Technology Biography

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    • A Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us
    • Auteur(s): Meg Lowman, Sylvia A. Earle - foreword
    • Narrateur(s): Sylvia A. Earle, Christina Delaine, Meg Lowman
    • Durée: 15 h et 25 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-08-10
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • Nicknamed the “Real-Life Lorax” by National Geographic, the biologist, botanist, and conservationist Meg Lowman—aka “CanopyMeg”—takes us on an adventure into the “eighth continent” of the world's treetops, along her journey as a tree scientist, and into climate action....

    Prix courant: 32,14$ ou 1 crédit

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    • America's Battle Against Russia, China, and the Rising Global Cyber Threat
    • Auteur(s): John P. Carlin, Garrett M. Graff
    • Narrateur(s): Kevin Stillwell
    • Durée: 16 h et 59 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-10-16
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 10 évaluations
    • The inside story of how America's enemies launched a cyberwar against us - and how we've learned to fight back....

    Prix courant: 39,38$ ou 1 crédit

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    • How Astronomers, Inventors, and Eccentrics Discovered the Modern Universe
    • Auteur(s): Alan Hirshfeld
    • Narrateur(s): Joe Barrett
    • Durée: 13 h et 4 min
    • Date de publication: 2014-12-09
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • In 1929, Edwin Hubble announced the greatest discovery in the history of astronomy since Galileo first turned a telescope to the heavens....

    Prix courant: 33,01$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A Surgeon's Stories from the Frontiers of Pediatric Medicine
    • Auteur(s): Kurt Newman M.D.
    • Narrateur(s): Kurt Newman M.D.
    • Durée: 9 h et 39 min
    • Date de publication: 2017-06-13
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • In this inspiring memoir, Dr. Kurt Newman draws from his long experience as a pediatric surgeon working at one of our nation's top children's hospitals....

    Prix courant: 23,31$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 23,31$ ou 1 crédit

    • The Life of Nikola Tesla
    • Auteur(s): John Joseph O'Neill
    • Narrateur(s): Clay Lomakayu
    • Durée: 11 h et 41 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-08-21
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • "Spectacular" is a mild word for describing the strange experiment with life that comprises the story of Nikola Tesla, and "amazing" fails to do adequate justice to the results that burst from his experiences like an exploding rocket....

    Prix courant: 31,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Making of a Scientist
    • Auteur(s): Richard Dawkins
    • Narrateur(s): Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward
    • Durée: 7 h et 56 min
    • Date de publication: 2013-09-24
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 évaluations
    • In his first memoir, Richard Dawkins shares a rare view into his early life, his intellectual awakening at Oxford, and his path to writing The Selfish Gene....

    Prix courant: 25,63$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 25,63$ ou 1 crédit

    • In Search of Wilbur & Orville Wright
    • Auteur(s): Noah Adams
    • Narrateur(s): Noah Adams
    • Durée: 5 h et 2 min
    • Date de publication: 2003-10-10
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • Noah Adams's adventure in search of Wilbur and Orville Wright is a journey that takes him across the country as he follows in the footsteps of the famous brothers...

    Prix courant: 18,00$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 18,00$ ou 1 crédit

    • Auteur(s): Melissa A. Schilling
    • Narrateur(s): Erin Bennett
    • Durée: 10 h et 2 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-02-13
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 2 out of 5 stars 4 évaluations
    • Schilling shares the science behind the convergence of traits that increases the likelihood of success. And, as Schilling also reveals, there is much to learn about nurturing breakthrough innovation in our own lives....

    Prix courant: 28,27$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): Candace Fleming
    • Narrateur(s): Kirsten Potter
    • Durée: 9 h et 38 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-02-11
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • Discover the dark side of Charles Lindbergh - one of America's most celebrated heroes and complicated men - in this riveting biography from the acclaimed author of The Family Romanov....

    Prix courant: 29,14$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
    • Narrateur(s): Tim Gregory
    • Durée: 5 h et 11 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-03-31
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • When Orville Wright (1871-1948) and his brother Wilbur set out to solve the problem of flight, they recognized that success would come with careful observation, perseverance, and ingenuity....

    Prix courant: 20,15$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science
    • Auteur(s): Alice Dreger
    • Narrateur(s): Tavia Gilbert
    • Durée: 10 h et 39 min
    • Date de publication: 2015-04-03
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 20 évaluations
    • A powerful defense of intellectual freedom told through the ordeals of contemporary scientists attacked for exploring controversial ideas, by a noted science historian....

    Prix courant: 38,96$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 38,96$ ou 1 crédit

    • A Story of Ideas in America
    • Auteur(s): Louis Menand
    • Narrateur(s): Paul Heitsch
    • Durée: 17 h et 26 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-12-19
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 évaluations
    • The Metaphysical Club was an informal group that met in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1872, to talk about ideas. Its members included Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., future associate justice of the United States Supreme Court....

    Prix courant: 33,40$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A Sheer Excess of Powers
    • Auteur(s): Cheryl Misak
    • Narrateur(s): Liam Gerrard
    • Durée: 19 h et 55 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-09-23
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • When he died in 1930 aged 26, Frank Ramsey had already invented one branch of mathematics and two branches of economics, laying the foundations for decision theory and game theory. Keynes deferred to him; he was the only philosopher whom Wittgenstein treated as an equal....

    Prix courant: 33,40$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution
    • Auteur(s): David Quammen
    • Narrateur(s): Grover Gardner
    • Durée: 7 h et 52 min
    • Date de publication: 2007-08-31
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 évaluations
    • In September 1838, a young Englishman named Charles Darwin hit upon the idea that "natural selection" among competing individuals would lead to wondrous adaptations and species diversity....

    Prix courant: 27,75$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Origins of the Digital Universe
    • Auteur(s): George Dyson
    • Narrateur(s): Arthur Morey
    • Durée: 15 h et 40 min
    • Date de publication: 2012-03-06
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 évaluations
    • In the 1940s and '50s, a group of eccentric geniuses - led by John von Neumann - gathered at the newly created Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey....

    Prix courant: 27,97$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Making of an Illusion
    • Auteur(s): Frederick Crews
    • Narrateur(s): William Hughes
    • Durée: 25 h et 58 min
    • Date de publication: 2017-08-22
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 évaluations
    • From the master of Freud debunkers, the book that definitively puts an end to the myth of psychoanalysis and its creator....

    Prix courant: 30,25$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 30,25$ ou 1 crédit

    • The Vienna Circle and the Epic Quest for the Foundations of Science
    • Auteur(s): Karl Sigmund
    • Narrateur(s): Nigel Patterson
    • Durée: 13 h et 58 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-08-21
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 évaluations
    • Exact Thinking in Demented Times tells the often outrageous, sometimes tragic, and never boring stories of the men who transformed scientific thought. A revealing work of history, this landmark book pays tribute to those who dared to reinvent knowledge from the ground up....

    Prix courant: 27,83$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 27,83$ ou 1 crédit

    • Auteur(s): Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
    • Narrateur(s): Rebecca Gallagher
    • Durée: 4 h et 52 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-03-28
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Known during the Civil War as the "Angel of the Battlefield," remarkable Clara Barton helped to save countless lives on the frontlines of battle. She went on to find thousands of missing soldiers and to organize the American National Red Cross. An incredible story of service and sacrifice....

    Prix courant: 20,12$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 20,12$ ou 1 crédit

    • Scientists Who Shaped Our World Talk about Their Work, Their Lives, and What They Still Want to Know
    • Auteur(s): Stefan Klein
    • Narrateur(s): Gildart Jackson, Simon Vance, Kate Reading, Sean Runnette
    • Durée: 8 h et 45 min
    • Date de publication: 2015-11-03
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 évaluations
    • A sterling roster of natural and social scientists in conversation with top-flight journalist Stefan Klein - shedding new light on their work, their lives, and what they still hope to discover....

    Prix courant: 20,15$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer
    • Auteur(s): David Leavitt
    • Narrateur(s): Richard Powers
    • Durée: 9 h et 15 min
    • Date de publication: 2014-05-29
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • To solve one of the great mathematical problems of his day, Alan Turing proposed an imaginary computer....

    Prix courant: 23,18$ ou 1 crédit

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