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The Universe in Verse
- 15 Portals to Wonder Through Science & Poetry
- Written by: Maria Popova, Ofra Amit - illustrator
- Narrated by: Maria Popova, Lili Taylor
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
In this audiobook Maria Popova, creator of The Marginalian, presents a celebration of the human search for truth and beauty through the lenses of science and poetry.
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61. The Universe in Verse
- 15 Portals to Wonder Through Science & Poetry
- Narrated by: Maria Popova, Lili Taylor
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Release date: 2024-10-01
- Language: English
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What If?
- Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
- Written by: Randall Munroe
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 519
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 447
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 442
From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd comes this hilarious and informative book of answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Strange questions, well thought out answers
- By Jon Ross on 2018-10-10
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62. What If?
- Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 2014-09-02
- Language: English
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Merlin’s Tour of the Universe, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century
- A Traveler’s Guide to Blue Moons and Black Holes, Mars, Stars, and Everything Far
- Written by: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen, André Santana, Bronson Pinchot, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry takes listeners on an entertaining and edifying tour of the universe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining and Informative
- By Ray. on 2024-11-06
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63. Merlin’s Tour of the Universe, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century
- A Traveler’s Guide to Blue Moons and Black Holes, Mars, Stars, and Everything Far
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen, André Santana, Bronson Pinchot, Pun Bandhu, Em Grosland, Lauren Fortgang, Luzma Ortiz, Kevin R. Free, Jaime Lincoln Smith
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2024-10-29
- Language: English
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On the Edge
- The Art of Risking Everything
- Written by: Nate Silver
- Narrated by: Nate Silver
- Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4 out of 5 stars 9
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our era of risk—and the players raising the stakes.
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4 out of 5 stars
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What it says on the tin, and also SBF
- By Anonymous User on 2025-01-06
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64. On the Edge
- The Art of Risking Everything
- Narrated by: Nate Silver
- Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 2024-08-13
- Language: English
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Midnight in Chernobyl
- Written by: Adam Higginbotham
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 426
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 360
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Story5 out of 5 stars 362
This is the definitive story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research. Through two decades of reporting, new archival information, and firsthand interviews with witnesses, Adam Higginbotham tells the full dramatic story....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hair raising
- By Dmitry on 2019-05-15
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65. Midnight in Chernobyl
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 2019-02-12
- Language: English
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My Favorite Universe
- Written by: Neil deGrasse Tyson, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 51
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Story5 out of 5 stars 52
Explore how black holes are formed, how asteroids move through space, why the odds seem overwhelmingly in favor of extraterrestrial life, and much more....
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5 out of 5 stars
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As good as it can get
- By brett on 2020-01-20
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66. My Favorite Universe
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Series: The Great Courses: Astronomy
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 2016-04-22
- Language: English
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Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
- Written by: Lisa Feldman Barrett
- Narrated by: Lisa Feldman Barrett
- Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 70
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 69
From the author of How Emotions Are Made, a myth-busting primer on the brain in the tradition of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Scientific and Uplifting
- By Anonymous User on 2021-04-19
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67. Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
- Narrated by: Lisa Feldman Barrett
- Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 2020-11-17
- Language: English
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The Expectation Effect
- How Your Mindset Can Change Your World
- Written by: David Robson
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17
Melding neuroscience with narrative, science journalist David Robson takes lstenersi on a deep dive into the many life zones the expectation effect permeates. We see how people who believe stress is beneficial become more creative when placed under strain....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very empowering!
- By wyatt negrini on 2022-03-14
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68. The Expectation Effect
- How Your Mindset Can Change Your World
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2022-02-15
- Language: English
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Your Dog Is Your Mirror
- The Emotional Capacity of Our Dogs and Ourselves
- Written by: Kevin Behan
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 7
In Your Dog Is Your Mirror, dog trainer Kevin Behan proposes a radical new model for understanding canine behavior: a dog’s behavior and emotion, indeed its very cognition, are driven by our emotion....
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2 out of 5 stars
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SO close to getting it.
- By Carol on 2022-10-16
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69. Your Dog Is Your Mirror
- The Emotional Capacity of Our Dogs and Ourselves
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2020-11-03
- Language: English
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All Creatures Great and Small
- The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor
- Written by: James Herriot
- Narrated by: Christopher Timothy
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 104
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 86
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Story5 out of 5 stars 83
In this first volume of his memoirs, then-newly-qualified vet James Herriot arrives in the small Yorkshire village of Darrowby, and he has no idea what to expect....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Charming, funny and heartwarming!
- By Cheryl C. on 2023-06-19
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70. All Creatures Great and Small
- The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor
- Narrated by: Christopher Timothy
- Series: All Creatures Great and Small, Book 1
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 1999-12-26
- Language: English
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This Is Your Brain on Music
- The Science of a Human Obsession
- Written by: Daniel J. Levitin
- Narrated by: Daniel J. Levitin
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
Whether you load your iPod with Bach or Bono, music has a significant role in your life - even if you never realized it. Why does music evoke such powerful moods? The answers are at last becoming clear....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A solid walk through of why music is such an important part of our experience
- By Mr. Chris on 2023-01-11
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71. This Is Your Brain on Music
- The Science of a Human Obsession
- Narrated by: Daniel J. Levitin
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 2020-02-04
- Language: English
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Einstein
- His Life and Universe
- Written by: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 21 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 328
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 288
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 287
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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5 out of 5 stars
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enlightening
- By Jacques Huot on 2018-08-15
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72. Einstein
- His Life and Universe
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 21 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 2007-03-28
- Language: English
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On the Origin of Time
- Stephen Hawking's Final Theory
- Written by: Thomas Hertog
- Narrated by: Ethan Kelly
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4 out of 5 stars 7
Stephen Hawking’s closest collaborator offers the intellectual superstar’s final thoughts on the cosmos—a dramatic revision of the theory he put forward in A Brief History of Time....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb book
- By Sylvie Gendreau on 2025-01-25
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73. On the Origin of Time
- Stephen Hawking's Final Theory
- Narrated by: Ethan Kelly
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 2023-04-11
- Language: English
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The Many Hidden Worlds of Quantum Mechanics
- Written by: Sean Carroll, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Sean Carroll
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
In a field known for startling ideas, the Many-Worlds Interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics may take the prize. It holds that parallel to our own world are a large number of other universes, almost identical to ours but with small variations....
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74. The Many Hidden Worlds of Quantum Mechanics
- Narrated by: Sean Carroll
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 2023-11-24
- Language: English
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Entangled Life
- How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
- Written by: Merlin Sheldrake
- Narrated by: Merlin Sheldrake
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 381
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 313
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Story5 out of 5 stars 313
When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very cool
- By Zac N on 2020-12-13
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75. Entangled Life
- How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
- Narrated by: Merlin Sheldrake
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 2020-05-12
- Language: English
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The Brain That Changes Itself
- Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
- Written by: Norman Doidge M.D.
- Narrated by: Jim Bond
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story5 out of 5 stars 46
Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Norman Doidge, MD, traveled the country to meet both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose lives they've transformed....
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best books on the brain
- By Cal on 2021-05-30
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76. The Brain That Changes Itself
- Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
- Narrated by: Jim Bond
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 2020-09-08
- Language: English
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The Age of Wood
- Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization
- Written by: Roland Ennos
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6
“A lively history of biology, mechanics, and culture that stretches back 60 million years” (Nature) The Age of Wood reinterprets human history and shows how our ability to exploit wood’s unique properties has profoundly shaped our bodies and minds....
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77. The Age of Wood
- Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 2020-12-01
- Language: English
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The Hot Zone
- A Terrifying True Story
- Written by: Richard Preston
- Narrated by: Richard M. Davidson
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6
A highly infectious virus from the African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days, 90 percent of its victims are dead....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Held up to its reputation
- By EhCanadian on 2024-12-16
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78. The Hot Zone
- A Terrifying True Story
- Narrated by: Richard M. Davidson
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 2011-04-26
- Language: English
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Algorithms to Live By
- The Computer Science of Human Decisions
- Written by: Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths
- Narrated by: Brian Christian
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 526
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 411
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 405
From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing one's inbox to understanding the workings of human memory, Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living....
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5 out of 5 stars
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They must have written this book for me
- By SJ on 2018-10-24
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79. Algorithms to Live By
- The Computer Science of Human Decisions
- Narrated by: Brian Christian
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 2016-04-19
- Language: English
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All That Remains
- A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes
- Written by: Sue Black
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
For fans of Caitlin Doughty, Mary Roach, and CSI shows, renowned forensic scientist Professor Sue Black presents a deeply humane introduction to the reality of death in our lives, for anyone seeking a clear-eyed guide to a subject that touches us all....
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3 out of 5 stars
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narration ruined it for me
- By robkamm on 2022-06-10
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80. All That Remains
- A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 2019-03-05
- Language: English
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