The Digital Odyssey
Unveiling the Chronicles of Computing and Technology
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Embark on an enlightening journey through the annals of technological evolution with "The Digital Odyssey: Unveiling the Chronicles of Computing and Technology" by Byron-Scott Jones. This meticulously researched and engagingly written book traces humanity's relentless pursuit of innovation, from the earliest tools of prehistory to the cutting-edge technologies shaping our future.
In this comprehensive chronicle, Jones delves into pivotal moments that transformed societies, beginning with the basic innovations of early humans and progressing through the monumental Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions. The narrative then moves into the dawn of computing, exploring the fascinating mechanical precursors and electromechanical devices that laid the groundwork for modern computers.
Meet the pioneering minds who revolutionized computing: Alan Turing, the father of theoretical computer science and cryptography; Grace Hopper, the trailblazing programmer behind COBOL; and John von Neumann, whose architecture underpins today’s computers. Their stories are brought to life with vivid detail and insightful analysis.
Jones expertly guides listeners through the mainframe age, the birth of personal computing, and the transformative rise of the internet. Discover how the invention of the microchip ignited the microprocessor revolution and how the World Wide Web democratized information on a global scale.
The book also explores the software renaissance, highlighting the evolution of operating systems and the rise of the open source movement. It examines the digital revolution, covering the proliferation of mobile computing and the profound impact of social media on culture and communication.
Looking to the present and future, Jones provides an in-depth look at the 21st century's most exciting innovations, from artificial intelligence and machine learning to quantum computing.
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- Narrado por: Therese Plummer
- Duración: 9 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 397
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 349
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 349
On May 31, 2014, in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha, Wisconsin, two 12-year-old girls attempted to stab their classmate to death. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier’s violence was extreme, but what seemed even more frightening was that they committed their crime under the influence of a figure born by the internet: the so-called “Slenderman”. Yet the even more urgent aspect of the story, that the children involved suffered from undiagnosed mental illnesses, often went overlooked in coverage of the case.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Excellent narration
- De Pink Amy en 08-21-22
De: Kathleen Hale
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Doom Guy
- Life in First Person
- De: John Romero
- Narrado por: John Romero
- Duración: 17 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 342
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 287
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 287
Doom Guy: Life in First Person is the long-awaited autobiography of gaming’s original rock star and the cocreator of DOOM, Quake, and Wolfenstein—some of the most recognizable and important titles in video game history. Credited with the invention of the first-person shooter, a genre that continues to dominate the market today, he is gaming royalty. Told in remarkable detail, a byproduct of his hyperthymesia, Romero recounts his storied career.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Intimate stories of gaming history in First Person
- De Emyli en 07-28-23
De: John Romero
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Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
- 25th Anniversary Edition
- De: Steven Levy
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 20 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,958
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,733
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,729
Steven Levy's classic book traces the exploits of the computer revolution's original hackers - those brilliant and eccentric nerds from the late 1950s through the early '80s who took risks, bent the rules, and pushed the world in a radical new direction. With updated material from noteworthy hackers such as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Stallman, and Steve Wozniak, Hackers is a fascinating story that begins in early computer research labs and leads to the first home computers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Remember Why You Got Into Computing
- De Dan Collins en 07-01-16
De: Steven Levy
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Surveillance Valley
- The Secret Military History of the Internet
- De: Yasha Levine
- Narrado por: LJ Ganser
- Duración: 10 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 249
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 200
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 201
In this fascinating book, investigative reporter Yasha Levine uncovers the secret origins of the Internet, tracing it back to a Pentagon counterinsurgency surveillance project. With deep research, skilled storytelling, and provocative arguments, Surveillance Valley will change the way you think about the news - and the device on which you read it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Profound look at the internet and surveillance
- De stuartjash en 04-06-18
De: Yasha Levine
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The Grid
- The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
- De: Gretchen Bakke
- Narrado por: Emily Caudwell
- Duración: 11 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,334
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,147
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,144
The grid is an accident of history and of culture, in no way intrinsic to how we produce, deliver and consume electrical power. Yet this is the system the United States ended up with, a jerry-built structure now so rickety and near collapse that a strong wind or a hot day can bring it to a grinding halt. The grid is now under threat from a new source: renewable and variable energy, which puts stress on its logics as much as its components.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A disappointment
- De Ronald en 09-24-16
De: Gretchen Bakke
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Tesla
- Inventor of the Electrical Age
- De: W. Bernard Carlson
- Narrado por: Allan Robertson
- Duración: 16 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 359
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 308
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 307
Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the 20th century. His inventions, patents, and theoretical work formed the basis of modern AC electricity, and contributed to the development of radio and television. Like his competitor Thomas Edison, Tesla was one of America's first celebrity scientists, enjoying the company of New York high society and dazzling the likes of Mark Twain with his electrical demonstrations. An astute self-promoter and gifted showman, he cultivated a public image of the eccentric genius.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A detailed examination of Tesla's work
- De Jean en 02-01-14
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Super Pumped
- The Battle for Uber
- De: Mike Isaac
- Narrado por: Holter Graham, Mike Isaac
- Duración: 12 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,963
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,640
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,634
A New York Times technology correspondent presents the dramatic rise and fall of Uber, set against the rapid upheaval in Silicon Valley during the mobile era. Based on hundreds of interviews with current and former Uber employees, along with previously unpublished documents, Super Pumped is a pause-resisting story of ambition and deception, obscene wealth, and bad behavior, that explores how blistering technological and financial innovation culminated in one of the most catastrophic 12-month periods in American corporate history.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A forced narrative and a bad version of Bad Blood
- De Benji en 09-09-19
De: Mike Isaac
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Prediction Machines
- The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence
- De: Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, Avi Goldfarb
- Narrado por: LJ Ganser
- Duración: 7 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,288
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,101
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,098
Artificial intelligence does the seemingly impossible - driving cars, trading stocks, and teaching children. But facing the sea change that AI will bring can be paralyzing. How should companies set strategies, governments design policies, and people plan their lives for a world so different from what we know? In Prediction Machines, three eminent economists recast the rise of AI as a drop in the cost of prediction. With this single, masterful stroke, they lift the curtain on the AI-is-magic hype and show how basic tools from economics provide clarity about the AI revolution and a basis for action by CEOs, managers, policy makers, investors, and entrepreneurs.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not sure what I was expecting, but underwhelmed
- De William J Brown en 09-27-18
De: Ajay Agrawal, y otros
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Glow Kids
- How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids - and How to Break the Trance
- De: Nicholas Kardaras PhD
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 11 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 306
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 264
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 264
In Glow Kids, Dr. Nicholas Kardaras will examine how technology - more specifically, age-inappropriate screen tech, with all of its glowing ubiquity - has profoundly affected the brains of an entire generation. Brain imaging research is showing that stimulating glowing screens are as dopaminergic (dopamine activating) to the brain’s pleasure center as sex. And a growing mountain of clinical research correlates screen tech with disorders like ADHD, addiction, anxiety, depression, increased aggression, and even psychosis.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Fear Mongering - a modern day Mazes and Monsters
- De Veronica en 11-03-20
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Millennium
- From Religion to Revolution: How Civilization Has Changed over a Thousand Years
- De: Ian Mortimer
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 15 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 82
In Millennium, best-selling historian Ian Mortimer takes the listener on a whirlwind tour of the last 10 centuries of Western history. It is a journey into a past vividly brought to life and bursting with ideas, that pits one century against another in his quest to measure which century saw the greatest change. We journey from a time when there was a fair chance of your village being burned to the ground by invaders - and dried human dung was a recommended cure for cancer - to a world in which explorers sailed into the unknown and civilizations came into conflict.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Bad ending - literally
- De John Gordon en 12-14-16
De: Ian Mortimer
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Cyber Wars
- Hacks That Shocked the Business World
- De: Charles Arthur
- Narrado por: Joe Jameson
- Duración: 7 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 46
Cyber Wars gives you the dramatic inside stories of some of the world's biggest cyber attacks. These are the game-changing hacks that make organisations around the world tremble and leaders stop and consider just how safe they really are. Charles Arthur provides a gripping account of why each hack happened, what techniques were used, what the consequences were and how they could have been prevented. Cyber attacks are some of the most frightening threats currently facing business leaders, and this book provides a deep insight into understanding how they work.
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4 out of 5 stars
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For the security professional and average joe
- De Quella en 01-11-19
De: Charles Arthur
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Tor Darknet Bundle (5 in 1) Master the Art of Invisibility (Bitcoins, Hacking, Kali Linux)
- De: Lance Henderson
- Narrado por: James C. Lewis
- Duración: 12 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 70
The best five books on anonymity in existence! Want to surf the web anonymously? Cloak yourself in shadow on the Deep Web or The Hidden Wiki? I will show you how to become a ghost in the machine - leaving no tracks back to your ISP - whether on the Deep Web or regular Internet. This audiobook covers it all: encrypting your files, securing your PC, masking your Online footsteps with Tor, VPNs, Freenet, and bitcoins, and all while giving you peace of mind with total 100 percent anonymity.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Technical deficiencies
- De Byzantine Technologies LLC en 07-16-19
De: Lance Henderson
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The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide
- How to Learn Programming Languages Quickly, Ace Your Programming Interview, and Land Your Software Developer Dream Job
- De: John Sonmez
- Narrado por: John Sonmez
- Duración: 20 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,016
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 889
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 877
Technical knowledge alone isn't enough - increase your software development income by leveling up your soft skills Early in his software developer career, John Sonmez discovered that technical knowledge alone isn't enough to break through to the next income level - developers need "soft skills" like the ability to learn new technologies just in time, communicate clearly with management and consulting clients, negotiate a fair hourly rate, and unite teammates and coworkers in working toward a common goal.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The Complete Bro-grammer's Career Guide
- De Leels en 09-18-19
De: John Sonmez
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The Book of Satoshi
- The Collected Writings of Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto, 1st Edition
- De: Phil Champagne
- Narrado por: Stephanie Murphy
- Duración: 7 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 252
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 218
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 219
The Book of Satoshi, the collected writings of Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of the bitcoin. The foreword was written by Jeff Berwick.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great historic read that'll teach the blockchain
- De Peter Hanson en 05-19-16
De: Phil Champagne
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The Master Switch
- The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
- De: Tim Wu
- Narrado por: Marc Vietor
- Duración: 14 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,430
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,025
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,024
Could history repeat itself, with one giant entity taking control of American information? Most consider the Internet Age to be a moment of unprecedented freedom in communications and culture. But as Tim Wu shows, each major new medium, from telephone to cable, arrived on a similar wave of idealistic optimism only to become, eventually, the object of industrial consolidation profoundly affecting how Americans communicate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Read
- De Roy en 11-12-10
De: Tim Wu
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The Box
- How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
- De: Marc Levinson
- Narrado por: Adam Lofbomm
- Duración: 12 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 678
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 550
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 553
In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried 58 shipping containers from Newark to Houston. From that modest beginning, container shipping developed into a huge industry that made the boom in global trade possible. The Box tells the dramatic story of the container's creation, the decade of struggle before it was widely adopted, and the sweeping economic consequences of the sharp fall in transportation costs that containerization brought about.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating Topic sometimes lost in minutiae
- De zombie64 en 07-15-14
De: Marc Levinson
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The Metaverse
- Building the Spatial Internet / Fully Revised and Updated Edition
- De: Matthew Ball
- Narrado por: Luis Moreno
- Duración: 17 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5
In this fully revised and updated edition of his internationally best-selling book, pioneering theorist and entrepreneur Matthew Ball goes beyond the hype cycle to present a definitive account of the future of the internet. The Metaverse, according to Ball’s industry-shaping definition, is a persistent and interconnected network of 3D virtual worlds that will eventually serve as the gateway to most online experiences and underpin much of the physical world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Matthew Ball does it again!
- De Bubba Gaeddert en 10-01-24
De: Matthew Ball
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The Experience Machine
- How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality
- De: Andy Clark
- Narrado por: Andy Clark
- Duración: 8 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
For as long as we’ve studied human cognition, we’ve believed that our senses give us direct access to the world. What we see is what’s really there—or so the thinking goes. But new discoveries in neuroscience and psychology have turned this assumption on its head. What if rather than perceiving reality passively, your mind actively predicts it?
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3 out of 5 stars
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About halfway through, it became propaganda
- De Jesse Helton en 08-13-23
De: Andy Clark
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The Only Technical Analysis Book You Will Ever Need
- De: Brian Hale
- Narrado por: Rush Stone
- Duración: 4 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
Here’s the “old-fashioned” strategy that billionaire Warren Buffett uses to earn 20 percent returns on his stock investments year after year.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Worthless drivel
- De JOHN E JANIEC en 08-22-23
De: Brian Hale
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We the Poisoned
- Exposing the Flint Water Crisis Cover-Up and the Poisoning of 100,000 Americans
- De: Jordan Chariton, Erin Brockovich - foreword
- Narrado por: Pete Cross, Sophie Amoss
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 26
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 26
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 26
As the ongoing Flint water crisis marks its tenth anniversary, Chariton reveals shocking new evidence of the major government cover-up that resulted in the poisoning of Flint—and shatters what you think you know about what caused the water crisis.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I thought I had learned what I could, until now
- De Anonymous User en 10-18-24
De: Jordan Chariton, y otros
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Driving the Green Book
- A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
- De: Alvin Hall
- Narrado por: Alvin Hall
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 16
For countless Americans, the open road has long been a place where dangers lurk. In the era of Jim Crow, Black travelers encountered locked doors, hostile police, and potentially violent encounters almost everywhere, in both the South and the North. From 1936 to 1967, millions relied on The Negro Motorist Green Book, the definitive guide to businesses where they could safely rest, eat, or sleep.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Green Book history
- De Diddy en 12-24-23
De: Alvin Hall
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Stuff Matters
- Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
- De: Mark Miodownik
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 6 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 12
In Stuff Matters, Miodownik entertainingly examines the materials he encounters in a typical morning, from the steel in his razor and the graphite in his pencil to the foam in his sneakers and the concrete in a nearby skyscraper. He offers a compendium of the most astounding histories and marvelous scientific breakthroughs in the material world.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Might be a good pick for a young teen
- De Ross en 03-26-25
De: Mark Miodownik
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The Metaverse
- Building the Spatial Internet / Fully Revised and Updated Edition
- De: Matthew Ball
- Narrado por: Luis Moreno
- Duración: 17 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5
In this fully revised and updated edition of his internationally best-selling book, pioneering theorist and entrepreneur Matthew Ball goes beyond the hype cycle to present a definitive account of the future of the internet. The Metaverse, according to Ball’s industry-shaping definition, is a persistent and interconnected network of 3D virtual worlds that will eventually serve as the gateway to most online experiences and underpin much of the physical world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Matthew Ball does it again!
- De Bubba Gaeddert en 10-01-24
De: Matthew Ball
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The Experience Machine
- How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality
- De: Andy Clark
- Narrado por: Andy Clark
- Duración: 8 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
For as long as we’ve studied human cognition, we’ve believed that our senses give us direct access to the world. What we see is what’s really there—or so the thinking goes. But new discoveries in neuroscience and psychology have turned this assumption on its head. What if rather than perceiving reality passively, your mind actively predicts it?
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3 out of 5 stars
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About halfway through, it became propaganda
- De Jesse Helton en 08-13-23
De: Andy Clark
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The Only Technical Analysis Book You Will Ever Need
- De: Brian Hale
- Narrado por: Rush Stone
- Duración: 4 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
Here’s the “old-fashioned” strategy that billionaire Warren Buffett uses to earn 20 percent returns on his stock investments year after year.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Worthless drivel
- De JOHN E JANIEC en 08-22-23
De: Brian Hale
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We the Poisoned
- Exposing the Flint Water Crisis Cover-Up and the Poisoning of 100,000 Americans
- De: Jordan Chariton, Erin Brockovich - foreword
- Narrado por: Pete Cross, Sophie Amoss
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 26
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 26
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 26
As the ongoing Flint water crisis marks its tenth anniversary, Chariton reveals shocking new evidence of the major government cover-up that resulted in the poisoning of Flint—and shatters what you think you know about what caused the water crisis.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I thought I had learned what I could, until now
- De Anonymous User en 10-18-24
De: Jordan Chariton, y otros
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Driving the Green Book
- A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
- De: Alvin Hall
- Narrado por: Alvin Hall
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 16
For countless Americans, the open road has long been a place where dangers lurk. In the era of Jim Crow, Black travelers encountered locked doors, hostile police, and potentially violent encounters almost everywhere, in both the South and the North. From 1936 to 1967, millions relied on The Negro Motorist Green Book, the definitive guide to businesses where they could safely rest, eat, or sleep.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Green Book history
- De Diddy en 12-24-23
De: Alvin Hall
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Stuff Matters
- Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
- De: Mark Miodownik
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 6 h y 22 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 12
In Stuff Matters, Miodownik entertainingly examines the materials he encounters in a typical morning, from the steel in his razor and the graphite in his pencil to the foam in his sneakers and the concrete in a nearby skyscraper. He offers a compendium of the most astounding histories and marvelous scientific breakthroughs in the material world.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Might be a good pick for a young teen
- De Ross en 03-26-25
De: Mark Miodownik
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The Game Changers
- How Playing Games Changed the World and Can Change You Too
- De: Tim Clare
- Narrado por: Tim Clare
- Duración: 7 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9
In this fascinating and entertaining look at games throughout history, Tim Clare explores the legal highs of a good dice roll, the thrills of a predatory race game, and the tactile pleasures of the games that age with us through our lives. Drawing on Roman anti-cheating devices, organised crime card games, and dice contests that link Chaucer to Warren G, The Game Changers will show you why games are more popular now than ever, and how playing them helps us win more often, become better losers and stay one step ahead - on and off the board. Through play, we become fully ourselves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stories will draw you in.
- De Debra A. en 12-07-24
De: Tim Clare
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The Chess Revolution
- From the Ancient World to the Digital Age
- De: Peter Doggers
- Narrado por: George Weightman
- Duración: 12 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9
In this fascinating pop culture history of the game and its impact, acclaimed Chess.com journalist Peter Doggers (also their news and events director), reveals how computers and the Internet have further strengthened the timeless magic of chess in the digital era, leading to a new peak in popularity and cultural relevance. Doggers explores chess as a cultural phenomenon: from its earliest beginnings in ancient India to its biggest stars and most dramatic moments to the impact of the internet and AI.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Modern History Of Chess Book
- De James en 01-14-25
De: Peter Doggers
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Alexandria
- The City That Changed the World
- De: Islam Issa
- Narrado por: Islam Issa
- Duración: 20 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 6
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 6
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 6
Combining rigorous research with myth and folklore, Alexandria is an authoritative history of a city that has shaped our modern world. Soon after being founded by Alexander the Great, Alexandria became the crucible of cultural exchange between East and West for millennia and the undisputed global capital of knowledge. It was at the forefront of human progress, but it also witnessed brutal natural disasters, plagues, crusades, and violence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More than a city history
- De Ramsey S en 12-11-24
De: Islam Issa
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Empireland
- How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain
- De: Sathnam Sanghera, Marlon James - foreword
- Narrado por: Homer Todiwala, Marlon James
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 26
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 21
A best-selling journalist’s illuminating tour through the hidden legacies and modern realities of British empire that exposes how much of the present-day United Kingdom is actually rooted in its colonial past. Empireland boldly and lucidly makes the case that in order to understand America, we must first understand British imperialism. Empire—whether British or otherwise—informs nearly everything we do.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Important history
- De Maggie A. en 07-02-23
De: Sathnam Sanghera, y otros
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Regenesis
- Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet
- De: George Monbiot
- Narrado por: George Monbiot
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 68
Farming is the world's greatest cause of environmental destruction - and the one we are least prepared to talk about. We criticize urban sprawl, but farming sprawls across 30 times as much land. We have ploughed, fenced and grazed great tracts of the planet, felling forests, killing wildlife, and poisoning rivers and oceans to feed ourselves. Yet millions still go hungry.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Biased, ignores science
- De Soil Enthusiast en 04-25-23
De: George Monbiot
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The Little Book of Aliens
- De: Adam Frank
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 8 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 67
Everyone is curious about life in the Universe, UFOs and whether ET is out there. Over the course of his thirty-year career as an astrophysicist, Adam Frank has consistently been asked about the possibility of intelligent life in the universe. Are aliens real? Where are they? Why haven’t we found them? What happens if we do?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Simply Outstanding
- De CarlosR en 04-22-24
De: Adam Frank
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Into Unknown Skies
- An Unlikely Team, a Daring Race, and the First Flight around the World
- De: David K. Randall
- Narrado por: Adam Verner
- Duración: 11 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 5
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Now on the race’s centennial, award-winning author David K. Randall tells the story of this riveting, long-forgotten race. Through larger-than-life characters, treacherous landings, disease, and ultimately triumph, Into Unknown Skies demonstrates how one race returned America to aviation greatness. A story of underdog teammates, bold exploration, and American ingenuity, Into Unknown Skies is an untold adventure tale showing the power of flight to bring the world together.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Ok.
- De Anonymous User en 03-09-25
De: David K. Randall
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The Good Virus
- The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the Phage
- De: Tom Ireland
- Narrado por: Ben Deery
- Duración: 10 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
At every moment, within our bodies and all around us, trillions of microscopic combatants are waging a war that shapes our health and life on Earth. Countless times per second, viruses known as phages attack and destroy bacteria while leaving all other life forms, including us, unscathed. Vastly outnumbering the viruses that do us harm, phages power ecosystems, drive evolutionary innovation, and harbor a remarkable capacity to heal life-threatening infections when conventional antibiotics fail. Yet most of us have never heard of them, thinking of viruses only as enemies to be feared.
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5 out of 5 stars
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No brainer
- De Paul en 10-11-23
De: Tom Ireland
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The Real Case for Driverless Mobility
- Putting Driverless Vehicles to Use for Those Who Really Need a Ride
- De: Alain L. Kornhauser, Michael L. Sena
- Narrado por: Fred Fishkin
- Duración: 10 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 1
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1
The Real Case for Driverless Mobility: Putting Driverless Vehicles to Use for Those Who Really Need a Ride explores solutions for providing mobility for the unserved/underserved, including those who cannot drive themselves, afford transport alternatives, or who live in areas where neither public nor private transport is offered. The book synthesizes the career-long activities of the authors and the Princeton SmartDrivingCars Summits and assesses whether cars without drivers can deliver an affordable and more effective alternative to mass transit and taxis.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great assessment of mobility needs
- De Charles en 07-23-24
De: Alain L. Kornhauser, y otros
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Lethal Tides
- Mary Sears and the Marine Scientists Who Helped Win World War II
- De: Catherine Musemeche
- Narrado por: Maggi-Meg Reed
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 22
In Lethal Tides, Catherine Musemeche weaves together science, biography, and military history in the compelling story of an unsung woman who had a dramatic effect on the U.S. Navy’s success against Japan in WWII, creating an intelligence-gathering juggernaut based on the new science of oceanography. When World War II began, the U.S. Navy was unprepared to enact its island-hopping strategy to reach Japan. Anticipating tides, planning for coral reefs, and preparing for enemy fire was new ground for them, and with lives at stake it was ground that had to be covered quickly.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You can't land on a beach if you can't find one
- De Aubible Book Ernie en 12-18-22
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The American Revolution
- A Concise History from Colonial Rebellion to the War for Independence to the Constitution
- De: Eric Porterfield
- Narrado por: Randy McCarten
- Duración: 5 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 23
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 23
The word ‘Independence’ is, quite frankly, a very common word today – celebrated, venerated, and metaphorically worn as a badge by every citizen of a democracy, such as the United States. And it has a deep association with the word ‘Freedom.’ For any American today, these two form the basis of their fundamental rights – you were born with them, and you will die with them. But have you ever thought about the weight that these two words carry? Or the toll they left in their wake within the bloodied pages of the history of the United States?
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5 out of 5 stars
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the events, battles, and people
- De Thomas Johnson en 12-09-24
De: Eric Porterfield
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On the Origin of Time
- Stephen Hawking's Final Theory
- De: Thomas Hertog
- Narrado por: Ethan Kelly
- Duración: 12 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 74
Perhaps the biggest question Stephen Hawking tried to answer in his extraordinary life was how the universe could have created conditions so perfectly hospitable to life. In order to solve this mystery, Hawking studied the big bang origin of the universe, but his early work ran into a crisis when the math predicted many big bangs producing a multiverse—countless different universes, most of which would be far too bizarre to harbor life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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1960 ’s to 1980’s Re-Hash of History
- De Ron A. Parsons en 11-13-23
De: Thomas Hertog