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Dispatches from Planet 3
- Thirty-Two (Brief) Tales on the Solar System, the Milky Way, and Beyond
- By: Marcia Bartusiak
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
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The galaxy, the multiverse, and the history of astronomy are explored in this engaging compilation of cosmological "tales" by multiple award-winning science writer Marcia Bartusiak. In 32 concise and engrossing essays, the author provides a deeper understanding of the nature of the universe....
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Lots of quick bites make for a decent plateful
- By Underporch on 10-24-21
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Dispatches from Planet 3
- Thirty-Two (Brief) Tales on the Solar System, the Milky Way, and Beyond
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 09-18-18
- Language: English
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The galaxy, the multiverse, and the history of astronomy are explored in this engaging compilation of cosmological "tales" by multiple award-winning science writer Marcia Bartusiak. In 32 concise and engrossing essays, the author provides a deeper understanding of the nature of the universe....
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Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire
- The Biggest Ideas in Science from Quanta
- By: Thomas Lin - editor, Sean Carroll - foreword
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
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Bringing together the best and most interesting science stories appearing in Quanta Magazine over the past five years, Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire reports on some of the greatest scientific minds as they test the limits of human knowledge....
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Broad collection of specific physics applications
- By James S. on 06-26-19
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Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire
- The Biggest Ideas in Science from Quanta
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 06-11-19
- Language: English
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Bringing together the best and most interesting science stories appearing in Quanta Magazine over the past five years, Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire reports on some of the greatest scientific minds as they test the limits of human knowledge....
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The Quantum Story
- A History in 40 Moments
- By: Jim Baggott
- Narrated by: Mike Pollock
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
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Utterly beautiful. Profoundly disconcerting. Quantum theory is quite simply the most successful account of the physical universe ever devised....
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who's the target reader?
- By Hannah on 09-17-11
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The Quantum Story
- A History in 40 Moments
- Narrated by: Mike Pollock
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 07-19-11
- Language: English
- Utterly beautiful. Profoundly disconcerting. Quantum theory is quite simply the most successful account of the physical universe ever devised....
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Chandra's Cosmos
- Dark Matter, Black Holes, and Other Wonders Revealed by NASA's Premier X-Ray Observatory
- By: Wallace H. Tucker
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
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On July 23, 1999, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the most powerful X-ray telescope ever built, was launched aboard the space shuttle Columbia....
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Excellent
- By MGGGK9 on 12-08-23
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Chandra's Cosmos
- Dark Matter, Black Holes, and Other Wonders Revealed by NASA's Premier X-Ray Observatory
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 03-28-17
- Language: English
- On July 23, 1999, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the most powerful X-ray telescope ever built, was launched aboard the space shuttle Columbia....
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Coming of Age in the Milky Way
- By: Timothy Ferris
- Narrated by: Timothy Ferris
- Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
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Humans have long sought to comprehend the enormities of cosmic space and time. Here, best selling...
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Brief survey of discovery from Columbus to now
- By serine on 01-23-16
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Coming of Age in the Milky Way
- Narrated by: Timothy Ferris
- Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 12-15-99
- Language: English
- Humans have long sought to comprehend the enormities of cosmic space and time. Here, best selling...
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Before the Big Bang
- The Origin of Our Universe from the Multiverse
- By: Laura Mersini-Houghton
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
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A revolutionary new account of our universe’s creation—and a breathtaking exploration of the landscape from which we sprang—from one of the world’s most celebrated cosmologists....
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I tried, and learned nothing
- By Gary on 07-22-22
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Before the Big Bang
- The Origin of Our Universe from the Multiverse
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 07-19-22
- Language: English
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A revolutionary new account of our universe’s creation—and a breathtaking exploration of the landscape from which we sprang—from one of the world’s most celebrated cosmologists....
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Quanta and Fields
- The Biggest Ideas in the Universe
- By: Sean Carroll
- Narrated by: Sean Carroll
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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Quanta and Fields, the second book of Sean Carroll’s already internationally acclaimed series The Biggest Ideas in the Universe, is an adventure into the bare stuff of reality....
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Finally!
- By Huntress Janos on 07-06-24
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Quanta and Fields
- The Biggest Ideas in the Universe
- Narrated by: Sean Carroll
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 05-14-24
- Language: English
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Quanta and Fields, the second book of Sean Carroll’s already internationally acclaimed series The Biggest Ideas in the Universe, is an adventure into the bare stuff of reality....
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Quantum Man
- Richard Feynman’s Life in Science
- By: Lawrence M. Krauss
- Narrated by: Lawrence M. Krauss
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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A gripping new scientific biography of the revered Nobel Prize–winning physicist (and curious character) Richard Feynman....
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Richard Feynman's Science
- By Tom Miller on 04-23-11
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Quantum Man
- Richard Feynman’s Life in Science
- Narrated by: Lawrence M. Krauss
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 03-21-11
- Language: English
- A gripping new scientific biography of the revered Nobel Prize–winning physicist (and curious character) Richard Feynman....
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The Universe in Your Hand
- A Journey Through Space, Time, and Beyond
- By: Christophe Galfard
- Narrated by: Ray Chase
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
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The Universe in Your Hand employs the immediacy of simple, direct language to show us, not explain to us, the theories that underpin everything we know about our universe....
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Awesome
- By AJ on 02-28-17
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The Universe in Your Hand
- A Journey Through Space, Time, and Beyond
- Narrated by: Ray Chase
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 04-07-16
- Language: English
- The Universe in Your Hand employs the immediacy of simple, direct language to show us, not explain to us, the theories that underpin everything we know about our universe....
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Simply Dirac
- By: Helge Kragh
- Narrated by: Jack Wynters
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
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Paul Dirac (1902 - 1984) was a brilliant mathematician and a 1933 Nobel laureate whose work ranks alongside that of Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton....
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Meet the quantum genius!
- By LaPazBC on 05-19-17
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Simply Dirac
- Narrated by: Jack Wynters
- Series: Great Lives, Book 1
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 02-24-17
- Language: English
- Paul Dirac (1902 - 1984) was a brilliant mathematician and a 1933 Nobel laureate whose work ranks alongside that of Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton....
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A User's Guide to the Universe
- Surviving the Perils of Black Holes, Time Paradoxes, and Quantum Uncertainty
- By: Dave Goldberg, Jeff Blomquist
- Narrated by: Mark F. Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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Answers to science's most enduring questions....
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Physics even I can understand
- By Paul on 10-25-12
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A User's Guide to the Universe
- Surviving the Perils of Black Holes, Time Paradoxes, and Quantum Uncertainty
- Narrated by: Mark F. Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 09-13-12
- Language: English
- Answers to science's most enduring questions....
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The Particle at the End of the Universe
- How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World
- By: Sean Carroll
- Narrated by: Jonathan Hogan
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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Scientists have just announced an historic discovery on a par with the splitting of the atom: The Higgs boson, the key to understanding why mass exists has been found....
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A History of Modern Particle Physics
- By Matthew on 12-22-12
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The Particle at the End of the Universe
- How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World
- Narrated by: Jonathan Hogan
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 12-17-12
- Language: English
- Scientists have just announced an historic discovery on a par with the splitting of the atom: The Higgs boson, the key to understanding why mass exists has been found....
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Forces of Nature
- By: Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
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A breathtaking and beautiful exploration of our planet, this groundbreaking audiobook accompanies the BBC One TV series, providing the deepest answers to the simplest questions....
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Complicated in its simplicity
- By Philomath on 06-13-17
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Forces of Nature
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 03-09-17
- Language: English
- A breathtaking and beautiful exploration of our planet, this groundbreaking audiobook accompanies the BBC One TV series, providing the deepest answers to the simplest questions....
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A Crack in Everything
- How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic Centre Stage
- By: Marcus Chown
- Narrated by: Clive Mantle
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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A Crack in Everything is the story of how black holes came in from the cold and took cosmic centre stage. As a journalist, Marcus Chown interviews many of the scientists who made the key discoveries, and, as a former physicist, he translates the most esoteric of science into everyday language.
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A Crack in Everything
- How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic Centre Stage
- Narrated by: Clive Mantle
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 06-06-24
- Language: English
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A Crack in Everything is the story of how black holes came in from the cold and took cosmic centre stage. As a journalist, Marcus Chown interviews many of the scientists who made the key discoveries, and, as a former physicist, he translates the most esoteric of science into everyday language.
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The Fabric of the Cosmos
- Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
- By: Brian Greene
- Narrated by: Erik Davies
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
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From Brian Greene, one of the world’s leading physicists, comes a grand tour of the universe that makes us look at reality in a completely different way....
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Avoid the abridged version
- By Dylan on 03-12-04
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The Fabric of the Cosmos
- Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
- Narrated by: Erik Davies
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 02-12-04
- Language: English
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From Brian Greene, one of the world’s leading physicists, comes a grand tour of the universe that makes us look at reality in a completely different way....
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New Scientist: The Origin of (Almost) Everything
- From the Big Bang to Belly-button Fluff
- By: New Scientist, Graham Lawton, Stephen Hawking
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
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A journey through life, the universe and everything. From what actually happened in the big bang to the accidental discovery of Post-it notes, science is packed with surprising discoveries....
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Its all over the place
- By kemar simpson on 07-25-17
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New Scientist: The Origin of (Almost) Everything
- From the Big Bang to Belly-button Fluff
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 06-29-17
- Language: English
- A journey through life, the universe and everything. From what actually happened in the big bang to the accidental discovery of Post-it notes, science is packed with surprising discoveries....
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Beyond Weird
- By: Philip Ball
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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An exhilarating tour of the contemporary quantum landscape, Beyond Weird is a book about what quantum physics really means - and what it doesn't....
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A difficult listen
- By Ray on 03-17-19
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Beyond Weird
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 12-18-18
- Language: English
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An exhilarating tour of the contemporary quantum landscape, Beyond Weird is a book about what quantum physics really means - and what it doesn't....
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Gravity's Century
- From Einstein's Eclipse to Images of Black Holes
- By: Ron Cowen
- Narrated by: John Patrick Walsh
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
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A sweeping account of the century of experimentation that confirmed Einstein's general theory of relativity, bringing to life the science and scientists at the origins of relativity, the development of radio telescopes, the discovery of black holes and quasars, and more....
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Good stuff
- By Amazon Customer on 10-30-20
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Gravity's Century
- From Einstein's Eclipse to Images of Black Holes
- Narrated by: John Patrick Walsh
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 05-06-19
- Language: English
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A sweeping account of the century of experimentation that confirmed Einstein's general theory of relativity, bringing to life the science and scientists at the origins of relativity, the development of radio telescopes, the discovery of black holes and quasars, and more....
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The Quantum Labyrinth
- How Richard Feynman and John Wheeler Revolutionized Time and Reality
- By: Paul Halpern
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
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The story of the unlikely friendship between the two physicists who fundamentally recast the notion of time and history....
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Neither Fish Nor Fowl
- By Brooklyn on 12-02-17
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The Quantum Labyrinth
- How Richard Feynman and John Wheeler Revolutionized Time and Reality
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 10-17-17
- Language: English
- The story of the unlikely friendship between the two physicists who fundamentally recast the notion of time and history....
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Spooky Action at a Distance
- The Phenomenon That Reimagines Space and Time-and What It Means for Black Holes, the Big Bang, and Theories of Everything
- By: George Musser
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
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What is space? It isn't a question that most of us normally stop to ask. Space is the venue of physics; it's where things exist, where they move and take shape....
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Rambling but Asks Good Questions
- By Michael on 12-19-15
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Spooky Action at a Distance
- The Phenomenon That Reimagines Space and Time-and What It Means for Black Holes, the Big Bang, and Theories of Everything
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 11-03-15
- Language: English
- What is space? It isn't a question that most of us normally stop to ask. Space is the venue of physics; it's where things exist, where they move and take shape....
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