Astronomy History

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    • And Why Nearly Everything You Know About Them Is Wrong
    • Auteur(s): Dr Becky Smethurst
    • Narrateur(s): Dr. Becky Smethurst
    • Durée: 7 h et 5 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-09-01
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 48 évaluations
    • Black Holes are the universe’s strangest and most fascinating objects—Dr Becky explains all, and why nearly everything you know about them is wrong....

    Prix courant: 18,91$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Explanations That Transform the World
    • Auteur(s): David Deutsch
    • Narrateur(s): Walter Dixon
    • Durée: 20 h
    • Date de publication: 2011-08-18
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 74 évaluations
    • A bold and all-embracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of today's great thinkers....

    Prix courant: 44,53$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax"
    • Auteur(s): Philip Plait
    • Narrateur(s): Kevin Scullin
    • Durée: 9 h et 39 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-07-09
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • Dr. Philip C. Plait sets the record straight on many modern hoaxes and myths. Appalled that millions of Americans don't believe in the moon landing, or that an egg stands on its end only on the vernal equinox, Plait hilariously spills the truth and informs us of scientific inaccuracies....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
    • Auteur(s): Malcolm Gladwell
    • Narrateur(s): Malcolm Gladwell
    • Durée: 5 h et 14 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-04-27
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 950 évaluations
    • Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists had a different view. Malcolm Gladwell reexamines moments from the past and asks whether we got it right the first time....

    Prix courant: 32,32$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science
    • Auteur(s): Natalie Angier
    • Narrateur(s): Nike Doukas
    • Durée: 13 h et 20 min
    • Date de publication: 2007-06-13
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • Buckle up for a joy ride through physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and astronomy....

    Prix courant: 37,01$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Thirty-Two (Brief) Tales on the Solar System, the Milky Way, and Beyond
    • Auteur(s): Marcia Bartusiak
    • Narrateur(s): Gabra Zackman
    • Durée: 6 h et 10 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-09-18
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 évaluations
    • The galaxy, the multiverse, and the history of astronomy are explored in this engaging compilation of cosmological "tales" by multiple award-winning science writer Marcia Bartusiak. In 32 concise and engrossing essays, the author provides a deeper understanding of the nature of the universe....

    Prix courant: 19,14$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed
    • Auteur(s): Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos
    • Narrateur(s): Pete Larkin
    • Durée: 12 h et 8 min
    • Date de publication: 2015-07-14
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 277 évaluations
    • From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest to dominate the skies....

    Prix courant: 32,31$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Human and Machine in Spaceflight
    • Auteur(s): David A. Mindell
    • Narrateur(s): Kyle Tait
    • Durée: 13 h et 36 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-03-19
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • Digital Apollo examines the design and execution of each of the six Apollo moon landings, drawing on transcripts and data telemetry from the flights, astronaut interviews, and NASA's extensive archives....

    Prix courant: 27,83$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Science of Parallel Universes - and Its Implications
    • Auteur(s): David Deutsch
    • Narrateur(s): Walter Dixon
    • Durée: 14 h et 26 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-12-10
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 18 évaluations
    • The author of the best seller The Beginning of Infinity, David Deutsch, explores the four most fundamental strands of human knowledge: quantum physics, and the theories of knowledge, computation, and evolution - and their unexpected connections....

    Prix courant: 31,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military
    • Auteur(s): Avis Lang, Neil deGrasse Tyson
    • Narrateur(s): Courtney B. Vance, Neil deGrasse Tyson - introduction
    • Durée: 18 h et 38 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-09-11
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 132 évaluations
    • In this fascinating foray into the centuries-old relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and writer-researcher Avis Lang examine how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war....

    Prix courant: 32,05$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Rise of Intelligence, from the Big Bang to the End of the Universe
    • Auteur(s): Richard Yonck
    • Narrateur(s): Bob Souer
    • Durée: 11 h et 44 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-03-17
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • In Future Minds, Richard Yonck challenges our assumptions about intelligence - what it is, how it came to exist, its place in the development of life on Earth and possibly throughout the cosmos....

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    • An Apollo 13 Astronaut's Journey
    • Auteur(s): Fred Haise
    • Narrateur(s): Joe Barrett
    • Durée: 7 h et 2 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-04-05
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 2 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • In the gripping Never Panic Early, Fred Haise, Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 13, offers a detailed firsthand account of when disaster struck three days into his mission to the moon....

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    • On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
    • Auteur(s): Sean Carroll
    • Narrateur(s): Sean Carroll
    • Durée: 17 h et 22 min
    • Date de publication: 2016-05-10
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 112 évaluations
    • Listeners learn the difference between how the world works at the quantum level, the cosmic level, and the human level - and then how each connects to the other....

    Prix courant: 29,14$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • Auteur(s): Michael Hoskin
    • Narrateur(s): Marc Vietor
    • Durée: 3 h et 47 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-06-08
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • This is a fascinating introduction to the history of Western astronomy, from prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid-19th century....

    Prix courant: 14,47$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Answers to Questions About the Universe, the Unknown and Ourselves
    • Auteur(s): Jay Ingram
    • Narrateur(s): Jay Ingram
    • Durée: 4 h
    • Date de publication: 2017-11-14
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 34 évaluations
    • An all-new volume of science questions to delight, entertain, and inform listeners of all ages, from best-selling author Jay Ingram....

    Prix courant: 20,09$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
    • Auteur(s): Brian Greene
    • Narrateur(s): Brian Greene
    • Durée: 14 h et 36 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-02-18
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 118 évaluations
    • A captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's search for purpose from the world-renowned physicist and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe....

    Prix courant: 26,22$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
    • Auteur(s): Adam Higginbotham
    • Narrateur(s): Jacques Roy
    • Durée: 17 h et 9 min
    • Date de publication: 2024-05-14
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 8 évaluations
    • From the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster, based on fascinating in-depth reporting and new archival research—a riveting history that flows like a thriller.

    Prix courant: 29,13$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger
    • Narrateur(s): Fred Sanders
    • Durée: 16 h et 15 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-12-10
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 35 évaluations
    • In April 1970, during the glory days of the Apollo space program, NASA sent Navy Captain Jim Lovell and two other astronauts on America's fifth mission to the moon. Only 55 hours into the flight of Apollo 13, disaster struck: a mysterious explosion rocked the ship....

    Prix courant: 29,13$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
    • Auteur(s): Margot Lee Shetterly
    • Narrateur(s): Robin Miles
    • Durée: 10 h et 47 min
    • Date de publication: 2016-09-06
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 32 évaluations
    • The phenomenal true story of the Black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space....

    Prix courant: 40,78$ ou 1 crédit

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