Chemistry History

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    • And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
    • By: Sam Kean
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 08-18-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6,271 ratings
    • Science Magazine reporter Sam Kean reveals the periodic table as it’s never been seen before....

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    • Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance
    • By: Dan Egan
    • Narrated by: Jason Culp
    • Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 03-07-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 55 ratings
    • Phosphorus has played a critical role in some of the most lethal substances on earth: firebombs, rat poison, nerve gas. But it’s also the key component of one of the most vital: fertilizer, which has sustained life for billions of people....

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    • By: AudioLearn Content Team
    • Narrated by: Lisa Stroth
    • Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 08-30-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
    • Developed by experienced professors and professionally narrated for easy listening, this course is a great way to explore the subject of college-level chemistry....

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    • The Amazing Science of Everyday Life
    • By: Dr. Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim
    • Narrated by: Raechel Wong
    • Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 07-27-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 35 ratings
    • Chemistry for Breakfast is a perfect book for anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of chemistry without having prior knowledge of the science. With Mai as your guide, you'll find something fascinating everywhere around you....

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    • The Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution (The Great Discoveries Series)
    • By: Madison Smartt Bell
    • Narrated by: Arthur Morey
    • Series: Great Discoveries
    • Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 06-28-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • Antoine Lavoisier reinvented chemistry, overthrowing the long-established principles of alchemy and inventing an entirely new terminology, one still in use by chemists....

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    • A Novel
    • By: Bonnie Garmus
    • Narrated by: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus, Pandora Sykes
    • Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 04-05-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 37,359 ratings
    • Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality.

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    • How the Elements Were Named
    • By: Peter Wothers
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 07-28-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • Here, Peter Wothers explores the fascinating and often surprising stories behind how the chemical elements received their names....

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    • By: Bill Bryson
    • Narrated by: Richard Matthews
    • Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 05-04-03
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 28,177 ratings
    • Bill Bryson has been an enormously popular author both for his travel books and for his books on the English language. Now, this beloved comic genius turns his attention to science...

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    • Unveiling the Molecular Mysteries in Your Kitchen
    • By: Barrett Williams, ChatGPT ChatGPT
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 04-19-24
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Prepare to embark on a gastronomical journey with "Culinary Chemistry," an enthralling eBook that ignites the alchemy between science and cooking. ...

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    • 17 Molecules That Changed History
    • By: Penny Le Couteur, Jay Burreson
    • Narrated by: Laural Merlington
    • Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 10-10-11
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 316 ratings
    • Napoleon's Buttons is the fascinating account of 17 groups of molecules that have greatly influenced the course of history....

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    • Carbon and the Evolution of (Almost) Everything
    • By: Robert M. Hazen
    • Narrated by: Paul Brion
    • Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 06-11-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 219 ratings
    • An enchanting biography of the most resonant - and most necessary - chemical element on Earth. Carbon. It's in the fibers in your hair, the timbers in your walls, the food that you eat, and the air that you breathe. It's worth billions as a luxury and half a trillion as a necessity....

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    • A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future
    • By: Ed Conway
    • Narrated by: Ed Conway
    • Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 06-15-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 26 ratings
    • See the history of human civilization from a new perspective - our ambitions and glory, innovations and appetites - literally from the ground up....

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    • The Grey List, Book 1
    • By: Grey Huffington
    • Narrated by: Winston James, Courtney Garner
    • Series: The Grey List, Book 1
    • Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 08-23-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 476 ratings
    • I am not a drug dealer. I am not a seller… I am not a handler… I am not an abuser… I am not a promoter… I am not a smuggler… However, I understand that I can not save the world or the people who have chosen those paths.

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    • The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome
    • By: Venki Ramakrishnan
    • Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 11-06-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 650 ratings
    • Everyone has heard of DNA. But by itself, DNA is just an inert blueprint for life. It is the ribosome - an enormous molecular machine made up of a million atoms. Gene Machine is an insider account of the race for the structure of the ribosome....

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    • By: Lawrence M. Principe
    • Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
    • Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 03-21-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • 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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    • 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
    • Release date: 10-12-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,602 ratings
    • A sweeping history of tragic genius, cutting-edge science, and the discovery that changed billions of lives - including your own....

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    • A Quick Study Guide for Kids and Beginners to Learn Chemistry Using Fun Analogies and Examples
    • By: Dr. N. Elkhadragy
    • Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
    • Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
    • Release date: 07-08-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 30 ratings
    • The key to getting kids to understand science isn't to dumb it down...it's to make it fun and relatable. The Joy of Chemistry explains the fundamental building blocks of all the sciences to your kids in a truly relatable and engaging way....

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    • The Unlikely History of Radium
    • By: Lucy Jane Santos
    • Narrated by: Deirdre Whelan
    • Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 07-06-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 69 ratings
    • Of all the radioactive elements discovered at the end of the 19th century, it was radium that became the focus of both public fascination and entrepreneurial zeal. Half Lives tells the fascinating, curious, sometimes macabre story of the element....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Mark Lorch
    • Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
    • Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 05-27-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • This Very Short Introduction discusses the key concepts of biochemistry, as well as the historical figures in the field, the molecules they studied, and the interaction between biochemistry, biotechnology, and synthetic biology....

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