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  • Gravity's Century

    From Einstein's Eclipse to Images of Black Holes

    by Ron Cowen ...
    "This gracefully written history of twentieth-century gravity research" brings to life the discoveries and developments that confirmed the theory of relativity ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).Albert Einstein did nothing of note on May 29, 1919, yet that is when he became immortal. On that day, astronomer Arthur Eddington and his team observed a solar eclipse and found something extraordinary: ... Read more

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    Gravity’s Century

    From Einstein’s Eclipse to Images of Black Holes

    by Ron Cowen ...
    Narrated by John Patrick Walsh ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 58 min

    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 the still unresolved place of gravity in quantum theory.Albert Einstein did nothing of note on May 29, 1919; yet that is when he ... Read more

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    Absolutely Small

    How Quantum Theory Explains Our Everyday World

    by Michael D Fayer ...
    Narrated by Scott Peterson ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 25 min

    Our intuition about how things should behave is usually right in the everyday world. We see the baseball soar in the air, arc, drop, and lie stationary on the ground. Through data gathered by our senses and basic knowledge of the laws of classical mechanics, the motion of a ball makes perfect sense.But enter the world of the tiniest particles on earth—the motion of electrons, the shapes of ... Read more

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    The Joy of Science

    by Jim Al-Khalili ...
    Narrated by Jim Al-Khalili ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 25 min

    This audiobook narrated by acclaimed quantum physicist Jim Al-Khalili reveals how 8 lessons from the heart of science can help you get the most out of lifeToday's world is unpredictable and full of contradictions, and navigating its complexities while trying to make the best decisions is far from easy. The Joy of Science presents 8 short lessons on how to unlock the clarity, empowerment, and joy ... Read more

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    Mastering Logical Fallacies

    The Definitive Guide to Flawless Rhetoric and Bulletproof Logic

    by Michael Withey ...
    Narrated by Steven Crossley ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 22 min

    Your argument is valid and you know it; yet once again you find yourself leaving a debate feeling defeated and embarrassed. The matter is only made worse when you realize that your defeat came at the hands of someone's abuse of logic—and that with the right skills you could have won the argument.The ability to recognize logical fallacies when they occur is an essential life skill. Mastering ... Read more

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    Culture in Nazi Germany

    by Michael H. Kater ...
    Narrated by David de Vries ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 39 min

    A fresh and insightful history of how the German arts-and-letters scene was transformed under the Nazis.Culture was integral to the smooth running of the Third Reich. In the years preceding WWII, a wide variety of artistic forms were used to instill a Nazi ideology in the German people and to manipulate the public perception of Hitler's enemies. During the war, the arts were closely tied to the ... Read more

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    How to Speak Science

    Gravity, Relativity, and Other Ideas That Were Crazy until Proven Brilliant

    by Bruce Benamran ...
    Narrated by Braden Wright ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 11 min

    As smartphones, supercomputers, supercolliders, and AI propel us into an ever more unfamiliar future, How to Speak Science takes us on a rollicking historical tour of the greatest discoveries and ideas that make today’s cutting-edge technologies possible.Wanting everyone to be able to “speak” science, YouTube science guru Bruce Benamran explains—as accessibly and wittily as in his acclaimed videos ... Read more

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    Why Homer Matters

    by Adam Nicolson ...
    Narrated by John Lee ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 46 min

    Adam Nicolson sees the Iliad and the Odyssey as the foundation myths of Greek—and our—consciousness, collapsing the passage of 4,000 years and making the distant past of the Mediterranean world as immediate to us as the events of our own time.Homer's poems occupy, as Adam Nicolson writes "a third space" in the way we relate to the past: not as memory, which lasts no more than three generations, ... Read more

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    The Origins of Everything in 100 Pages (More or Less)

    by David Bercovici ...
    Narrated by Jim Meskimen ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 13 min

    Covering 13.8 billion years, a calculatedly concise, wryly intelligent history of everything, from the Big Bang to the advent of human civilizationWith wonder, wit, and flair—and in record time and space—geophysicist David Bercovici explains how everything came to be everywhere, from the creation of stars and galaxies to the formation of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans to the origin of life and ... Read more

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    50 Battles That Changed the World

    by William Weir ...
    Narrated by Rick Turner ...

    Abridged

    5 hours 13 min

    Rather than celebrating warfare, 50 Battles That Changed The World looks at the clashes the author believes have had the most profound impact on world history. Listed in order of their relevance to the modern world, they range from the ancient past to the present day and span the globe many times over. This book is not so much about military strategy as the implications of the battles that were ... Read more

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    The Mission

    A True Story

    by David W. Brown ...
    Narrated by JD Jackson ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 17 min

    A masterful, genre-defying narrative of the most ambitious science project ever conceived: NASA’s deep-space mission to Europa—the Jovian moon where might swim the first known alien life in our solar system—powered by a motley team of obsessives and eccentrics.When scientists discovered the first ocean beyond Earth, they had two big questions: “Is it habitable?” and “How do we get there?” To ... Read more

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    The Last Days of Stalin

    by Joshua Rubenstein ...
    Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 46 min

    A scholarly, absorbing narrative of Stalin’s last days and the turbulent wake of his dictatorship.Joshua Rubenstein’s riveting account takes us back to the second half of 1952, when no one could foresee an end to Joseph Stalin’s murderous regime. He was poised to challenge the newly elected US president Dwight Eisenhower with armed force and was also broadening a vicious campaign against Soviet ... Read more

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