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How the Hippies Saved Physics
- Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival
- By: David Kaiser
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
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The surprising story of eccentric young scientists who stood up to convention—and changed the face of modern physics.....
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Finally, I understand entanglement
- By Gary on 05-27-12
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How the Hippies Saved Physics
- Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 06-27-11
- Language: English
- The surprising story of eccentric young scientists who stood up to convention—and changed the face of modern physics.....
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Is God a Mathematician?
- By: Mario Livio
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
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Bestselling author and astrophysicist Mario Livio examines the lives and theories of history’s greatest mathematicians to ask how - if mathematics is an abstract construction of the human mind - it can so perfectly explain the physical world....
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Origins of Mathematics
- By Rick B on 07-08-21
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Is God a Mathematician?
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 04-10-18
- Language: English
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Bestselling author and astrophysicist Mario Livio examines the lives and theories of history’s greatest mathematicians to ask how - if mathematics is an abstract construction of the human mind - it can so perfectly explain the physical world....
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The Infinity Puzzle
- Quantum Field Theory and the Hunt for an Orderly Universe
- By: Frank Close
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
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The second half of the 20th century, many mysteries of the atom came unraveled, but one remained intractable: what Frank Close calls the "Infinity Puzzle"....
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Succinct exposition
- By Gary on 06-26-12
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The Infinity Puzzle
- Quantum Field Theory and the Hunt for an Orderly Universe
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 03-28-12
- Language: English
- The second half of the 20th century, many mysteries of the atom came unraveled, but one remained intractable: what Frank Close calls the "Infinity Puzzle"....
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This Way to the Universe
- A Theoretical Physicist's Journey to the Edge of Reality
- By: Michael Dine
- Narrated by: Michael Dine
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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This Way to the Universe is a celebration of the astounding, ongoing scientific investigations that have revealed the nature of reality at its smallest, at its largest, and at the scale of our daily lives....
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Interesting but far above my intellect
- By Richard M. on 04-25-23
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This Way to the Universe
- A Theoretical Physicist's Journey to the Edge of Reality
- Narrated by: Michael Dine
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 02-08-22
- Language: English
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This Way to the Universe is a celebration of the astounding, ongoing scientific investigations that have revealed the nature of reality at its smallest, at its largest, and at the scale of our daily lives....
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Ask the Experts: Physics and Math
- The Ask the Experts Series, Book 1
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
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Have you ever wondered what exactly antimatter is? How about game theory, quantum mechanics, and the origin of pi? Mathematicians and professors from universities across the country tackle these topics, drawing on their extensive expertise to give answers....
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enlightening
- By DnTA on 02-07-23
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Ask the Experts: Physics and Math
- The Ask the Experts Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Series: Ask the Experts
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 12-22-20
- Language: English
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Have you ever wondered what exactly antimatter is? How about game theory, quantum mechanics, and the origin of pi? Mathematicians and professors from universities across the country tackle these topics, drawing on their extensive expertise to give answers....
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Third Thoughts
- By: Steven Weinberg
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
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A wise, personal, and wide-ranging meditation on science and society by the Nobel Prize-winning author of To Explain the World....
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Dull and Uninspired
- By David on 04-04-21
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Third Thoughts
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 08-06-18
- Language: English
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A wise, personal, and wide-ranging meditation on science and society by the Nobel Prize-winning author of To Explain the World....
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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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The Janus Point
- A New Theory of Time
- By: Julian Barbour
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
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In a universe filled by chaos and disorder, one physicist makes the radical argument that the growth of order drives the passage of time - and shapes the destiny of the universe....
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Mostly math and difficult to follow.
- By M. R. Mosall on 07-19-21
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The Janus Point
- A New Theory of Time
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 05-25-21
- Language: English
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In a universe filled by chaos and disorder, one physicist makes the radical argument that the growth of order drives the passage of time - and shapes the destiny of the universe....
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The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved
- How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry
- By: Mario Livio
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
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The first extensive account of the mathematics of symmetry and order, The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved is told not through abstract formulas but in a beautifully written and dramatic account of the lives and work of some of the greatest and most intriguing mathematicians in history....
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Historical Perspective Appreciated
- By Michael Hanrahan on 01-22-20
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The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved
- How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 10-08-18
- Language: English
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The first extensive account of the mathematics of symmetry and order, The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved is told not through abstract formulas but in a beautifully written and dramatic account of the lives and work of some of the greatest and most intriguing mathematicians in history....
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The Island of Knowledge
- The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning
- By: Marcelo Gleiser
- Narrated by: William Neenan
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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How much can we know about the world? In this audiobook physicist Marcelo Gleiser traces our search for answers to the most fundamental questions of existence....
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Island of knowledge
- By Joshua Kring on 07-26-15
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The Island of Knowledge
- The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning
- Narrated by: William Neenan
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 02-11-15
- Language: English
- How much can we know about the world? In this audiobook physicist Marcelo Gleiser traces our search for answers to the most fundamental questions of existence....
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
- By: Thomas S. Kuhn
- Narrated by: Dennis Holland
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is essential listening for understanding the history, philosophy, and evolution of science....
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The problem is not with the book
- By Marcus on 08-09-09
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
- Narrated by: Dennis Holland
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 01-12-16
- Language: English
- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is essential listening for understanding the history, philosophy, and evolution of science....
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Cosmosapiens
- Human Evolution from the Origin of the Universe
- By: John Hands
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 31 hrs and 11 mins
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Cosmosapiens is a big-picture look at how human life emerged and evolved in the universe, incorporating the ideas of world-renowned experts....
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Nothing like taking all the fun out of science
- By Gary on 04-04-16
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Cosmosapiens
- Human Evolution from the Origin of the Universe
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 31 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 02-16-16
- Language: English
- Cosmosapiens is a big-picture look at how human life emerged and evolved in the universe, incorporating the ideas of world-renowned experts....
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Ten Days in Physics That Shook the World
- How Physicists Transformed Everyday Life
- By: Brian Clegg
- Narrated by: Mark Peachey
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
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The breakthroughs that have had the most transformative practical impacts, from thermodynamics to the Internet....
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Ten Days in Physics That Shook the World
- How Physicists Transformed Everyday Life
- Narrated by: Mark Peachey
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 10-14-21
- Language: English
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The breakthroughs that have had the most transformative practical impacts, from thermodynamics to the Internet....
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In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat
- Quantum Physics and Reality
- By: John Gribbin
- Narrated by: Nicholas Masters-Waage
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
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In Search of Schrodinger's Cat tells the complete story of quantum mechanics, a truth stranger than any fiction....
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Classic Quantum intro/now w. Jude Law!(not really)
- By Fatdexter on 09-25-21
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In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat
- Quantum Physics and Reality
- Narrated by: Nicholas Masters-Waage
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 11-12-20
- Language: English
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In Search of Schrodinger's Cat tells the complete story of quantum mechanics, a truth stranger than any fiction....
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How the Laser Happened
- Adventures of a Scientist
- By: Charles H. Townes
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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In How the Laser Happened, Nobel laureate Charles Townes provides a highly personal look at some of the leading events in 20th-century physics....
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Great for aspiring physicists
- By James S. on 10-06-18
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How the Laser Happened
- Adventures of a Scientist
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 09-19-18
- Language: English
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In How the Laser Happened, Nobel laureate Charles Townes provides a highly personal look at some of the leading events in 20th-century physics....
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Quantum Supremacy
- How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything
- By: Michio Kaku
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
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The runaway success of the microchip processor may be reaching its end....
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Title should have been “Quantum Global Warming”
- By Amazon Customer on 06-08-23
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Quantum Supremacy
- How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 05-02-23
- Language: English
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The runaway success of the microchip processor may be reaching its end....
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Knocking on Heaven's Door
- How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World
- By: Lisa Randall
- Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
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The latest developments in physics have the potential to radically revise our understanding of the world: its makeup, its evolution, and the fundamental forces that drive its operation....
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Too Political
- By Allan on 12-14-11
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Knocking on Heaven's Door
- How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World
- Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 09-27-11
- Language: English
- The latest developments in physics have the potential to radically revise our understanding of the world: its makeup, its evolution, and the fundamental forces that drive its operation....
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The Dream Universe
- How Fundamental Physics Lost Its Way
- By: David Lindley
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
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A vivid and captivating narrative about how modern science broke free of ancient philosophy, and how theoretical physics is returning to its unscientific roots....
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Provocative Argument
- By Craig Doner on 05-26-20
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The Dream Universe
- How Fundamental Physics Lost Its Way
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 03-17-20
- Language: English
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A vivid and captivating narrative about how modern science broke free of ancient philosophy, and how theoretical physics is returning to its unscientific roots....
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Breakfast with Einstein
- The Exotic Physics of Everyday Objects
- By: Chad Orzel
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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Author Chad Orzel illuminates the strange phenomena lurking just beneath the surface of our ordinary lives by digging into the surprisingly complicated physics involved in his (and anyone's) morning routine....
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Breakfast with Einstein
- The Exotic Physics of Everyday Objects
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 12-11-18
- Language: English
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Author Chad Orzel illuminates the strange phenomena lurking just beneath the surface of our ordinary lives by digging into the surprisingly complicated physics involved in his (and anyone's) morning routine....
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The Shape of a Life
- One Mathematician’s Search for the Universe’s Hidden Geometry
- By: Shing-Tung Yau, Steve Nadis
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
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Harvard geometer and Fields medalist Shing-Tung Yau has provided a mathematical foundation for string theory, offered new insights into black holes, and mathematically demonstrated the stability of our universe. In this autobiography, Yau reflects on his improbable journey....
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A book full of complaints
- By Steven White on 01-17-23
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The Shape of a Life
- One Mathematician’s Search for the Universe’s Hidden Geometry
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 07-30-19
- Language: English
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Harvard geometer and Fields medalist Shing-Tung Yau has provided a mathematical foundation for string theory, offered new insights into black holes, and mathematically demonstrated the stability of our universe. In this autobiography, Yau reflects on his improbable journey....
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