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Rockets and Ray Guns

The Sci-Fi Science of the Cold War

by Andrew May ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

Series series The Science and Fiction Series
Unabridged

8 hours 22 min

The Cold War saw scientists in East and West racing to create amazing new technologies, the like of which the world had never seen. Yet not everyone was taken by surprise. From super-powerful atomic weapons to rockets and space travel, readers of science fiction (SF) had seen it all before.Sometimes reality lived up to the SF vision, at other times it didn’t. The hydrogen bomb was as terrifyingly ... Read more

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The Cold War saw scientists in East and West racing to create amazing new technologies, the like of which the world had never seen. Yet not everyone was taken by surprise. From super-powerful atomic weapons to rockets and space travel, readers of science fiction (SF) had seen it all before.Sometimes reality lived up to the SF vision, at other times it didn’t. The hydrogen bomb was as terrifyingly
... Read more
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Fake Physics

Spoofs, Hoaxes, and Fictitious Science

by Andrew May ...

Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds ...

Series series The Science and Fiction Series
Unabridged

6 hours 44 min

People are used to seeing “fake physics” in science fiction—concepts like faster-than-light travel, antigravity, and time travel, to name a few. The fiction label ought to be a giveaway, but some SF writers—especially those with a background in professional science—are so adept at “technobabble” that it can be difficult to work out what is fake and what is real. To confuse matters further, Isaac ... Read more

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People are used to seeing “fake physics” in science fiction—concepts like faster-than-light travel, antigravity, and time travel, to name a few. The fiction label ought to be a giveaway, but some SF writers—especially those with a background in professional science—are so adept at “technobabble” that it can be difficult to work out what is fake and what is real. To confuse matters further, Isaac
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Pseudoscience and Science Fiction

by Andrew May ...

Narrated by Steven Crossley ...

Series series The Science and Fiction Series
Unabridged

6 hours 48 min

Aliens, flying saucers, ESP, the Bermuda Triangle, antigravity … are we talking about science fiction or pseudoscience? Sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference.Both pseudoscience and science fiction (SF) are creative endeavors that have little in common with academic science, beyond the superficial trappings of jargon and subject matter. The most obvious difference between the two is that ... Read more

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Aliens, flying saucers, ESP, the Bermuda Triangle, antigravity … are we talking about science fiction or pseudoscience? Sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference.Both pseudoscience and science fiction (SF) are creative endeavors that have little in common with academic science, beyond the superficial trappings of jargon and subject matter. The most obvious difference between the two is that
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Eyes in the Sky

Space Telescopes from Hubble to Webb

by Andrew May ...

Over 50 years ago, astronomers launched the world's first orbiting telescope to gaze further into outer space to examine anything that appears in the sky above our heads, from comets and planets to galaxy clusters and stars. Since then, almost 100 space telescopes have been launched from Earth and are orbiting our planet, with 26 still active and relaying information back to us.As a result of ... Read more

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Over 50 years ago, astronomers launched the world's first orbiting telescope to gaze further into outer space to examine anything that appears in the sky above our heads, from comets and planets to galaxy clusters and stars. Since then, almost 100 space telescopes have been launched from Earth and are orbiting our planet, with 26 still active and relaying information back to us.As a result of
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Astrobiology

The Search for Life Elsewhere in the Universe

by Andrew May ...

Series Book 0 - Hot Science
Extraterrestrial life is a common theme inscience fiction, but is it a serious prospect in the real world? Astrobiologyis the emerging field of science that seeks to answer this question.The possibility of life elsewhere in the cosmosis one of the most profound subjects that human beings can ponder. AstrophysicistAndrew May gives an expert overview of our current state of knowledge, lookingat how ... Read more

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Extraterrestrial life is a common theme inscience fiction, but is it a serious prospect in the real world? Astrobiologyis the emerging field of science that seeks to answer this question.The possibility of life elsewhere in the cosmosis one of the most profound subjects that human beings can ponder. AstrophysicistAndrew May gives an expert overview of our current state of knowledge, lookingat how
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Isaac Newton: pocket GIANTS

by Andrew May ...

Series series Pocket GIANTS
Isaac Newton had an extraordinary idea. He believed the physical universe and everything in it could be described in exact detail using mathematical relationships. He formulated a law of gravity that explained why objects fall downwards, how the moon causes the tides, and why planets and comets orbit the sun.While Newton's work has been added to over the years, his basic approach remains at the ... Read more

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Isaac Newton had an extraordinary idea. He believed the physical universe and everything in it could be described in exact detail using mathematical relationships. He formulated a law of gravity that explained why objects fall downwards, how the moon causes the tides, and why planets and comets orbit the sun.While Newton's work has been added to over the years, his basic approach remains at the
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The Space Business

From Hotels in Orbit to Mining the Moon – How Private Enterprise is Transforming Space

by Andrew May ...

**Dreams, schemes and opportunity as space opens for tourism and commerce.Twentieth century space exploration may have belonged to state-funded giants such as NASA, but there is a parallel history which has set the template for the future.**Even before Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, private companies were exploiting space via communication satellites - a sector that is seeing exponential growth in ... Read more

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**Dreams, schemes and opportunity as space opens for tourism and commerce.Twentieth century space exploration may have belonged to state-funded giants such as NASA, but there is a parallel history which has set the template for the future.**Even before Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, private companies were exploiting space via communication satellites - a sector that is seeing exponential growth in
... Read more
Destination Mars

The Story of our Quest to Conquer the Red Planet

by Andrew May ...

Series series Hot Science
Mars is back. Suddenly everyone – from Elon Musk to Ridley Scott to Donald Trump – is talking about going to the Red Planet.When the Apollo astronauts walked on the Moon in 1969, many people imagined Mars would be next. However NASA's Viking 1, which landed in 1976, was just a robot. The much-anticipated crewed mission failed to materialise, defeated by a combination of technological and political ... Read more

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Mars is back. Suddenly everyone – from Elon Musk to Ridley Scott to Donald Trump – is talking about going to the Red Planet.When the Apollo astronauts walked on the Moon in 1969, many people imagined Mars would be next. However NASA's Viking 1, which landed in 1976, was just a robot. The much-anticipated crewed mission failed to materialise, defeated by a combination of technological and political
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DD Sherman Tank Warriors

The 13th/18th Royal Hussars through Dunkirk, D-Day and the Liberation of Europe

by Andrew May ...

When the amphibious Duplex Drive (DD) Sherman tanks of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (QMO) touched down on the sand of Sword Beach as the vanguard of the D-Day invasion, ahead of the infantry and Commandos, it was the culmination of an evolution spanning several years. Switching roles from a mounted regiment in India, into a mechanized, armored cavalry regiment, they fought in France in 1940, then ... Read more

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When the amphibious Duplex Drive (DD) Sherman tanks of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (QMO) touched down on the sand of Sword Beach as the vanguard of the D-Day invasion, ahead of the infantry and Commandos, it was the culmination of an evolution spanning several years. Switching roles from a mounted regiment in India, into a mechanized, armored cavalry regiment, they fought in France in 1940, then
... Read more
Bloody British History: Somerset

by Andrew May ...

Series series Bloody British History
Horrors of the caves! The ghastly true story of the Cheddar cannibals! Twilight of the Empire! Romans, Saxons and the legends of King Arthur! Swords against the Vikings! The Somerset heroes who defied the Norse hordes! Martyrs, murderers, pirates and mad scientists – Somerset's strangest residents revealed! Death storm! The terrible toll of the Great Storm of 1703! Spies in Somerset! Containing ... Read more

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Horrors of the caves! The ghastly true story of the Cheddar cannibals! Twilight of the Empire! Romans, Saxons and the legends of King Arthur! Swords against the Vikings! The Somerset heroes who defied the Norse hordes! Martyrs, murderers, pirates and mad scientists – Somerset's strangest residents revealed! Death storm! The terrible toll of the Great Storm of 1703! Spies in Somerset! Containing
... Read more
Cosmic Impact

Understanding the Threat to Earth from Asteroids and Comets

by Andrew May ...

Series series Hot Science
As end-of-the-world scenarios go, an apocalyptic collision with anasteroid or comet is the new kid on the block, gaining respectability only inthe last decade of the 20th century with the realisation that the dinosaurs hadbeen wiped out by just such an impact.Now the science community is making up for lost time, withworldwide efforts to track the thousands of potentially hazardous near ... Read more

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As end-of-the-world scenarios go, an apocalyptic collision with anasteroid or comet is the new kid on the block, gaining respectability only inthe last decade of the 20th century with the realisation that the dinosaurs hadbeen wiped out by just such an impact.Now the science community is making up for lost time, withworldwide efforts to track the thousands of potentially hazardous near
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Albert Einstein: pocket GIANTS

by Andrew May ...

Series series
Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein and everyone knows that he was a genius. Yet only a few people understand his work. In fact, he was just one of many brilliant scientists grappling with the deepest problems of theoretical physics during the first half of the twentieth century. He may not have been the most important or influential of them – the point is arguable – but there is no doubt he was ... Read more

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Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein and everyone knows that he was a genius. Yet only a few people understand his work. In fact, he was just one of many brilliant scientists grappling with the deepest problems of theoretical physics during the first half of the twentieth century. He may not have been the most important or influential of them – the point is arguable – but there is no doubt he was
... Read more

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