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The Ghost Map
- By: Steven Johnson
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
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This is a thrilling historical account of the worst cholera outbreak in Victorian London and a brilliant exploration of how Dr. John Snow's solution revolutionized the way we think about disease....
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It was okay until the end
- By Matthew Groom on 12-04-08
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41. The Ghost Map
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 12-11-06
- Language: English
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Out Cold
- A Chilling Descent into the Macabre, Controversial, Lifesaving History of Hypothermia
- By: Phil Jaekl
- Narrated by: Matt Kugler
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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In Out Cold, science writer Phil Jaekl chronicles the underappreciated story of human innovation with cold, from Ancient Egypt, where it was used to treat skin irritations, to 18th-century London, where scientists used it in their first explorations of suspended animation....
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Left cold.
- By Lars on 09-12-22
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42. Out Cold
- A Chilling Descent into the Macabre, Controversial, Lifesaving History of Hypothermia
- Narrated by: Matt Kugler
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 06-01-21
- Language: English
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An Elegant Defense
- The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives
- By: Matt Richtel
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
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A magnificently reported and soulfully crafted exploration of the human immune system - the key to health and wellness, life and death. An epic, first-of-its-kind audiobook, entwining leading-edge scientific discovery with the intimate stories of four individual lives....
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Weak foundation, good conclusion
- By David on 03-24-19
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43. An Elegant Defense
- The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 03-12-19
- Language: English
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Energy
- A Human History
- By: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
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Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes reveals the fascinating history behind energy transitions over time - wood to coal to oil to electricity and beyond....
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No more accents, please!
- By Ned Gulley on 08-30-18
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44. Energy
- A Human History
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 05-29-18
- Language: English
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Invention and Innovation
- A Brief History of Hype and Failure
- By: Vaclav Smil
- Narrated by: Tim Fannon
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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From the New York Times-bestselling author comes a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts....
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Not the best from Vaclav, but near the top
- By Tan on 07-19-23
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45. Invention and Innovation
- A Brief History of Hype and Failure
- Narrated by: Tim Fannon
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 07-11-23
- Language: English
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The Story of More
- How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here
- By: Hope Jahren
- Narrated by: Hope Jahren
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
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Hope Jahren is an award-winning scientist, a brilliant writer, a passionate teacher, and one of the seven billion people with whom we share this earth. In The Story of More, she illuminates the link between human habits and our imperiled planet....
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Like Al Gore, stuck on the problem
- By Eleanor B. Hildreth on 06-04-20
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46. The Story of More
- How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here
- Narrated by: Hope Jahren
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 03-03-20
- Language: English
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Ten Drugs
- How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
- By: Thomas Hager
- Narrated by: Angelo Di Loreto
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
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Beginning with opium, the “joy plant,” which has been used for 10,000 years, Thomas Hager tells a captivating story of medicine. His subjects include the largely forgotten female pioneer who introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain, the infamous knockout drops, and much more....
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Engrossing to physicians & lay persons alike
- By C. White on 03-08-19
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47. Ten Drugs
- How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
- Narrated by: Angelo Di Loreto
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 03-05-19
- Language: English
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Forensics
- What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime
- By: Val McDermid
- Narrated by: Sarah Barron
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
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The dead talk - to the right listener. They can tell us all about themselves: where they came from, how they lived, how they died, and, of course, who killed them....
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Crime Seen
- By Mark on 09-02-16
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48. Forensics
- What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime
- Narrated by: Sarah Barron
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 07-07-15
- Language: English
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Sea of Glory
- America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
- By: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
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The New York Times best-selling author of Valiant Ambition and In the Hurricane's Eye presents the harrowing story of a pathbreaking naval expedition that set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean, dwarfing Lewis and Clark with its discoveries....
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A good solid voyage of discovery
- By Ken Sundermeyer on 06-18-05
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49. Sea of Glory
- America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 06-13-05
- Language: English
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The Alchemy of Air
- A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler
- By: Thomas Hager
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
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A sweeping history of tragic genius, cutting-edge science, and the discovery that changed billions of lives - including your own....
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Great Book Thoroughly Researched
- By Terry A. Gray on 10-21-11
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50. The Alchemy of Air
- A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 10-12-10
- Language: English
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Tripping on Utopia
- Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science
- By: Benjamin Breen
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
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A bold and brilliant revisionist take on the history of psychedelics in the twentieth century, illuminating how a culture of experimental drugs shaped the Cold War and the birth of Silicon Valley....
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Interesting cast of characters
- By Jeffrey D on 03-04-24
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51. Tripping on Utopia
- Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 01-16-24
- Language: English
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Tesla
- Inventor of the Modern
- By: Richard Munson
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
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Nikola Tesla, a Serbian immigrant, invented the radio, the induction motor, the neon lamp, and the remote control. Tesla's personal life was magnificently bizarre. This clear, authoritative, and highly enjoyable biography takes account of all phases of this remarkable life....
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Listening Again
- By Thoughtful_Things on 11-18-19
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52. Tesla
- Inventor of the Modern
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 06-19-18
- Language: English
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The Code Book
- The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
- By: Simon Singh
- Narrated by: Patty Nieman
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
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In his first book since the best-selling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives....
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D jrrg errn rq frghv << you can break this
- By Gudmundur Hardarson on 10-09-24
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53. The Code Book
- The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
- Narrated by: Patty Nieman
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 10-10-23
- Language: English
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On Human Nature: Revised Edition
- By: Edward O. Wilson
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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With characteristic pungency and simplicity of style, the author of Sociobiology challenges old prejudices and current misconceptions about the nature-nurture debate....
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A Heralding Voice...
- By Douglas on 07-22-14
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54. On Human Nature: Revised Edition
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 07-15-10
- Language: English
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The Clockwork Universe
- Isaac Newton, The Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
- By: Edward Dolnick
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
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The Clockwork Universe is the story of a band of men who lived in a world of dirt and disease but pictured a universe that ran like a perfect machine....
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Calculus Ergo Modernity
- By Nelson Alexander on 07-09-11
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55. The Clockwork Universe
- Isaac Newton, The Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 02-08-11
- Language: English
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A Taste for Poison
- Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
- By: Neil Bradbury Ph.D.
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
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Drawn from historical records and current news headlines, A Taste for Poison weaves together the tales of spurned lovers, shady scientists, medical professionals, and political assassins to show how the precise systems of the body can be impaired to lethal effect....
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Poison, Murder, and So Much More!
- By Rebecca Hill on 02-12-22
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56. A Taste for Poison
- Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 02-01-22
- Language: English
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The Secrets of Alchemy
- By: Lawrence M. Principe
- Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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In The Secrets of Alchemy, Lawrence M. Principe, one of the world's leading authorities on the subject, brings alchemy out of the shadows and restores it to its important place in human history and culture....
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Brilliant well-researched and witty
- By bukalemun on 12-14-23
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57. The Secrets of Alchemy
- Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 03-21-23
- Language: English
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The Idea of the Brain
- The Past and Future of Neuroscience
- By: Matthew Cobb
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
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An "elegant", "engrossing" (Carol Tavris, Wall Street Journal) examination of what we think we know about the brain and why - despite technological advances - the workings of our most essential organ remain a mystery....
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Informative and interesting but mispronunciation
- By Stephanie Romer on 05-16-22
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58. The Idea of the Brain
- The Past and Future of Neuroscience
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 04-21-20
- Language: English
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Life's Edge
- The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
- By: Carl Zimmer
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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We all assume we know what life is, but the more scientists learn about the living world - from protocells to brains, from zygotes to pandemic viruses - the harder they find it is to locate life’s edge....
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What is Life?
- By Shane S Shull on 04-29-21
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59. Life's Edge
- The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 03-09-21
- Language: English
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A Beautiful Mind
- By: Sylvia Nasar
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 18 hrs and 12 mins
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John Forbes Nash, Jr., a prodigy and legend by the age of 30, dazzled the mathematical world by solving a series of deep problems deemed "impossible" by other mathematicians....
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Informative not entertaining
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 08-28-11
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60. A Beautiful Mind
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 18 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 03-26-09
- Language: English
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