Bestsellers
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Behave
- The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
- De: Robert Sapolsky
- Narrado por: Michael Goldstrom
- Duración: 26 h y 27 m
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From the celebrated neurobiologist and primatologist, a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior, both good and bad, and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do? Sapolsky's storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic....
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Insightful
- De Doug Hay en 07-27-17
De: Robert Sapolsky
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- De: Rebecca Skloot
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 12 h y 30 m
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine....
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The Secret Life of an American Cancer Cell
- De Cynthia en 08-10-13
De: Rebecca Skloot
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Gut Check
- Unleash the Power of Your Microbiome to Reverse Disease and Transform Your Mental, Physical, and Emotional Health
- De: Steven R. Gundry MD
- Narrado por: Steven R. Gundry MD
- Duración: 8 h y 59 m
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Steven R.Gundry, MD offers a definitive guide to the gut biome and its control over its home—us!—revealing the unimaginably complex and intelligent ecosystem controlling our health and teaching us how to heal our guts to prevent and reverse every type of disease....
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Growing with Dr. G!
- De Theresa en 01-17-24
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Determined
- A Science of Life Without Free Will
- De: Robert M. Sapolsky
- Narrado por: Kaleo Griffith
- Duración: 13 h y 42 m
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One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the science and philosophy of decision-making to mount a devastating case against free will, an argument with profound consequences.
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Abridged - no Appendix!
- De Amazon Customer en 11-02-23
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Eve
- How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
- De: Cat Bohannon
- Narrado por: Cat Bohannon
- Duración: 15 h y 54 m
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Ambitious, eye-opening, myth-busting, and groundbreaking, Eve is a landmark book, offering a true paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is and why it matters....
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Stronger on reproductive bio, flimsy on sexuality
- De Elenita en 12-20-23
De: Cat Bohannon
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Hidden Valley Road
- Inside the Mind of an American Family
- De: Robert Kolker
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 13 h y 8 m
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The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with 12 children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease....
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A story you've never heard before
- De Kelley Cox en 04-19-20
De: Robert Kolker
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Behave
- The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
- De: Robert Sapolsky
- Narrado por: Michael Goldstrom
- Duración: 26 h y 27 m
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From the celebrated neurobiologist and primatologist, a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior, both good and bad, and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do? Sapolsky's storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic....
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Insightful
- De Doug Hay en 07-27-17
De: Robert Sapolsky
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- De: Rebecca Skloot
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 12 h y 30 m
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine....
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The Secret Life of an American Cancer Cell
- De Cynthia en 08-10-13
De: Rebecca Skloot
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Gut Check
- Unleash the Power of Your Microbiome to Reverse Disease and Transform Your Mental, Physical, and Emotional Health
- De: Steven R. Gundry MD
- Narrado por: Steven R. Gundry MD
- Duración: 8 h y 59 m
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Steven R.Gundry, MD offers a definitive guide to the gut biome and its control over its home—us!—revealing the unimaginably complex and intelligent ecosystem controlling our health and teaching us how to heal our guts to prevent and reverse every type of disease....
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Growing with Dr. G!
- De Theresa en 01-17-24
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Determined
- A Science of Life Without Free Will
- De: Robert M. Sapolsky
- Narrado por: Kaleo Griffith
- Duración: 13 h y 42 m
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One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the science and philosophy of decision-making to mount a devastating case against free will, an argument with profound consequences.
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Abridged - no Appendix!
- De Amazon Customer en 11-02-23
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Eve
- How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
- De: Cat Bohannon
- Narrado por: Cat Bohannon
- Duración: 15 h y 54 m
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Ambitious, eye-opening, myth-busting, and groundbreaking, Eve is a landmark book, offering a true paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is and why it matters....
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Stronger on reproductive bio, flimsy on sexuality
- De Elenita en 12-20-23
De: Cat Bohannon
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Hidden Valley Road
- Inside the Mind of an American Family
- De: Robert Kolker
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 13 h y 8 m
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The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with 12 children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease....
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A story you've never heard before
- De Kelley Cox en 04-19-20
De: Robert Kolker
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All That Remains
- A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes
- De: Sue Black
- Narrado por: Angela Dawe
- Duración: 10 h y 22 m
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For fans of Caitlin Doughty, Mary Roach, and CSI shows, renowned forensic scientist Professor Sue Black presents a deeply humane introduction to the reality of death in our lives, for anyone seeking a clear-eyed guide to a subject that touches us all....
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I wanted a science book about forensics. I got a mostly-memoir instead.
- De A Customer en 11-29-19
De: Sue Black
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Why We Die
- The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
- De: Venki Ramakrishnan
- Narrado por: John Moraitis
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
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The knowledge of death is so terrifying that we live most of our lives in denial of it. One of the most difficult moments of childhood must be when each of us first realizes that not only we but all our loved ones will die—and there is nothing we can do about it.
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Excellent! So glad I found this book
- De Elenita en 08-16-24
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An Elegant Defense
- The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives
- De: Matt Richtel
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 12 h y 33 m
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A magnificently reported and soulfully crafted exploration of the human immune system - the key to health and wellness, life and death. An epic, first-of-its-kind audiobook, entwining leading-edge scientific discovery with the intimate stories of four individual lives....
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Weak foundation, good conclusion
- De David en 03-24-19
De: Matt Richtel
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Puppy Kindergarten
- The New Science of Raising a Great Dog
- De: Brian Hare, Vanessa Woods
- Narrado por: Isabella Rossellini, Daniel Henning
- Duración: 5 h y 42 m
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The New York Times bestselling authors of The Genius of Dogs take us into their “Puppy Kindergarten” at Duke University, a center to study how puppies develop, to show us what goes in to raising a great dog.
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Inside the puppy brain!
- De J. Villasenor en 10-01-24
De: Brian Hare, y otros
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Immune
- A Journey into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive
- De: Philipp Dettmer
- Narrado por: Steve Taylor
- Duración: 10 h y 28 m
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A deep dive into the immune system that will forever change how you think about your body, from the creator of the popular science YouTube channel Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell....
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Steve Taylor for the win
- De Bay Area Engineer en 11-02-21
De: Philipp Dettmer
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I Contain Multitudes
- The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
- De: Ed Yong
- Narrado por: Charlie Anson
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
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Every animal, whether human, squid, or wasp, is home to millions of bacteria and other microbes. Ed Yong, whose humor is as evident as his erudition, prompts us to look at ourselves....
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Undoes what you've learned from the headlines
- De Tristan en 10-14-16
De: Ed Yong
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Chasing the Sun
- How the Science of Sunlight Shapes Our Bodies and Minds
- De: Linda Geddes
- Narrado por: Linda Geddes
- Duración: 6 h y 11 m
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Chasing the Sun analyzes all aspects of our relationship to the sun. The fascinating stories, innovative science, and unique perspectives in this book make it clear that the ancients were right to put the sun at the center of our world....
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Interesting and easy listen
- De Emily Pearce en 01-06-20
De: Linda Geddes
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A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century
- Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
- De: Heather Heying, Bret Weinstein
- Narrado por: Heather Heying, Bret Weinstein
- Duración: 8 h y 17 m
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A provocative exploration of the tension between our evolutionary history and our modern woes, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century outlines a science-based worldview that will empower you to live a better, wiser life....
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Presents conjecture and bias as science
- De Reviewer en 09-16-21
De: Heather Heying, y otros
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The Blind Watchmaker
- Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
- De: Richard Dawkins
- Narrado por: Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward
- Duración: 14 h y 40 m
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The Blind Watchmaker is as prescient and timely a book as ever....
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Challenging textbook more than an enjoyable listen
- De Eric en 01-15-12
De: Richard Dawkins
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The Singularity Is Near
- When Humans Transcend Biology
- De: Ray Kurzweil
- Narrado por: George Wilson
- Duración: 24 h y 38 m
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For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its best....
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RUINED audio.
- De Fred en 06-25-21
De: Ray Kurzweil
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Deep
- Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves
- De: James Nestor
- Narrado por: James Nestor
- Duración: 7 h y 36 m
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Deep is a voyage from the ocean's surface to its darkest trenches, the most mysterious places on Earth....
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More than I expected!
- De P. Wilson en 11-13-17
De: James Nestor
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Night Magic
- Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark
- De: Leigh Ann Henion
- Narrado por: Leigh Ann Henion
- Duración: 8 h y 51 m
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From a New York Times bestselling nature writer comes a celebration of what goes on outside in the dark, from blooming moon gardens to nocturnal salamanders, from glowing foxfire and synchronous fireflies that blink in unison like an orchestra of light.
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A great poetic dive into a hidden world!
- De LuckyMonkey en 09-30-24
De: Leigh Ann Henion
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On the Origin of Species
- De: Charles Darwin
- Narrado por: Peter Wickham
- Duración: 21 h y 2 m
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Perhaps the most influential science book ever written, On the Origin of Species has continued to fascinate for more than a century after its initial publication....
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Wonderful book - tough listen
- De Henry en 03-22-18
De: Charles Darwin
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Written in Bone
- Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind
- De: Sue Black
- Narrado por: Sue Black
- Duración: 11 h y 41 m
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Internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and human anatomist Dame Sue Black takes us on a guided tour of the human skeleton, explaining how each person's life history is revealed in their bones....
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A very human story by a very believable human
- De Gary en 09-21-21
De: Sue Black
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Exercised
- Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
- De: Daniel Lieberman
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 13 h y 13 m
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In this myth-busting book, Daniel Lieberman, professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a pioneering researcher on the evolution of human physical activity, tells the story of how we never evolved to exercise....
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Great book to listen to in the gym!
- De aaron en 01-22-21
De: Daniel Lieberman
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The Good Gut
- Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long Term Health
- De: Justin Sonnenburg, Erica Sonnenburg
- Narrado por: Marc Cashman
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
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A groundbreaking guide to the surprising source of good health. Genetics and lifestyle are thought to be the two most important determinants of good health. But that is not the whole story. We have a second genome, our gut bacteria, that sets the dial on our bodies....
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Make this your go-to book on microbes
- De serine en 01-23-16
De: Justin Sonnenburg, y otros
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Fantastic Fungi
- How Mushrooms Can Heal, Shift Consciousness, and Save the Planet
- De: Paul Stamets
- Narrado por: Eugenia Bone
- Duración: 5 h y 20 m
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Paul Stamets, the world’s preeminent mushroom and fungi expert, is joined by leading ecologists, doctors, and explorers to show how fungi and mushrooms can restore the planet’s ecosystems, repair our physical health, and renew humanity’s symbiotic relationship with nature.
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Paul Stamets
- De Sofa potato shopper en 07-20-24
De: Paul Stamets
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Inside of a Dog
- What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
- De: Alexandra Horowitz
- Narrado por: Karen White
- Duración: 10 h y 25 m
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Have you ever wondered what your dogs are thinking? What they're feeling? Now you can finally know! The answers will surprise and delight you....
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not very informative
- De Drew Lackovic en 12-03-17
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Mitochondria and the Future of Medicine
- The Key to Understanding Disease, Chronic Illness, Aging, and Life Itself
- De: Lee Know
- Narrado por: Madison Niederhauser
- Duración: 7 h y 18 m
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In Mitochondria and the Future of Medicine, naturopathic doctor Lee Know tells the epic story of mitochondria - the widely misunderstood and often-overlooked powerhouses of our cells....
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Fascinating
- De Robert Robinson en 12-18-19
De: Lee Know
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Second Nature
- A Gardener's Education
- De: Michael Pollan
- Narrado por: Michael Pollan
- Duración: 9 h y 1 m
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A new literary classic, Second Nature has become a manifesto not just for gardeners but for environmentalists everywhere.....
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Love Pollan, don't love this (but you might)
- De Mary en 02-05-12
De: Michael Pollan
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Darwin's Doubt
- The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design
- De: Stephen C. Meyer
- Narrado por: Derek Shetterly
- Duración: 14 h y 59 m
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When Charles Darwin finished The Origin of Species, he thought he had explained every clue but one. Darwin knew there was a significant event in the history of life that his theory did not explain....
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A Black Mirror version of science
- De Justin M en 11-28-17
De: Stephen C. Meyer
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The Mosquito
- A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator
- De: Timothy C. Winegard
- Narrado por: Mark Deakins
- Duración: 19 h y 7 m
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A pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in determining humanity’s fate....
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Major Disappointment
- De Amazon Customer en 09-02-19
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Extinctions
- How Life Survives, Adapts and Evolves
- De: Michael J. Benton
- Narrado por: Peter Noble
- Duración: 9 h y 39 m
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Cutting-edge techniques across biology, chemistry, physics, and geology have transformed our understanding of the deep past, including the discovery of a previously unknown mass extinction....
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Wonderful, thought provoking !
- De Judy en 05-06-24
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Spillover
- De: David Quammen
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 20 h y 47 m
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A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases....
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Fascinating, but not Riveting
- De L. M. Roberts en 03-08-14
De: David Quammen