
The Upright Thinkers
The Human Journey From Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos
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Narrated by:
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Leonard Mlodinow
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By:
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Leonard Mlodinow
A few million years ago, our ancestors came down from the trees and began to stand upright, freeing our hands to create tools and our minds to grapple with the world around us.
Leonard Mlodinow takes us on a passionate and inspiring tour through the exciting history of human progress and the key events in the development of science. In the process, he presents a fascinating new look at the unique characteristics of our species and our society that helped propel us from stone tools to written language and through the birth of chemistry, biology, and modern physics to today’s technological world.
Along the way, he explores the cultural conditions that influenced scientific thought through the ages and the colorful personalities of some of the great philosophers, scientists, and thinkers: Galileo, who preferred painting and poetry to medicine and dropped out of university; Isaac Newton, who stuck needlelike bodkins into his eyes to better understand changes in light and color; and Antoine Lavoisier, who drank nothing but milk for two weeks to examine its effects on his body. Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, and many lesser-known but equally brilliant minds also populate this audiobook, each of their stories showing how much of human achievement can be attributed to the stubborn pursuit of simple questions (why? how?), bravely asked.
The Upright Thinkers is an audiobook for science lovers and for anyone interested in creative thinking and in our ongoing quest to understand our world. At once deeply informed, accessible, and infused with the author’s trademark wit, this insightful work is a stunning tribute to humanity’s intellectual curiosity.
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How did the narrator detract from the book?
The wealth of information provided was entertaining. The self narration was a distraction that took some effort to ignore.The subject matter outweighs the amateur narration
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And his former book, subliminal is better than this. Still okay.
Ok book about history of physics
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Are intrigued of physics the encompassing sciencce.
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Would you listen to The Upright Thinkers again? Why?
It is one of the few books I'd listen to again. There's a lot to digest and several months from now, I may listen again. I'll remember more the second time.What did you like best about this story?
The information is fascinating and well delineated. Some I knew, much I did not. It puts it all together nicely.What do you think the narrator could have done better?
Usually when the author reads his/her book, it's a major mistake. In this case, only a minor mistake. While it's OK, it would have best to leave it to the professionals. They simply do it better and make for a better listening experience.If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
I don't think this book would make a film unless it's a documentary.Any additional comments?
I really liked that the author kept referring to his father. It was touching and made me think often of my father, too.Professionals do it better
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Wonderful story and insights!
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What a storyteller - didn’t want it to end
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Great Book
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Awesome summary of science
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10/10 Got What I Wanted.
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Fascinating history of the development of human thought and problem solving
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