String Theory
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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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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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Modern Physics and Ancient Faith
- By: Stephen M Barr
- Narrated by: Mark D. Mickelson
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
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Modern Physics and Ancient Faith argues that the great discoveries of modern physics are more compatible with the central teachings of Christianity and Judaism....
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Inciteful and exciting
- By Kpax Ataraxia on 04-03-19
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Modern Physics and Ancient Faith
- Narrated by: Mark D. Mickelson
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 05-11-17
- Language: English
- Modern Physics and Ancient Faith argues that the great discoveries of modern physics are more compatible with the central teachings of Christianity and Judaism....
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Life as No One Knows It
- The Physics of Life's Emergence
- By: Sara Imari Walker
- Narrated by: Sara Imari Walker
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
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An intriguing new scientific theory that explains what life is and how it emerges....
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very interesting
- By Sequoia Spencer on 08-09-24
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Life as No One Knows It
- The Physics of Life's Emergence
- Narrated by: Sara Imari Walker
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 08-06-24
- Language: English
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An intriguing new scientific theory that explains what life is and how it emerges....
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Space at the Speed of Light
- The History of 14 Billion Years for People Short on Time
- By: Dr. Becky Smethurst
- Narrated by: Dr. Becky Smethurst
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
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Oxford University astrophysicist and popular YouTube personality Dr. Becky Smethurst presents everything you need to know about the universe in 10 accessible and engaging lessons....
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informative and well presented
- By Lenny Newball on 03-22-21
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Space at the Speed of Light
- The History of 14 Billion Years for People Short on Time
- Narrated by: Dr. Becky Smethurst
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 06-02-20
- Language: English
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Oxford University astrophysicist and popular YouTube personality Dr. Becky Smethurst presents everything you need to know about the universe in 10 accessible and engaging lessons....
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
- By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
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How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these questions than astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson....
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Disappointing - not much physics
- By Rob Hahn on 07-15-17
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 05-02-17
- Language: English
- How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these questions than astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson....
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13 Things That Don't Make Sense
- The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time
- By: Michael Brooks
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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In 13 Things That Don't Make Sense, Michael Brooks heads to the scientific frontier to meet thirteen modern-day anomalies and discover tomorrow's breakthroughs....
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10 interesting chapters-read epiloge first
- By Stephen on 06-10-09
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13 Things That Don't Make Sense
- The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 08-20-08
- Language: English
- In 13 Things That Don't Make Sense, Michael Brooks heads to the scientific frontier to meet thirteen modern-day anomalies and discover tomorrow's breakthroughs....
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What Is Real?
- The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics
- By: Adam Becker
- Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
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The untold story of the heretical thinkers who dared to question the nature of our quantum universe....
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Good, "light" "read"... potential caveat below...
- By James S. on 03-31-18
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What Is Real?
- The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics
- Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 03-20-18
- Language: English
- The untold story of the heretical thinkers who dared to question the nature of our quantum universe....
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Atom Land
- By: Jon Butterworth
- Narrated by: Wayne Forester
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
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Atom Land brings the impossibly small world of particle physics to life, taking listeners on a guided journey through the subatomic world. Listeners will sail the subatomic seas....
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Great alternative to standard perspective.
- By Bob on 09-28-18
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Atom Land
- Narrated by: Wayne Forester
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 04-03-18
- Language: English
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Atom Land brings the impossibly small world of particle physics to life, taking listeners on a guided journey through the subatomic world. Listeners will sail the subatomic seas....
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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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Einstein's Monsters
- The Life and Times of Black Holes
- By: Chris Impey
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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Einstein’s Monsters reveals how our comprehension of black holes is intrinsically linked to how we make sense of the universe and our place within it....
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Above my brain grade
- By Amazon Customer on 12-02-21
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Einstein's Monsters
- The Life and Times of Black Holes
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 02-19-19
- Language: English
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Einstein’s Monsters reveals how our comprehension of black holes is intrinsically linked to how we make sense of the universe and our place within it....
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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 Jazz of Physics
- The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe
- By: Stephon Alexander
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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Physicist and jazz musician Stephon Alexander uses jazz to answer physics' most vexing questions about the past and future of the universe....
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I tried and failed not to be disappointed
- By Your Old Pal Sisco on 01-16-17
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The Jazz of Physics
- The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 05-19-16
- Language: English
- Physicist and jazz musician Stephon Alexander uses jazz to answer physics' most vexing questions about the past and future of the universe....
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Einstein
- His Life and Universe
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 21 hrs and 30 mins
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Based on the newly released personal letters of Albert Einstein, Walter Isaacson explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos....
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Surprise: Two books in one!
- By Henrik on 04-20-07
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Einstein
- His Life and Universe
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 21 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 03-28-07
- Language: English
- Based on the newly released personal letters of Albert Einstein, Walter Isaacson explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos....
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Mapping the Heavens
- The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos
- By: Priyamvada Natarajan
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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Mapping the Heavens provides a tour of the "greatest hits" of cosmological discoveries - the ideas that reshaped our universe over the past century....
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Unoriginal and nothing special
- By AJ on 01-27-17
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Mapping the Heavens
- The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 04-26-16
- Language: English
- Mapping the Heavens provides a tour of the "greatest hits" of cosmological discoveries - the ideas that reshaped our universe over the past century....
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Neutrino Hunters
- The Thrilling Chase for a Ghostly Particle to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
- By: Ray Jayawardhana
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
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Detective thriller meets astrophysics in this adventure into neutrinos and the scientists who pursue them....
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Thoroughly Enjoyable
- By Zak on 11-06-20
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Neutrino Hunters
- The Thrilling Chase for a Ghostly Particle to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 12-10-13
- Language: English
- Detective thriller meets astrophysics in this adventure into neutrinos and the scientists who pursue them....
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory
- By: George Musser
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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Everything is connected....
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tough to listen to
- By Alan Lewis on 11-08-09
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Series: Complete Idiot's Guides
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 05-07-09
- Language: English
- Everything is connected....
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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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Uncertainty
- Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science
- By: David Lindley
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
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Werner Heisenberg's "uncertainty principle" challenged centuries of scientific understanding and placed him in direct opposition to Albert Einstein....
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fascinating insight into the real drama of physics
- By Ryan on 09-07-10
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Uncertainty
- Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 09-15-09
- Language: English
- Werner Heisenberg's "uncertainty principle" challenged centuries of scientific understanding and placed him in direct opposition to Albert Einstein....
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To Explain the World
- The Discovery of Modern Science
- By: Steven Weinberg
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
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In this rich, irreverent, and compelling history, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg takes us across centuries, from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad and Oxford....
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How the world created a Newton
- By Gary on 03-02-15
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To Explain the World
- The Discovery of Modern Science
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 02-10-15
- Language: English
- In this rich, irreverent, and compelling history, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg takes us across centuries, from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad and Oxford....
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