait. It's an easy-to-grasp audio guide aimed at anyone and everyone—parents, executives, retirees—ready to embrace the future....
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Chatgpt for beginners!
- De Taha en 01-13-24
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Flight Paths
- How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration
- De: Rebecca Heisman
- Narrado por: Allyson Ryan
- Duración: 8 h y 32 m
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For the past century, scientists and naturalists have been steadily unravelling the secrets of bird migration. How and why birds navigate the skies, traveling from continent to continent—flying thousands of miles across the earth each fall and spring....
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BIRDS!
- De Dan en 04-28-24
De: Rebecca Heisman
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A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence
- What It Is, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going
- De: Michael Wooldridge
- Narrado por: Glen McCready
- Duración: 8 h y 8 m
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From Oxford's leading AI researcher comes a fun and accessible tour through the history and future of one of the most cutting edge and misunderstood field in science: artificial intelligence....
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very basic.
- De Michael Peintinger en 11-11-21
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The One Device
- The Secret History of the iPhone
- De: Brian Merchant
- Narrado por: Tristan Morris
- Duración: 14 h y 29 m
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How did the iPhone transform our world and turn Apple into the most valuable company ever? Veteran technology journalist Brian Merchant reveals the inside story....
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TECH PORN AT ITS BEST
- De Amazon Customer en 07-11-17
De: Brian Merchant
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Eject! Eject!
- De: John Nichol
- Narrado por: Thomas Judd
- Duración: 16 h y 20 m
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Nichol tells the remarkable tale of how the ejection seat was first conceived during the Second World War as countless lives were lost in accidents and in battle....
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Never knew
- De Trapperdt en 09-18-23
De: John Nichol
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Edison's Ghosts
- The Untold Weirdness of History's Greatest Geniuses
- De: Katie Spalding
- Narrado por: Susie Riddell
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
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Overturn everything you knew about history’s greatest minds in this raucous and hilarious book, where it turns out there's a finer line between "genius" and "idiot" than we've previously known....
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Wonderful Wonderful Read.
- De marc edge en 06-01-23
De: Katie Spalding
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The Imagineers of War
- The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World
- De: Sharon Weinberger
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 16 h y 42 m
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The definitive history of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon agency that has quietly shaped war and technology for nearly 60 years....
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Blandly written story about DARPA politics
- De Syed en 04-18-17
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Wonderland
- How Play Made the Modern World
- De: Steven Johnson
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
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This history of popular entertainment takes a long-zoom approach, contending that the pursuit of novelty and wonder is a powerful driver of world-shaping technological change....
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It will delight you
- De T. Leach en 02-09-17
De: Steven Johnson
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The Powerhouse
- Inside the Invention of a Battery to Save the World
- De: Steve LeVine
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
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Soul of the New Machine for our time, a gripping account of invention, commerce, and duplicity in the age of technology....
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Nitty Gritty Battery Story
- De Michael en 04-22-15
De: Steve LeVine
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Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy
- De: Tim Harford
- Narrado por: Roger Davis
- Duración: 9 h y 16 m
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This audiobook paints an epic picture of change in an intimate way by telling the stories of the tools, people, and ideas that had far-reaching consequences for all of us....
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Thought provoking
- De Paul Norris en 09-10-17
De: Tim Harford
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Soonish
- Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything
- De: Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith
- Narrado por: Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith
- Duración: 10 h y 10 m
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A hilarious investigation into future technologies - from how to fling a ship into deep space on the cheap to 3D organ printing....
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Really Good-ish!
- De See Reverse en 04-16-18
De: Kelly Weinersmith, y otros
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The Master Algorithm
- How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World
- De: Pedro Domingos
- Narrado por: Mel Foster
- Duración: 13 h y 3 m
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Under the aegis of machine learning in our data-driven machine age, computers are programming themselves and solving an extraordinary range of problems....
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Great book, irritating narration
- De N. G. PEPIN en 09-24-15
De: Pedro Domingos
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The Optimist's Telescope
- Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age
- De: Bina Venkataraman
- Narrado por: Bina Venkataraman
- Duración: 10 h y 6 m
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A trailblazing exploration of how we can plan better for the future: our own, our families’, and our society’s....
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Even more relevant.
- De tj en 03-04-21
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Heroes of Progress
- 65 People Who Changed the World
- De: Alexander C. R. Hammond
- Narrado por: Timothy Morgan
- Duración: 6 h y 29 m
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Over the past two centuries, humanity has experienced unprecedented progress. Extreme poverty has declined, life expectancy has doubled, illiteracy has declined.
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Mother of Invention
- How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men
- De: Katrine Marçal
- Narrado por: Beth Hicks
- Duración: 6 h y 54 m
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An illuminating and maddening examination of how gender bias skews innovation, technology, history, and work, by Swedish journalist Katrine Marçal....
De: Katrine Marçal
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2081
- A Hopeful View of the Human Future
- De: Gerard K. O'Neill
- Narrado por: Lawrence Tobias
- Duración: 12 h y 32 m
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The long-awaited audio version of the seminal book by legendary space pioneer, Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill, credited with inspiring the likes of Jeff Bezos, Peter Diamandis, and Dylan Taylor....
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Great follow up to "The High Frontier"
- De James H. en 08-06-21
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How to Fly a Horse
- The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery
- De: Kevin Ashton
- Narrado por: Kevin Ashton
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
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As a technology pioneer at MIT and as the leader of three successful start-ups, Kevin Ashton experienced firsthand the all-consuming challenge of creating something new....
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A refreshing take on creation and innovation
- De Alfred en 01-31-15
De: Kevin Ashton
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The Shark’s Paintbrush
- Biomimicry and How Nature Is Inspiring Innovation
- De: Jay Harman
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 11 h y 51 m
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Since the Industrial Revolution, manufacturers have built things by a process known as “heat, beat, and treat.”....
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Wonderfully entertaining and educational
- De Nobody's business en 08-11-13
De: Jay Harman
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Quirky
- De: Melissa A. Schilling
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
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Schilling shares the science behind the convergence of traits that increases the likelihood of success. And, as Schilling also reveals, there is much to learn about nurturing breakthrough innovation in our own lives....
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Most fascinating and important book to date!
- De Jonathan en 04-16-18