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Quanta and Fields

The Biggest Ideas in the Universe

by Sean Carroll ...

Narrated by Sean Carroll ...

Unabridged

9 hours 49 min

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.Sean Carroll is creating a profoundly new approach to sharing physics with a broad audience, one that goes beyond analogies to show how physicists really think. He cuts to the bare mathematical essence of our most profound ... Read more

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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.Sean Carroll is creating a profoundly new approach to sharing physics with a broad audience, one that goes beyond analogies to show how physicists really think. He cuts to the bare mathematical essence of our most profound
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THE ATOM AND THE BOHR THEORY OF ITS STRUCTURE AN ELEMENTARY PRESENTATION HELGE HOLST

Unveil the secrets of atomic structure — Helge Holst’s clear and fascinating guide to Bohr’s groundbreaking theory that changed modern physics forever

by HELGE HOLST ...

Unabridged

5 hours 46 min

The Atom and the Bohr Theory of Its Structure: An Elementary Presentation by Helge Holst is a compelling audiobook that provides a clear and accessible introduction to the fundamental principles of atomic physics. Holst explains the structure of the atom and the groundbreaking Bohr model in a way that is both educational and engaging, making complex scientific concepts understandable for a wide ... Read more

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The Atom and the Bohr Theory of Its Structure: An Elementary Presentation by Helge Holst is a compelling audiobook that provides a clear and accessible introduction to the fundamental principles of atomic physics. Holst explains the structure of the atom and the groundbreaking Bohr model in a way that is both educational and engaging, making complex scientific concepts understandable for a wide
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Why the Universe Exists

How particle physics unlocks the secrets of everything

by New Scientist ...

Narrated by Mark Elstob ...

Series series New Scientist Instant Expert
Unabridged

4 hours 54 min

Why The Universe Exists takes you deep into the world of particle physics to explore how the universe functions at the smallest scales.As you read this, billions of neutrinos from the sun are passing through your body, antimatter is sprouting from your dinner and the core of your being is a chaotic mess of particles known only as quarks and gluons.If the recent discovery of the Higgs Boson piqued ... Read more

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Why The Universe Exists takes you deep into the world of particle physics to explore how the universe functions at the smallest scales.As you read this, billions of neutrinos from the sun are passing through your body, antimatter is sprouting from your dinner and the core of your being is a chaotic mess of particles known only as quarks and gluons.If the recent discovery of the Higgs Boson piqued
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The Pope of Physics

Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age

by Bettina Hoerlin, Gino Segre ...

Narrated by Tim Campbell ...

Unabridged

10 hours 39 min

Enrico Fermi is unquestionably among the greats of the world's physicists, the most famous Italian scientist since Galileo. Called the Pope by his peers, he was regarded as infallible in his instincts and research. His discoveries changed our world; they led to weapons of mass destruction and conversely to life-saving medical interventions.This unassuming man struggled with issues relevant today, ... Read more

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Enrico Fermi is unquestionably among the greats of the world's physicists, the most famous Italian scientist since Galileo. Called the Pope by his peers, he was regarded as infallible in his instincts and research. His discoveries changed our world; they led to weapons of mass destruction and conversely to life-saving medical interventions.This unassuming man struggled with issues relevant today,
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Night Chernobyl Exploded, The

by HK Sparks ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Brian Bones E ...

Series Audiobook 2 - HK Sparks History
Unabridged

28 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.It happened at 1:23 in the morning. By 1:24, the men in the control room already knew something had gone wrong. What they didn't know — what they couldn't bring themselves to believe — was that Reactor Number Four no longer existed. ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.It happened at 1:23 in the morning. By 1:24, the men in the control room already knew something had gone wrong. What they didn't know — what they couldn't bring themselves to believe — was that Reactor Number Four no longer existed.
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Chernobyl

The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe

by Serhii Plokhy ...

Narrated by Ralph Lister ...

Unabridged

14 hours 52 min

From an award-winning historian and Chernobyl survivor, a visceral account of the worst nuclear accident in history.**"Vividly empathetic." —**Wall Street JournalOn the morning of April 26, 1986, Europe witnessed the worst nuclear disaster in history: the explosion of a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine. Dozens died of radiation poisoning, fallout contaminated half the ... Read more

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From an award-winning historian and Chernobyl survivor, a visceral account of the worst nuclear accident in history.**"Vividly empathetic." —**Wall Street JournalOn the morning of April 26, 1986, Europe witnessed the worst nuclear disaster in history: the explosion of a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine. Dozens died of radiation poisoning, fallout contaminated half the
... Read more
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Journey into the Birth of the Atomic Age: Easy Listening Edition

"Step into the Atomic Age with our engaging audio guide - perfect for effortless learning!"

by Harrison Drake ...

Narrated by Nick Porter ...

Unabridged

2 hours 25 min

Journey into the Birth of the Atomic Age: Easy Listening Edition⭐⭐ Simplified Audio Guide ⭐⭐Are you eager to delve into history’s monumental events and enrich your understanding of the atomic age?Looking for a thorough guide that encapsulates all the critical milestones and breakthroughs of this transformative era?Your search ends here!This audiobook is your ultimate... ... Read more

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Journey into the Birth of the Atomic Age: Easy Listening Edition⭐⭐ Simplified Audio Guide ⭐⭐Are you eager to delve into history’s monumental events and enrich your understanding of the atomic age?Looking for a thorough guide that encapsulates all the critical milestones and breakthroughs of this transformative era?Your search ends here!This audiobook is your ultimate...
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In Our Time: 25 Concepts and Theories in the History of Physics

A BBC Radio 4 Collection

by Melvyn Bragg ...

Narrated by Melvyn Bragg ...

Series series In Our Time
Unabridged

15 hours 43 min

Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the history of physics through its most important ideas and hypotheses*'*In Our Time is in a class of its own' New York TimesEclectic, erudite and entertaining, In Our Time is one of Radio 4's most successful programmes, regularly attracting an audience of over 2 million for its discussions on every subject under the sun: from oceanography to Ovid.In this special ... Read more

$21.84 USD

Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the history of physics through its most important ideas and hypotheses*'*In Our Time is in a class of its own' New York TimesEclectic, erudite and entertaining, In Our Time is one of Radio 4's most successful programmes, regularly attracting an audience of over 2 million for its discussions on every subject under the sun: from oceanography to Ovid.In this special
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Marie Curie

History of the Pioneer Radioactivity Researcher

by Kelly Mass ...

Narrated by Chris Newman ...

Unabridged

48 min

Marie Salomea Skodowska Curie was a Polish-born, naturalized-French researcher and chemist who originated radioactivity research. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, the first and only woman to win it two times, and the only individual to win the Nobel Prize in 2 different clinical classifications.Her first Nobel Prize was co-won by her spouse, Pierre Curie, making them the first ... Read more

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Marie Salomea Skodowska Curie was a Polish-born, naturalized-French researcher and chemist who originated radioactivity research. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, the first and only woman to win it two times, and the only individual to win the Nobel Prize in 2 different clinical classifications.Her first Nobel Prize was co-won by her spouse, Pierre Curie, making them the first
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Quantenmechanik – leicht erklärt

Wie die unsichtbare Welt unsere Realität bestimmt

by Orhan Schöwe ...

Narrated by Orhan Schöwe ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Physik leicht erklärt
Unabridged

40 min

Quantenmechanik – leicht erklärtWie die unsichtbare Welt unsere Realität bestimmtEin Hörbuch von Orhan SchöweDie Quantenmechanik ist kein Geheimwissen für Physiker – sie ist das Fundament unserer modernen Welt. Doch sobald wir in das Reich des Allerkleinsten blicken, bricht unser gewohntes Verständnis von Wirklichkeit auf. Teilchen verhalten sich wie Wellen. Zustände existieren gleichzeitig. ... Read more

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Quantenmechanik – leicht erklärtWie die unsichtbare Welt unsere Realität bestimmtEin Hörbuch von Orhan SchöweDie Quantenmechanik ist kein Geheimwissen für Physiker – sie ist das Fundament unserer modernen Welt. Doch sobald wir in das Reich des Allerkleinsten blicken, bricht unser gewohntes Verständnis von Wirklichkeit auf. Teilchen verhalten sich wie Wellen. Zustände existieren gleichzeitig.
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The Quantum World

The disturbing theory at the heart of reality

by New Scientist ...

Narrated by Mark Elstob ...

Series series New Scientist Instant Expert
Unabridged

4 hours 26 min

Forget everything you thought you knew about reality.The world is a seriously bizarre place. Things can exist in two places at once and travel backwards and forwards in time. Waves and particles are one and the same, and objects change their behaviour according to whether they are being watched. This is not some alternative universe but the realm of the very small, where quantum mechanics rules. ... Read more

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Forget everything you thought you knew about reality.The world is a seriously bizarre place. Things can exist in two places at once and travel backwards and forwards in time. Waves and particles are one and the same, and objects change their behaviour according to whether they are being watched. This is not some alternative universe but the realm of the very small, where quantum mechanics rules.
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A Brief History of the Universe (and our place in it)

by Sarah Alam Malik ...

Narrated by Genevieve Swallow ...

Unabridged

6 hours 59 min

We have always looked up at the sky and wondered.The desire to explore and understand what lies beyond us is at the heart of scientific discovery. Ever since the ancient Babylonians tracked celestial objects on clay tablets, the search for meaning in an infinitely vast universe has been a profoundly human pursuit.In this spellbinding book, Dr Sarah Alam Malik takes us on a journey through the ... Read more

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We have always looked up at the sky and wondered.The desire to explore and understand what lies beyond us is at the heart of scientific discovery. Ever since the ancient Babylonians tracked celestial objects on clay tablets, the search for meaning in an infinitely vast universe has been a profoundly human pursuit.In this spellbinding book, Dr Sarah Alam Malik takes us on a journey through the
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Present at the Creation

Discovering the Higgs Boson

by Amir D. Aczel ...

Narrated by Byron Wagner ...

Unabridged

8 hours 23 min

The Large Hadron Collider is the biggest, and by far the most powerful, machine ever built. A project of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, its audacious purpose is to re-create, in a 16.5-mile-long circular tunnel under the French-Swiss countryside, the immensely hot and dense conditions that existed some 13.7 billion years ago within the first trillionth of a second after the ... Read more

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The Large Hadron Collider is the biggest, and by far the most powerful, machine ever built. A project of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, its audacious purpose is to re-create, in a 16.5-mile-long circular tunnel under the French-Swiss countryside, the immensely hot and dense conditions that existed some 13.7 billion years ago within the first trillionth of a second after the
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The Universal Timekeepers

Reconstructing History Atom by Atom

by David J. Helfand ...

Narrated by Perry Daniels ...

Unabridged

10 hours 15 min

Atoms are unfathomably tiny. It takes fifteen million trillion of them to make up a single poppy seed—give or take a few billion. And there's hardly anything to them: atoms are more than 99.9999999999 percent empty space. Yet scientists have learned to count these slivers of near nothingness with precision and to peer into their internal states. In looking so closely, we have learned that atoms, ... Read more

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Atoms are unfathomably tiny. It takes fifteen million trillion of them to make up a single poppy seed—give or take a few billion. And there's hardly anything to them: atoms are more than 99.9999999999 percent empty space. Yet scientists have learned to count these slivers of near nothingness with precision and to peer into their internal states. In looking so closely, we have learned that atoms,
... Read more
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Going Nuclear

How Atomic Energy Will Save the World

by Tim Gregory ...

Narrated by Tim Gregory ...

Unabridged

10 hours 51 min

A bold, provocative, and knowledgeable case for the importance of nuclear science and how nuclear power is essential to reaching net zero.What if net zero is not an environmental challenge, but an energy challenge?In this visionary book, Dr. Tim Gregory challenges prevailing narratives around climate change, arguing that the goal of net zero is not simply to replace fossil fuels with renewables, ... Read more

$24.99 USD

A bold, provocative, and knowledgeable case for the importance of nuclear science and how nuclear power is essential to reaching net zero.What if net zero is not an environmental challenge, but an energy challenge?In this visionary book, Dr. Tim Gregory challenges prevailing narratives around climate change, arguing that the goal of net zero is not simply to replace fossil fuels with renewables,
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Nuclear Physics

A Very Short Introduction

by Frank Close ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Unabridged

3 hours 30 min

Nuclear physics began long before the identification of fundamental particles, with J. J. Thomson's discovery of the electron at the end of the nineteenth century, which implied the existence of a positive charge in the atom to make it neutral. In this Very Short Introduction, Frank Close gives an account of how this area of physics has progressed, including the recognition of how heavy nuclei are ... Read more

$13.99 USD

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Nuclear physics began long before the identification of fundamental particles, with J. J. Thomson's discovery of the electron at the end of the nineteenth century, which implied the existence of a positive charge in the atom to make it neutral. In this Very Short Introduction, Frank Close gives an account of how this area of physics has progressed, including the recognition of how heavy nuclei are
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Oppenheimer: The Genius and the Fallout

"Master 'Oppenheimer: The Genius and the Fallout' with powerful audio lessons for top performance."

by Landon Hale ...

Narrated by Nick Porter ...

Unabridged

2 hours 19 min

Oppenheimer: The Genius and the Fallout⭐⭐ Simplified Audio Guide ⭐⭐Are you looking to deepen your understanding of Oppenheimer's impact and scientific legacy?Seeking a comprehensive guide that provides all the necessary elements to grasp the significance of his contributions?Your search ends here!This guide serves as your definitive companion for exploring, applying ... ... Read more

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Oppenheimer: The Genius and the Fallout⭐⭐ Simplified Audio Guide ⭐⭐Are you looking to deepen your understanding of Oppenheimer's impact and scientific legacy?Seeking a comprehensive guide that provides all the necessary elements to grasp the significance of his contributions?Your search ends here!This guide serves as your definitive companion for exploring, applying ...
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In Oceans Deep

Courage, Innovation, and Adventure Beneath the Waves

by Bill Streever ...

Narrated by Jay Snyder ...

Unabridged

9 hours 3 min

In this masterful account in the spirit of Bill Bryson and Ian Frazier, a longtime deep-sea diver masterfully weaves together the science and history of Earth's last remaining frontier: the sea.In an age of unprecedented exploration and innovation, our oceans remain largely unknown, and endlessly fascinating: full of mystery, danger, beauty, and inspiration. In Oceans Deepcelebrates the daring ... Read more

$27.99 USD

In this masterful account in the spirit of Bill Bryson and Ian Frazier, a longtime deep-sea diver masterfully weaves together the science and history of Earth's last remaining frontier: the sea.In an age of unprecedented exploration and innovation, our oceans remain largely unknown, and endlessly fascinating: full of mystery, danger, beauty, and inspiration. In Oceans Deepcelebrates the daring
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Chernobyl: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster (Historical Fiction Novel Inspired by the True Story of the World’s Worst Nuclear Disaster)

by Ryan Gonzalez ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Mason G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 32 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This book, the result of five years of research, presents an accessible but comprehensive account of what really happened.From the desperate fight to prevent a burning reactor core from irradiating eastern europe, to the self-sacrifice of the heroic men who entered fields of radiation so strong that machines wouldn’t work, to the surprising truth about ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This book, the result of five years of research, presents an accessible but comprehensive account of what really happened.From the desperate fight to prevent a burning reactor core from irradiating eastern europe, to the self-sacrifice of the heroic men who entered fields of radiation so strong that machines wouldn’t work, to the surprising truth about
... Read more
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Half Lives

The Unlikely History of Radium

by Lucy Jane Santos ...

Narrated by Deirdra Whelan ...

Unabridged

7 hours 38 min

The fascinating, curious, and sometimes macabre history of radium as seen in its uses in everyday lifeOf all the radioactive elements discovered at the end of the nineteenth century, it was radium that became the focus of both public fascination and entrepreneurial zeal.Half Lives tells the fascinating, curious, sometimes macabre story of the element through its ascendance as a desirable item—a ... Read more

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The fascinating, curious, and sometimes macabre history of radium as seen in its uses in everyday lifeOf all the radioactive elements discovered at the end of the nineteenth century, it was radium that became the focus of both public fascination and entrepreneurial zeal.Half Lives tells the fascinating, curious, sometimes macabre story of the element through its ascendance as a desirable item—a
... Read more
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Tuxedo Park

A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II

by Jennet Conant ...

Narrated by John Kroft ...

Unabridged

13 hours 40 min

The untold story of an eccentric Wall Street tycoon and the circle of scientific geniuses he assembled before World War II to develop the science for radar and the atomic bomb. Together they changed the course of history.Legendary financier, philanthropist, and society figure Alfred Lee Loomis gathered the most visionary scientific minds of the twentieth century—Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, ... Read more

$24.99 USD

The untold story of an eccentric Wall Street tycoon and the circle of scientific geniuses he assembled before World War II to develop the science for radar and the atomic bomb. Together they changed the course of history.Legendary financier, philanthropist, and society figure Alfred Lee Loomis gathered the most visionary scientific minds of the twentieth century—Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg,
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Chernobyl 01:23:40

The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster

by Andrew Leatherbarrow ...

Narrated by Michael Page ...

Unabridged

6 hours 24 min

At 01:23:40 on April 26th 1986, Alexander Akimov pressed the emergency shutdown button at Chernobyl's fourth nuclear reactor. It was an act that forced the permanent evacuation of a city, killed thousands, and crippled the Soviet Union. The event spawned decades of conflicting, exaggerated, and inaccurate stories.This book, the result of five years of research, presents an accessible but ... Read more

$13.99 USD

At 01:23:40 on April 26th 1986, Alexander Akimov pressed the emergency shutdown button at Chernobyl's fourth nuclear reactor. It was an act that forced the permanent evacuation of a city, killed thousands, and crippled the Soviet Union. The event spawned decades of conflicting, exaggerated, and inaccurate stories.This book, the result of five years of research, presents an accessible but
... Read more
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Atomic Bombs

The History and Abomination of Nuclear War

by Kelly Mass ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Morgan G ...

Unabridged

49 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The story of nuclear weapons begins not with military ambitions but with pure scientific curiosity and the revolutionary discoveries that transformed our understanding of matter and energy in the early twentieth century. The journey toward splitting the atom emerged from the work of physicists like Marie and Pierre Curie, who discovered radioactivity, ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The story of nuclear weapons begins not with military ambitions but with pure scientific curiosity and the revolutionary discoveries that transformed our understanding of matter and energy in the early twentieth century. The journey toward splitting the atom emerged from the work of physicists like Marie and Pierre Curie, who discovered radioactivity,
... Read more
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Quantum Physics : The Mystery of Superposition

The Building Blocks of the Universe

by Ecnal Ver ...

Narrated by Rush Stone ...

Series series Quantum Potential Series
Unabridged

4 hours

Quantum Physics: The Mystery of Superposition A Strange New World Imagine a universe where a single particle can be in two places at once, where light is both a wave and a particle, and where observation itself changes reality. This is the world of quantum physics, and at its center is the mystery of superposition. The Beginning of the Quantum Revolution This audiobook takes listeners on a journey ... Read more

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Quantum Physics: The Mystery of Superposition A Strange New World Imagine a universe where a single particle can be in two places at once, where light is both a wave and a particle, and where observation itself changes reality. This is the world of quantum physics, and at its center is the mystery of superposition. The Beginning of the Quantum Revolution This audiobook takes listeners on a journey
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